On Fri, Sep 28, 2012 at 12:54 PM, Alex Barber <alexbar...@gmail.com> wrote: > I fired this off to Nick, but I thought the group might want to review this > in case any of their material is on here as well. > > This group/page needs to get shut down on FB: > https://www.facebook.com/groups/origamikids/
If you join the group, and then attempt to complain, the owner just deletes your complaint and bans you from the group. Friendly, eh? Then he launches into a diatribe about how what he's doing is not illegal - he's not hosting any of the stuff, he just googled it - and he's not interested in a discussion of ethics. > I've noticed copyrighted material on here of late, included pdfs. Of entire > books. The actual website seems to exist to be a clearinghouse for stuff hosted elsewhere (and surely makes the guy some money via ads and such.) A good many of them are just links to diagrams hosted elsewhere as parts of other peoples' sites, or YouTube video instructions. (The legality of which, if it's not done by the designer of the piece, is up in the air. There are decent arguments on both sides as to whether video re-diagramming a design is legal or not. At the very least, it seems highly disrespectful to the designers.) About the best thing I can see to do is to find where actual pirated stuff is being hosted, and if it's at a site where they listen to DMCA takedown notices, complain. Most sites require that you are either the owner of the material in question, or authorized to act on the owner's behalf. So, the call to action is: if you're an origami creator (or you have permission to represent one in DMCA notices) then take a look at the list here: http://origami-blog.origami-kids.com/home (scroll down for the section titled "Origami | How to Make") If you see your stuff listed, follow the links to find where it's hosted, and complain! Mediafire, in particular, is extremely prompt about removing stuff. If you need help writing the DMCA notice, let me know privately. Support your friendly origami artists, don't download pirated stuff! Anne
