Charles Daly
Member
jusTce: I was waiting for your post on one of these boards. I knew it was only a matter of time. Why don't you tell the members of THR the whole story?
Perhaps I will just tell my version of events and you can decide whether or not you wish to respond.
Another member of THR alerted me to the fact that a website was using one of our copyrighted pics on their website, without our approval. This site, cz999.org, is a site dedicated to the Zastava pistols CZ99 and CZ999. The CZ 999 is the same pistol that Charles Daly imported into the US as the ZDA. We have a very nice picture of this pistol on our website and cz999.org took this photo from our site, used it on their home page, and the only thing they changed was to airbrush out the Charles Daly mark on the side of the slide.
I contacted the owner of the site and informed him that he was using our copyrighted material without our approval and I requested that he immediately remove the offending photograph. I also offered him the option of keeping the picture but that he would have to negotiate a licensing fee.
Like what happens when most children that get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, I got a defensive reply similar to jusTce's post, trying to somehow make it my fault that he got caught using (stealing) our intellectual property rights. He began his rant about unanswered emails (entirely possible), then chastised me that because he owned 3 ZDA pistols, shame on me for not "allowing" him to use the purloined photograph, and really, since we don't sell the pistols anymore, where's the harm.
You can read the rest of the rant. I'm not going to address each of the issues he raises, for what he is doing is blowing smoke to cover his own unethical and illegal behavior. Your statement, "A single JPEG picture of a product that you are not even carrying anymore. That inspired you to write to me; not any of my failed attempts to contact you for service that you promised." If I never received your emails or a phone call from you, how could I possibly have known of your "failed" attempts to contact me? Convoluted thinking indeed!
If he wasn't getting his emails answered did he ever think to pick up the telephone and call our toll-free number? No mention there of unanswered phone calls. Hmmm.
Comparing our service department to EAA? We all should get a good chuckle out of that one!
Sir, you stole our intellectual property without permission and now whine with some make believe stories to cover your illegal acts and, what, hope the board here agrees with you? Is it your intent to slander us since you didn't get away with your theft? Is one jpeg not a theft because it was only one? Or would you have had to steal 10 jpegs to make it a crime?
Please sir, you do us both a favor if you never buy my products again.
Just be careful that the next company you steal copyrighted material from is not as forgiving as we are. We only requested it's removal, not compensation for your use of the photo for the past year.
Sincerely,
Perhaps I will just tell my version of events and you can decide whether or not you wish to respond.
Another member of THR alerted me to the fact that a website was using one of our copyrighted pics on their website, without our approval. This site, cz999.org, is a site dedicated to the Zastava pistols CZ99 and CZ999. The CZ 999 is the same pistol that Charles Daly imported into the US as the ZDA. We have a very nice picture of this pistol on our website and cz999.org took this photo from our site, used it on their home page, and the only thing they changed was to airbrush out the Charles Daly mark on the side of the slide.
I contacted the owner of the site and informed him that he was using our copyrighted material without our approval and I requested that he immediately remove the offending photograph. I also offered him the option of keeping the picture but that he would have to negotiate a licensing fee.
Like what happens when most children that get caught with their hand in the cookie jar, I got a defensive reply similar to jusTce's post, trying to somehow make it my fault that he got caught using (stealing) our intellectual property rights. He began his rant about unanswered emails (entirely possible), then chastised me that because he owned 3 ZDA pistols, shame on me for not "allowing" him to use the purloined photograph, and really, since we don't sell the pistols anymore, where's the harm.
You can read the rest of the rant. I'm not going to address each of the issues he raises, for what he is doing is blowing smoke to cover his own unethical and illegal behavior. Your statement, "A single JPEG picture of a product that you are not even carrying anymore. That inspired you to write to me; not any of my failed attempts to contact you for service that you promised." If I never received your emails or a phone call from you, how could I possibly have known of your "failed" attempts to contact me? Convoluted thinking indeed!
If he wasn't getting his emails answered did he ever think to pick up the telephone and call our toll-free number? No mention there of unanswered phone calls. Hmmm.
Comparing our service department to EAA? We all should get a good chuckle out of that one!
Sir, you stole our intellectual property without permission and now whine with some make believe stories to cover your illegal acts and, what, hope the board here agrees with you? Is it your intent to slander us since you didn't get away with your theft? Is one jpeg not a theft because it was only one? Or would you have had to steal 10 jpegs to make it a crime?
Please sir, you do us both a favor if you never buy my products again.
Just be careful that the next company you steal copyrighted material from is not as forgiving as we are. We only requested it's removal, not compensation for your use of the photo for the past year.
Sincerely,