Comments on: Time Inc Threatens Websites Over Jaycee Dugard Photo Cover

By: adina

adina — Mon, 03 May 2010 16:36:44 +0000

Mindcrest is a SCAM, don’t give them money

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Frigging Punjabis | Shabooty.com — Sun, 02 May 2010 20:10:23 +0000

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By: shabooty

shabooty — Sun, 02 May 2010 19:44:10 +0000

i just got this letter too. wtf. im calling bullshit on it.

(i had posted the sandra bullock black baby picture)

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Sat, 24 Oct 2009 00:11:46 +0000

my husband who works for an internet company told me something I wanted to share with you or anyone interested:

copyright infringement is handled in civil court and are usually based on damage done
usually you wouldn’t be emailed, you’d be served
an email from a lawyer doesn’t mean sh**
it’s just to scare people
like a cease-and-desist through an email can be ignored and if they don’t follow up and do a real cease-and-desist order in court it’s meaningless.

someone posted on my site that it was a new scam going out:
http://momsword.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3483:time-inc-threatens-websites-over-nicole-richie-people-magazine-cover&catid=1:latest-reviews&Itemid=50

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:34:11 +0000

I agree with you! I posted an article on my site and i also put your site as a backup link, maybe more people should post these letters.
we are just bloggers doing something as a hobby.

By: L.A. Vess

L.A. Vess — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 15:21:13 +0000

These people have been sending out so many of these BS DMCA notices that I don’t even know how they would manage to pursue them if they were real. Personally I find the whole thing very questionable and unprofessional, which is why it feels wrong. TIME has their own legal department, why would they be outsourcing to a shady, weird company out of the country? Why is no one getting any follow-ups on these alleged DMCA letters? Just smells way fishy.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 14:35:04 +0000

sorry about this
I am researching this person and found out he works for mindcrest AND he is for insurance NOT with TIME:

http://mindcrest.com/news-events/news/profit-and-laws

I think this is a scam as well… we didn’t do anything wrong, we didn’t claim we owned the photos, we said where it came from, that is just crazy. This whole thing is!

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:22:29 +0000

Saw this interesting article:
http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/notice.cgi?NoticeID=17479

it is the same email but different name and address of the law dude.

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 13:11:39 +0000

yeah I got one today for the Nicole Richie people magazine cover, scared the crap out of me! I mean it clearly said ‘people’ on it so it wasn’t like we were saying ‘oh yes I own people magazine’
I took down the article and the photo and I emailed the person about it, I can’t afford 1,500 K I mean we are helping them sell the magazine!

I hope they don’t sue everyone who has the cover! I mean what is the point of having a blog then if you can’t help spread the word? Makes me want to stop posting articles.

By: cathat7

cathat7 — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 23:53:21 +0000

Wow, I just got this same email from this guy for the Nicole Richie cover. I wasn’t going to cough up the money, but I didn’t question the legitimacy if it until now. I’m also just working on my site for fun. I don’t really make much more than a few bucks a day off of it, so paying that amount of money is impossible for me too.

Now, I’m starting to think this is a scam. I have a friend who used to work at People. I’m contacting him to see if he knows anyone over there that I can ask about this.