I sent a message to website owners via the contact form. On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 11:02 AM, Ryan Kaldari <rkald...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Wow, that's pretty blatant copyfraud. Anyone who owns those images should > have a pretty good case to sue him. > > On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 10:45 AM, Tuszynski, Jarek W. < > jaroslaw.w.tuszyn...@leidos.com> wrote: > >> Paul Fearn <https://fineartamerica.com/profiles/paul-fearn.html> seems >> to have a little business of selling images from WLM and claiming their >> authorship. In the past others complained at OTRS ( >> https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTick >> etZoom;TicketID=10017069# ). Did anybody tried contacting >> https://fineartamerica.com/contactus.html?tab=contactus to shut him down? >> >> >> >> Jarekt >> >> >> >> >> >> *From:* Commons-l [mailto:commons-l-boun...@lists.wikimedia.org] *On >> Behalf Of *Samuel Klein >> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 03, 2018 1:14 PM >> *To:* Wiki Loves Monuments Photograph Competition; Wikimedia Commons >> Discussion List >> *Cc:* Sarah Krichen >> *Subject:* EXTERNAL: Re: [Commons-l] [Wiki Loves Monuments] Copyfraud of >> WLM winners photo >> >> >> >> Yuck. >> >> >> >> That said, perhaps we should think about integrating a link to a >> CC-friendly printshop that can produce prints roughly at cost, perhaps with >> the WP URL and license on the back. (prints are basically the only service >> 'fineartamerica' provides.) >> >> >> >> In the US I use shortrunposters, ~$4 for a 2'x3' print (so, 5% the cost >> of fineartamerica); I bet there are others. >> >> >> >> SJ >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jan 3, 2018 at 10:34 AM, Nicolas VIGNERON < >> vigneron.nico...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi all, >> >> TLDR: someone is stealing WLM photo on https://fineartamerica.com/pro >> files/paul-fearn.html?tab=artwork&page=11 :/ >> >> Longer story: WMFR just received an OTRS message from a WLM competitor >> who discovered that someone is wrongly taking credits for its WLM photos >> (and other WLM files and other files from Commons apparently) on the >> fineartamerica website. This competitor send a mail to this website and >> asked if WMFR can help in any way. >> >> So now, I'm sending you this mail to know whether you had to deal with >> things like this or if you have any ideas of what should be done. >> >> Cdlt, ~nicolas >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki Loves Monuments mailing list >> WikiLovesMonuments@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikilovesmonuments >> http://www.wikilovesmonuments.org >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Samuel Klein @metasj w:user:sj +1 617 529 >> 4266 <(617)%20529-4266> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Commons-l mailing list >> common...@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/commons-l >> >> >
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