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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;cplradar, post: 7967370, member: 108985&quot;]Yeah - well, that just reinenforces that I wrote accept the silly threat that he would own cointalk.&nbsp; There is a specific guideline for penalties for the use of copyrighted works and part of that calculation involves the comercial damage that is done as part of compensation.&nbsp; So the poster is smart enough to know he can&#039;t sue, and he has to send a DMCA takedown notice.&nbsp; There is a specific procedure involved in replying.&nbsp; Then he could take it to court if the site refused to comply or answer the DMCA takedown notice.&nbsp; THEN he has to reply to the response.&nbsp; And then, if they disagree, he can take the matter to court.&nbsp; If he would win in court, not that Peter should go to court over a stupid image, the copyright holder would be lucky to win $50 and a court order to remove the copyrighted work.</p><p><br /></p><p>The DMCA allows for higher penalties on a per incident basis.&nbsp; The courts generally will not pursue that without a demonstration of a pattern of abuse.... etc etc etc.</p><p><br /></p><p>Anyway, I would take it down if I could.&nbsp; But I can&#039;t.&nbsp; But you did just prove my point.</p><p><br /></p><p>Strangely enough, the courts refuse to be dragged into long drawn out disputes over posts on website forums.&nbsp; And the law gives websites like cointalk safe harbor from arbitrary prosecution.</p><p><br /></p><p>As I wrote:</p><p><br /></p><p><u><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i>Copyright infringement is a civil matter and is not theft.<b> It also doesn&#039;t get people SHOT</b> which the selling of stolen coins in the market actually promotes.</i></font></u></p><p><u><font face="Trebuchet MS"><br /></font></u></p><p><u><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><b>In fact, the informal structure of the Numismatics trade protects those who deal in stolen merchandise aggravates this situation, and that is not just a moral failure, but it is also dangerous.</b></i></font></u></p><p><u><font face="Trebuchet MS"><br /></font></u></p><p><u><font face="Trebuchet MS"><i><b><a href="https://www.copyright.gov/dmca/" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="https://www.copyright.gov/dmca/" rel="nofollow">https://www.copyright.gov/dmca/</a></b></i></font></u></p><p><u><font face="Trebuchet MS"></font></u>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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