Re: IPIX against Panorama_Tools

[Willem-Jan Markerink <w.j.markerink@xxxxx>]

On  8 Apr 99 at 22:22, Helmut Dersch wrote:

> I have closed the Panorama Tools site
> temporarily because of threats from IPIX corporation.
> 
> Since there isn't anything illegal at my site,
> they invented something: Copyright infringement.
> They claim one of my panoramic images was copied 
> from their site.
> 
> All my images were made by myself with my own
> equipment at original locations. The image
> in question (Grand Canyon) even shows me.
> But they expect me to demonstrate this to 
> a british court which is of course an obvious
> choice for a US-company suing a german site.

COMPLETELY IRRELEVANT!
They can't sue you on British soil, they will have to do it on German 
soil, in the closest court near you.
 
> I don't think they can really hurt me, but
> it is certainly goodbye to Panorama Tools
> for a while.

To hell with them, you want me to host it on a Dutch site? 
I don't expect your educational provider to stand strong, but mine 
gives a damn, unless shown legal orders, from DUTCH authorities.
He won't even give out full name/address without it.....would yours?
Without that, they are pissing in the wind anyway (unless all that 
can be found on your site of course).

The fact that they resort to copyright infringement which can clear 
be falsified shows they are grasping at their very last 
straw....don't give in to this crap!



--                 
Bye,

Willem-Jan Markerink


      The desire to understand 
is sometimes far less intelligent than
     the inability to understand


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