Topdownloads.net has YOUR walls

Sunday, July 8, 2007 by Jafo | Discussion: WinCustomize News

http://www.topdownloads.net/services/search.php 

Click the link.....enter your nick....or your name....and search.

I found 4 of mine....[under Jafo and Paul+Martin - since removed by request]

BoXXi has 167.....

Anyone I can think of is there....Nuvem...Treetog...Alexandrie...Pixtudio.......list is endless

Yes, this person at 'least' has our names on them....but that's only a small part of the issue of Copyright and distribution.

YOU as the property owner have the inalienable right to determine how, when and where your property is displayed and/or distributed.

This site [Topdownloads.net] is violating your rights.

However, fortunately the site admin appears to be aware he has no right to be doing as he does and promptly complies with requests for content removal.

It is up to each individual artist/owner to determine whether there is a case for proceeding to sue for material loss/compensation.

Domain Name: TOPDOWNLOADS.NET

Administrative Contact :
van Opstal, Leo
[email protected]  

Technical Contact :
van Opstal, Leo
[email protected]

Anyone wanting to retain/maintain legal ownership of their property and control its dissemination would do well to contact Leo for content removal....

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Jafo
Reply #81 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 8:15 AM

i don't understand you put your walls here for free to show off, if its good most likely someone will use it somewhere else and it will spread across the Internet that's a good thing ain't it and if you have your name on it and they leave it on how is that stealing,graffics cards get better and screen sizes will grow making yesterdays walls disappear forever only the best walls will last forever you should be proud your wall has made its way on the net and a hundred years from now maybe your grand children kids will be looking at something you did, and maybe at some point in your life you could make some good money at what you like to do and maybe it all started rite here. my walls ain't that good and probably never make it on any other site but if someone wants them have at it and if any will ever be worth putting my name on it and it spreads i will feel good about it, my brother was an artist and he did not want anyone to steel his work and now he has past away and now no one will ever know what a great artist he was,hope this helps eddyhaze.

eddyhaze ....some sites actually take your walls/work without your knowledge and redistribute them....totally outside any consent of yours...and outside your control.

That is called copyright theft.

If you don't even know of the existence of this unlawful [not consented] distribution you have absolutely no say on how it is done or handled...or in what circumstances.

Usually at this time I give an EXTREME example....thus....

You upload a really good pic of your daughter or neice....you drew it yourself...and are really proud of the artwork...depicting a lovely 10 year old enjoying life.

Some bottom-feeder takes it and uploads it to a rock-spider site [look it up] ....and lovingly includes your name....

Good luck explaining that to the FBI [or its equivalent]

NEVER treat your IP lightly.

Ever.


zakai1369
Reply #82 Tuesday, May 6, 2008 12:25 PM
Resurrection day again?



a rock-spider site [look it up]



First time I've heard that one. Guess you really can learn something new every day.


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