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Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by coldtea on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @09:23AM (#5711745)
>It's almost as if IP rights for content in the modern era are incredibly complex, and it's very difficult to actually be certain you have the rights for anything, making it kind of absurd to threaten people and take them to court for minor violations that could be resolved through other means!

Yes, although this is not exactly the case.

It's not like they are getting people to court for cases like this -- which could be legitimate ignorance.

They do it for people downloading and sharing copyrighted content knowingly. Now, if somebody else was using their wifi, that's another thing (and it can be shown in court).

But they don't really do it for cases that are analogous to "i trusted a website company and they used pirated stock photos".

Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by Xylakant on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @09:54AM (#5711940)
> But they don't really do it for cases that are analogous to "i trusted a website company and they used pirated stock photos".

No? At least Getty Images does [1]. You can try and sue your website company for damages, but that's another story. The copyright owner will sue you since you're using the images without permission.

[1] sorry, german: http://www.ferner-alsdorf.de/2013/04/urheberrecht-gettyimage...

Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by genwin on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @01:45PM (#5713594)
The owner of a stock photo can charge any price they want. Canipre is just as hypocritical when they ignore stock photo violations. They should have a receipt for every copied resource on their site, or proof that it's free.
Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by csense on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @06:50PM (#5715611)
> It's not like they are getting people to court for cases like this -- which could be legitimate ignorance.

How do you know they aren't? It might be very easy for someone who's not technically knowledgeable to plug in a wifi router without configuring it, leaving their Internet connection open.

Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by valdiorn on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @07:00PM (#5715670)
You mean The Pirate Bay isn't legal?! Oh boy, I feel stupid.

Can I also plead "legitimate ignorance"?

Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by wnight on Wednesday May 15, 2013 @10:55AM (#5712388)
So if I buy a music player and it comes with 40g of music on it I should assume it's fine and trust the company that sold it to me.

Sweet.

No, the poster above had it right. It's not the specific remedies that're needed, it's them throwing open the door the way they would want if they were investigating.

Sure, this may be a mistake, but if it's an important issue as they make it out to be, they shouldn't brush it off.

Re:Canadian anti-piracy outfit pirates photos for its website by coldtea on Thursday May 16, 2013 @04:22AM (#5717498)
>So if I buy a music player and it comes with 40g of music on it I should assume it's fine and trust the company that sold it to me. Sweet.

Yes, you should. If you were sold that, and it's not licensed, it's the companies fault. That can be easily be shown in court.