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Nov 09 06 07:07 pm Link *bump* Nov 09 06 07:37 pm Link another rip-off..two of the models there I have photographed.. Nov 09 06 07:39 pm Link UnoMundo Photography wrote: I'll bet they don't know they're on the site.. Nov 09 06 07:41 pm Link "Rhonda" from Kansas is on MM, I'm messaging her name. Her name is Kendall. Nov 09 06 07:55 pm Link Administrative Contact: azelle hall Phone: 503-810-2812 E-mail: [email protected] Technical Contact: Namesecure Inc. Phone: 570-708-8418 E-mail: [email protected] Nov 09 06 08:01 pm Link I also contact David Fish here on MM to let him know some of his images are up there. His logo was on the pictures of another Kansas model. Nov 09 06 08:03 pm Link Well I've seen Croslins and GW's photos too.. I'll bet most models don't even know they're on this site.. Let alone photogs allowing the use of photos.. Nov 09 06 08:05 pm Link Lund i bet GW will get pissed Nov 09 06 08:08 pm Link two models i have shot are on there as well...daniela and sarah! Nov 09 06 08:08 pm Link yea I have messaged a few photographers already. I clicked on Florida and saw Eddie Baute's images. I let him know. Nov 09 06 08:15 pm Link *bump* Nov 09 06 08:40 pm Link Lina So - MM#99195 (http://www.luckicharms.com/nevada/images/5325_main.jpg) Hali - MM#166424 (http://www.luckicharms.com/nevada/images/1a74b.jpg) Nov 09 06 09:58 pm Link i never checked these guys out, but I get used to get a lot of spam from them, I black listed them in my email over a month ago. edited - i just saw a model that I have worked with there. it looked like a portfolio site. it says read the faq - and there isn't any faq. Nov 09 06 10:01 pm Link The models can't be giving them those photos, because they (the site) are stealing them from here on MM and other sites.. Example: http://www.luckicharms.com/oregon/image … 2bc30f.jpg and https://img4.modelmayhem.com/060624/01/ … 2bc30f.jpg Note the files names are EXACTLY the same? Nov 09 06 10:34 pm Link Crap. Nov 09 06 10:39 pm Link My images have been taken directly from this website and resposted on his site with the watermarks cropped off. The model in question had never heard of this site or applied to be on it. I have found 12 of my images so far. It is also reported that this site collects fees from potential clients before contact models about jobs. My assumption this is his motivation for the stock of unknowing talent vs any legitmate attempt to find work for models. Nov 09 06 11:01 pm Link Too bad it appears that it's likely just a mailbox, but... Spinster Entertainment 1709 Southwest Morrison Suite #309 Portland OR, 97205 Nov 09 06 11:10 pm Link I have found one image of mine, so far. Thank you for posting. Cheers Wolf By the way I had a similar problem with this site recently that I resolved it. Please check to see if any of your photos are being used there without permission: http://los4fantasticos.fotki.com/1_4fantastic_models/ Nov 09 06 11:47 pm Link DMCA INFORMATION FOR THIS THREAD: A trace shows the host of http://www.luckicharms.com as http://www.interland.net [formerly known and dba as internatland but became Web.com, Inc] but the underlying hosting company website is now: http://www.web.com/ Corporate Headquarters [web.com] Phone: 404.260.2477 Fax: 404.260.2542 Address: Web.com, Inc. 303 Peachtree Center Avenue 5th Floor Atlanta, GA 30303 DMCA Notices - read in full before filing http://www.web.com/legal/dmca-policy.aspx [in part] To file a notice of infringement with us, you must provide a written communication(by fax or regular mailânot by email, except by prior agreement) that sets forth the items specified below.... To help us in processing your request, please use the following format (including section numbers): 1. Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed. 2. Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work in item #1 above. 3. Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Web.com to contact you (e-mail address is preferred). 4. Provide information, if possible, sufficient to permit Web.com to notify the Web.com subscriber of the infringing material. 5. Include the following statement: âI have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above on the allegedly infringing web pages is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.â 6. Include the following statement: âI swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.â 7. Sign the paper. 