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Jeff Smith said:
First of all, I went back and looked at Lanny's origional post. While he might have worded it a bit different to appease the Stormtrack Posse, I don't see anything wrong with it. Lanny simply asked for Jeremy to contact him. That is where things went awry. The Posse decided to jump on the "let's hang Lanny" bandwagon--some of the same Posse that has hanged copyright offenders before, now all of a sudden wants to hang the offended. Hmm...that's odd.

And Mr. Patrick, who are you, where did you come from and what stake do you have in this? Your posts look like they are meant to attack Lanny personally, which by the way I thought was prohibited. Again, hmm...that's odd.
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Don't start with me Jeff. There are folks here who have accepted Lanny's accusations without ever seeing proof of anything.
I am not one of them, him just saying someone stole his photos is NOT good enough for me, nor has someone's word ever been good enough for anyone here to accept without some proof.

Lanny has made accusations with ZERO PROOF.
I would be doing the same thing to anybody that tried this BS
I thought libel was prohibited here but am apparently wrong.

For those of you asking why Jeremy didn't take his own photos...
What are stock photo agencies for???
sheesh

So far, Lanny has threatened Jeremy with crippling legal action over mystery photos he refuses to prove are his, demanded an apology for stealing these mystery photos, and continues to avoid telling us which photo(s) are his.
I don't see how this can be tolerated by anyone.

This could have been handled in private but is public by Lanny's choice.
If you can only see it from one side, then that's your problem.

I have never been accused of theft before, but if someone tried accusing me of that in a public forum without a shred of proof the fur would be flying.
 
Patrick Boomer said:
So far, Lanny has threatened Jeremy with crippling legal action over mystery photos he refuses to prove are his, demanded an apology for stealing these mystery photos, and continues to avoid telling us which photo(s) are his.
I don't see how this can be tolerated by anyone.

This could have been handled in private but is public by Lanny's choice.
If you can only see it from one side, then that's your problem.

I have never been accused of theft before, but if someone tried accusing me of that in a public forum without a shred of proof the fur would be flying.
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Patrick, it is very apparent that you have not read this intire thread. I can only assume that you either may have a problem with reading or comprehending such language therefore, since you feel so strongly about this particular situation, I would like to encourage you to go back over and re-read this thread in it's entirety. If at that point you are still having issues understanding the language, I would be more than happy to explain things to you or even read this thread to you over the phone or something.
"Crippling action"?? I find it very interesting that someone who cannot understand basic english and language can show such a wonderful display of DRAMA.

Again, Patrick, should you find yourself in need please call me and I would be glad to assist you.

Jeremy Den Hartog said:
Personally I think we should all just move on from this. I could have handled things differently/better as could have others....
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The belted earl has spoken!!! And for once I agree with him. I have "agreed" to "chalk this up" as it stands so long as said pics are not re-uploaded. Jeremy has agreed not to do so. Should be end of story unless of course there are many others that are having reading issues! I would also like to note that Jeff Smith certainly did not mean any harm to anyone. I think he was just trying to make sure that everyone got to see the original post where I had tried to keep it private and or in a PM.
 
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Patrick Boomer said:
Don't start with me Jeff. There are folks here who have accepted Lanny's accusations without ever seeing proof of anything.
I am not one of them, him just saying someone stole his photos is NOT good enough for me, nor has someone's word ever been good enough for anyone here to accept without some proof.

Lanny has made accusations with ZERO PROOF.
I would be doing the same thing to anybody that tried this BS
I thought libel was prohibited here but am apparently wrong.

For those of you asking why Jeremy didn't take his own photos...
What are stock photo agencies for???
sheesh

So far, Lanny has threatened Jeremy with crippling legal action over mystery photos he refuses to prove are his, demanded an apology for stealing these mystery photos, and continues to avoid telling us which photo(s) are his.
I don't see how this can be tolerated by anyone.

This could have been handled in private but is public by Lanny's choice.
If you can only see it from one side, then that's your problem.

I have never been accused of theft before, but if someone tried accusing me of that in a public forum without a shred of proof the fur would be flying.
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1. The burden of proof is between Jeremy and Lanny.

2. Lanny did try to keep it private, and I quoted his initial post-you might want to read it. The Posse wanted it drawn out in public, not Lanny.

3. I didn't "start" anything with you, I was just merely asking why it's any of your business? Were your pictures stolen?

4. Why keep demanding proof if a. guilt has already been admitted. or b. it's none of your business anyway?
 
Patrick Boomer said:
Don't start with me Jeff. There are folks here who have accepted Lanny's accusations without ever seeing proof of anything.
I am not one of them, him just saying someone stole his photos is NOT good enough for me, nor has someone's word ever been good enough for anyone here to accept without some proof.

Lanny has made accusations with ZERO PROOF.
I would be doing the same thing to anybody that tried this BS
I thought libel was prohibited here but am apparently wrong.

For those of you asking why Jeremy didn't take his own photos...
What are stock photo agencies for???
sheesh

So far, Lanny has threatened Jeremy with crippling legal action over mystery photos he refuses to prove are his, demanded an apology for stealing these mystery photos, and continues to avoid telling us which photo(s) are his.
I don't see how this can be tolerated by anyone.

This could have been handled in private but is public by Lanny's choice.
If you can only see it from one side, then that's your problem.

