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Tech Toyota pissed over wallpapers featuring their products

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    1337Rolla oh my

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    Toyota pissed over wallpapers featuring their products

    http://torrentfreak.com/toyota-claims-ownership-081114/

    "Desktopnexus, a site that provides desktop backgrounds, has been contacted by them. In perhaps one of the most wildly arrogant demands in DMCA history, Toyota’s lawyers are demanding the withdrawal of all wallpapers that feature a Toyota, Scion, or Lexus."
    1337Rolla, Nov 17, 2008
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    I was reading about this on tech dirt.. and they said that the site owner is willing to comply with their demands, but Toyota won't tell him which wallpapers are needing to be taken down, they have told him that they won't send a DMCA notice if he cooperates... guess he'll be seeing one soon...

    their story
    Denver Rolla, Nov 17, 2008
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    1337Rolla oh my

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    whole thing is dumb really. person that takes the picture is who owns the copyright last time I checked. But this is the USA...
    1337Rolla, Nov 17, 2008
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    actually. its not copyrighted unless you get the papers for it. there is only professional courtesy and intellectual property rights for it. so like most people will think its copyrighter but if they take it to court they cant do a damn thing unless its in writing that they own the copyrights. im writing a paper about intellectual property rights as we speak actually. its neat stuff.
    MovieSTAR, Nov 17, 2008
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    True true. Its a common misconception that the second the shutter clicks that you own it all 100% outright.
    In any court system, youll have to show that you went through the legal process to copyright it in order to get monetary compensation for your work.
    e_andree, Nov 18, 2008
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    also, stating you own the copyright, either by a footnote on a website or pasting the copyright symbol on the picture, is considered fraud.
    MovieSTAR, Nov 19, 2008
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    good thing toyota don't make any car that looks good enough for me to want to use it as my wallpaper.
    JspeXAE102, Nov 19, 2008
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    lol
    rayray1, Nov 20, 2008
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    MovieSTAR i hurd u liek?

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    btw i thought you should find this interesting

    some stupid website gave me that when i tried to view someones paper who was 5% like mine
    MovieSTAR, Nov 21, 2008
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    xplicitcorolla99 Active Member

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    everybody is just looking for money,what a bad econmoy for this year tsk,tsk,tsk...
    xplicitcorolla99, Nov 21, 2008
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    GSE21tuner Formerly rollatuner110. Representing AZLexus.club

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    turnitin.com huh? I'm required to use that to submit written reports for classes to check for plagiarism.
    GSE21tuner, Nov 21, 2008
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