8. Send the written communication to the following address: Robin Shetler Web.com 303 Peachtree Center Ave, Suite 500 Atlanta, GA 30303 404-260-2506 - fax -------- ALSO SEE: http://www.tnamodels.com [also has photos - probably may of the same ones] This one is a bit tougher to get at as far as who is actually hosting the domain. So far I have two possibilities: http://www.expedient.com There is a contact address for this one but no TOS is posted so this may or may not be the appropriate place for DMCA notices: Expedient Communications and Reporting Copyright Violations. OCCHosting complies with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"). OCCHosting encourages Users to report an alleged copyright infringement involving a user by sending a notice that complies with the DMCA to: But both luckicharms.com and tnamodels.com kick up this name and address as domain registrant: USC Title 18 §2257 Compliance Oh, gee, and a phone number too... Nov 10 06 03:56 am Link Sounds like the photographer should use the letterhead of their attorney. Nov 10 06 04:03 am Link Dudley Watson wrote: Sounds like a group of photographers should get a lawyer and sue the shit out of them for infringement. Nov 10 06 04:43 am Link Just email the server that hosts the site and they'll get removed. Not sure if I'm allowed to mention the host site or not, but it can be done by looking at who registered the domain name, it's someone in OR, created it in July :-) Nov 10 06 04:53 am Link Lund Photography wrote: Google for a DMCA Notice of Infringement, and send that to the site owner, and their provider. Nov 10 06 06:40 am Link Darrell wrote: The domain owner, believe it or not, has no legal obligation to respond to, or act on, a DMCA notice. ONLY ISPs do. Just DMCA the domain host [=ISP]... but you have to find out who that is with some research. IT IS NOT the domain owner OR the domain registrar. l0stinsandieg0 wrote: These are the names and addresses and contact information for the official point of service of such notices. If you just address a DMCA to "abuse@..." or "webmaster@..." there is NO legal obligation to take any action - the notice might be considered as faulty by serving it to the wrong address. Nov 10 06 07:21 am Link Wow, i can't believe they even used the images with the MM names. Check out the link LUND posted to see. Nov 10 06 07:39 am Link studio36uk wrote: Unless you happen to know someone who works for one :-) Nov 10 06 07:56 am Link Rich Cutrone wrote: did you let either of them know?.... Nov 10 06 01:44 pm Link Ok, so as the model, I do not own the copyrights to the picture they used of me (Actually that picture is Teaseum.com's as well as Mark Mozzier's/Imagezz)....so- should I tell them to deal with it or what? Nov 10 06 01:46 pm Link You can always do what I do to avoid your images being taken in the first place. Take crappy pictures  Nov 10 06 01:51 pm Link Another reason why I'm glad I don't really shoot glamour - I don't have to worry about people stealing my images. Not that they would even if I did...  Not being an elite photographer has its advantages!Nov 10 06 01:56 pm Link Your complaint should be two fold. One, you should complain directly to them that you do not want your likeness used on their site without your permission. Second, the copyright holders should be alerted and file their own complaint(s) as their images have been stolen and are being used for unauthorized commercial gain. Daniela V wrote: Nov 10 06 02:06 pm Link Paris Photography wrote: Thanks so much! Nov 10 06 02:19 pm Link studio36uk wrote: Count me in... Nov 10 06 02:25 pm Link Yup, found some of mine on there.... Nov 10 06 02:36 pm Link AND some on that fotki site! Nov 10 06 02:39 pm Link ok, my pics are out there but i put them there. They have my right to use my pics and they have gotten me work from that site. So no compliants here! but thank you to everyone who let me know about my pics being there! Nov 10 06 04:13 pm Link I have worked for the company for years and had no drama, I also talked to them today and people are really hating but thats how it is. This company is a none perentage non exclusive company so a lot of girls forget they are on it because of how it is ran. Its only paying work thats non adult and you dont have to sign a contract, ACTUALLY ITS FREE ADVERTISMENT. But people are upset. I m just here to back up the company that i have made thousands of dollars from Nov 10 06 04:31 pm Link I just talked to this guy, about having my info up there (and wrong info, btw)... All i've heard is drama. This guy is from the same town i am, so a lot of people i know know him as well. Everyone i've talked to has said to call him and pull my pictures off the site. He told me that i had to have talked to him, and givin him my information in order for him to have it. No... actually, all you'd have to do to get my info is post a CL casting call for a model in my area, and you'd instantly have my phone number and email address. He says i've been a part of the site for 9 months... then why have i never talked to these people? What a great agency. Nov 10 06 04:47 pm Link So....I work in law...I sent a threatening letter to him. Look who got a phone call in under 2 hours. All my pictures are being taken down and I'm being taken off the site. He also spoke to me and told me he knew about the model mayhem boards and that some photographer was pissed off at him and thus, started writing about this on this site.... I told him that I was sent a private email- which was true....and that didn't change the fact that he stole 5 pictures from me without my consent. Duh. He complained that people are "hating on him". Whatever- my pictures are now gone- thanks OP for bringing this to everyone's attention. Nov 10 06 04:51 pm Link |