I have never been accused of theft before, but if someone tried accusing me of that in a public forum without a shred of proof the fur would be flying.
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Yes, Lanny is coming on ST and pulling threats out of his *** just to ruin Jeremy's life. He was bored one day and decided to throw a dart at the member list on ST and said "hmmm I am going to accuse him of stealing my photos." :rolleyes:

FWIW I know what images were Lanny's. (I am not saying which ones are, that is his issue) Furthermore he doesn't have to prove anything to you or anyone else not related in the case. Obviously Jeremy feels responsible if he took the guide down and even admitted he did not know who uploaded the photos to the stock photo agency and can't say who the majority of his photos were originally copyrighted to. Obviously this is a big deal to Lanny and by using a little common sense it is apparent that Lanny wouldn't ruin his reputation (not that he cares what others think) by lashing out at someone when he wasn't 100% sure it was his work. Why would Lanny go through the trouble of hiring a legal and making numerous requests to Jeremy?

Just because you don't like the tone he took with Jeremy, doesn't give you the right to demand proof in something that really is none of yours (or mine for that matter) business. Funny people are jumping all over Lanny here when if it were someone else making these claims it would be a total 180....
 
In dealing with my video, the fool has reposted it under the same url. I have submitted a DMCA notice and their email says:

Thank you for taking the time to submit your copyright complaint to YouTube. We will review your submission shortly.
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I hope they don't take long.
 
Scott Weberpal said:
Many images on this website are from StormTrack members and are being used without permission. The website is registered in Canada, but obviously international copyright laws still apply...

http://www.tornado-pictures.net/

The dork even gives permission on the website for other people to use the images.
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Domain Name.......... tornado-pictures.net
Creation Date........ 2008-12-06
Registration Date.... 2008-12-06
Expiry Date.......... 2010-12-06
Organisation Name.... Graham Rodrigue
Organisation Address. 3415 av. Maricourt apt. 4
Organisation Address.
Organisation Address. Quebec
Organisation Address. G1W2M4
Organisation Address. Quebec
Organisation Address. CANADA

Admin Name........... Graham Rodrigue
Admin Address........ 3415 av. Maricourt apt. 4
Admin Address........
Admin Address........ Quebec
Admin Address........ G1W2M4
Admin Address........ Quebec
Admin Address........ CANADA
Admin Email.......... *****@gr1innovations.com
Admin Phone.......... 4186577783
Admin Fax............

Tech Name............ Graham Rodrigue
Tech Address......... 3415 av. Maricourt apt. 4
Tech Address.........
Tech Address......... Quebec
Tech Address......... G1W2M4
Tech Address......... Quebec
Tech Address......... CANADA
Tech Email........... *****@gr1innovations.com
Tech Phone........... 4186577783
Tech Fax.............
Name Server.......... ns1.hostmonster.com
Name Server.......... ns2.hostmonster.com


Looks like they are registered with HostMonster.com. The DNS servers for the site are there. A few complaints to them would probably get the site down faster than anything else.

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I like all the "Partner Sites:

Our Partner Sites Menu: Anti Gravity Technology, Tree Pictures, Winter Pictures Moose Pictures Deer Pictures Causes of Global Warming Affiliate Banner Ads, Free Energy Astronomy Pictures Ancient Symbols Unidentified Flying Objects Ufo Pictures Owl Pictures Elk Pictures Ufo Videos Online Caribou Pictures Monkey Pictures Giraffe Pictures Elephant Pictures How to Pray Easy Home Based Job Ad Typist Job Data Entry Jobs Home Typist Business Make Money Online Webforcash Affiliate Network Email Processing Leopard Pictures Politician Pictures Tornado Pictures

They are all so related to each other.
 
Scott Weberpal said:
Many images on this website are from StormTrack members and are being used without permission. The website is registered in Canada, but obviously international copyright laws still apply...

http://www.tornado-pictures.net/

The dork even gives permission on the website for other people to use the images.
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I was pecking around that site and thought that the text also looked familiar but I could not place where I had seen it before. It appears that he has just copied and pasted text from Tom Grazulis' website, The Tornado Project Online.

Text in question

Tornado Project Online

I don't want to throw blind accusations around. Maybe this guy proves the old adage true: "If you give a million monkeys a million typwriters in a million years they will type out the works of Shakespeare.":D
 
He seems to thrive on Google ads. If you contact google about the copyright infringements, maybe his AdSense account will be canceled, that would affect ALL his sites.
 
cedwards said:
He seems to thrive on Google ads. If you contact google about the copyright infringements, maybe his AdSense account will be canceled, that would affect ALL his sites.
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That's a good point. He seems to just be generating a bunch of junk content sites built specifically for adsense. It is one of the adsense marketing strategies taught by some of the gurus. Scrape content from the web and throw up a site with adsense all over it.
 
Looks like he used a simple Google image search to collect his shots. I googled "illinois tornado" and all of the shots featured in his "Illinois Tornadoes" page came up. A shot of mine he used was on Page 6, which I traced back to this Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_of_2008?uselang=en
which in turn came from a photo I gave to ILX for their damage survey page of that tornado:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx/?n=30may08

Its interesting to track how these photos move around. The funny part is that the tornado-pictures guy used the small thumbnail from Wikipedia in his collection. He didn't even bother clicking on it to get the larger version.
 
Skip Talbot said:
Looks like he used a simple Google image search to collect his shots. I googled "illinois tornado" and all of the shots featured in his "Illinois Tornadoes" page came up. A shot of mine he used was on Page 6, which I traced back to this Wikipedia page:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tornadoes_of_2008?uselang=en
which in turn came from a photo I gave to ILX for their damage survey page of that tornado:
http://www.crh.noaa.gov/ilx/?n=30may08

Its interesting to track how these photos move around. The funny part is that the tornado-pictures guy used the small thumbnail from Wikipedia in his collection. He didn't even bother clicking on it to get the larger version.
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I'd sure like to see an Illinois Tornado like the one he has with the woman posing lol! I've seen that image used before a few times and doubt it is from IL.
 
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