Sean Peele Back with Copyright Infringement with aglimpseofyouphotography.com

<p>Several photo.net members have alerted me to the fact that Sean Peele, who infringed the copyrights of many photo.net members recently, has a new website, and has again infringed the copyrights of photo.net members. Many of the images are the same ones used in the previous website. Here is the thread about the recent incident.</p>

<p><a href="../wedding-photography-forum/00W132">http://www.photo.net/wedding-photography-forum/00W132</a></p>

<p>Here is the new website.</p>

<p>New site: <a href="http://aglimpseofyouphotography.com/">http://aglimpseofyouphotography.com/</a></p>

<p>I am listing all the photo.net photographers whose image(s) I recognized on the new site. They are; Jay Philbrick, Jerry Ting, Carlos Ramirez, Chris Harrison, Jen Seay, Edward Horn, Elaine Vang, Thomas Paul, Meg Reul, Rachel Barker, Sergey Usik, Dave Gardner, Michael Brown, and Michele Rivera. There are probably many more, and I have not checked the family portrait, or any other section.</p>

<p>You may want to check the site for your images. If you know any of the people above, please contact them and tell them. Information about what to do if your copyright has been infringed is in the thread about the first incident.</p>

<p>You may also contact me with any other information.</p>

<p>This guy is a gigantic FAIL. </p>

<p>The Music is ripped off also. Beach Boys tune used under "Events" section ... as if.</p>

<p>If anyone wants to get this guy ... send a link to the music publishers : -)</p>

<p>I think this may constitute Internet Fraud ... taking money under false pretenses using the internet.</p>

<p>Internet Fraud is policed by the FBI. </p>

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<p>I feel like I've been violated.</p>

Edward, what are you planning to do? Maybe another question is what can you do?

<p>Each person whose photos have been used needs to send a DMCA takedown notice to his ISP. It would appear that the correct email to send it to is abuse@hostdime.com. You can also go to hostdime.com and get a physical address for a letter. This is a sample DMCA takedown notice.</p>

 

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<p>VIA Email at hostdime.com.com<br>

Re: Copyright Claim<br>

To the ISP Hosting Company:<br>

I am the copyright owner of the photographs being infringed at:<br>

http://www. (Provided full address)<br>

Copies of the photographs being infringed are included to assist with their removal from the infringing Web sites.<br>

This letter is official notification under the provisions of Section 512© of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (“DMCA”) to effect removal of the above-reported infringements. I request that you immediately issue a cancellation message as specified in RFC 1036 for the specified postings and prevent the infringer, who is identified by its Web address, from posting the infringing photographs to your servers in the future. Please be advised that law requires you, as a service provider, to “expeditiously remove or disable access to” the infringing photographs upon receiving this notice. Noncompliance may result in a loss of immunity for liability under the DMCA.<br>

I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of here is not authorized by me, the copyright holder, or the law. The information provided here is accurate to the best of my knowledge. I swear under penalty of perjury that I am the copyright holder.<br>

Please send me at the address noted below a prompt response indicating the actions you have taken to resolve this matter.<br>

Sincerely,<br>

Name<br /> Email:email</p>

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<p>Okay...so not cool...now my stuff is on there! grrr...does this guy not have any integrity?!?!?!</p>

<p>Anyone who is a member of PPA (Professional Photographers of America) might want to take a look at http://www.ppa.com/copyright-advocacy/what-we-do.php where they detail their services for members who have had their copyright violated.</p>

 

<p>The hosting ISP is HostDime. Their DMCA complaint procedure is detailed at http://www.hostdime.com/support/forms/HD-copyright-claim.pdf</p>

 

<p>While an email may yield some results, I believe that written communication via snail mail has a much firmer legal standing and may get results faster.</p>

 

<p>While they are only obligated to remove the specific instances of copyright violation specified in a DMCA complaint, it's likely that if they get enough complaints they'll just pull the whole site like it seems his last ISP did.</p>

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<p>does this guy not have any integrity?!?!?!</p>

 

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<p>Apparently not.</p>

<p>If it helps any, here is the information about who's doing his hosting. A group called "domains by proxy":<br>

http://www.photo.net/wedding-photography-forum/00WGIu?unified_p=1</p>

<p>I don't know if writing to them would help or not, but I thought I'd post the information. </p>

<p>"Domains by Proxy" is not the host. Domains by Proxy takes care of anonymous domain name registration. Based on the DNS servers, the hosting company is HostDime, as Bob and I have pointed out. Sending anything to Domains by Proxy will do nothing.</p>

<p>As jeff points out, "domains by proxy" is simply a forwarding service for people who want to hide their identity. If you send anything to them, it simply gets forwarded to the real domain owner. If you don't want people to know who you are, where you live, what your email address is etc, you use a proxy service to hide them.</p>

<p>The hosting company is identified in the WHOIS information via the nameservers.</p>

<p>Did not see any of mine...perhaps he's been "tipped-off" and has removed images that aren't his? In any case, thanks Nadine for the heads-up. This is sadly not the first time this has happened to me. </p>

<p>i guess time to move to another domain name since his old "studio" reputation is now trashed...</p>

<p>i think unless someone takes this guy to court and make him learn a lesson he'll just keep on changing names.</p>

<p>He still doesn't have any taste. Apparently it can't be learned...</p>

<p>Melissa--would you please tell me which of your images he had on the site?</p>

<p>Also, did any of you register your images? If so, we can do a class action.</p>

<p>Michael--it is that lovely orangy picture of a couple's first dance that was a Wedding Photo of the Week selection a year or so ago.</p>

<p>Michael--this is the image.</p>

<p><a href="http://www.photo.net/wedding-photography-forum/00TwY7">http://www.photo.net/wedding-photography-forum/00TwY7</a></p>

<p>Also--another photo.net member whose images appear on the site is Todd Laffler. Todd was actually the person who first knew about Sean Peele's copyright infringement. Roberta Ganz is the person who noticed Todd's image on Sean Peele's original site. We all owe her a debt.</p>

<p>What will it take for this jerk to learn? He's not some stupid young kid, either. His classmates.com profile puts him in his 50's. (Same photo as in his old advertising.)<br>

Didn't even change his phone number.</p>

<p>I wish this guy is taught a good lesson. Has anyone been able to talk to him as yet. </p>

<p>aglimpseofyou.com is NOT the same site. Peele's is aglimpseofyouphotography.com.</p>

<p>Jeff,<br>

I caught my mistake and wrote back to the website to disregard my email to them. I failed to crosscheck my google search and did err.</p>

<p>I put my blog article on Peele back up.</p>

<p>The original was cached by Google immediately after printing. By reprinting my article, the old links resolve to the new printing of the story. To date, Mr. Peele never has replied to any of my requests for an interview. The new printing contains a modest expansion in the search tags, to include the name of his new website.</p>

<p>I wasn't particularly interested in writing gossip column type material, but some of these egregious misuses of material include the commercial exploitation of an American Soldier in uniform.</p>

<p>I believe that exploitation is for profit, during what would probably be conservatively labeled, "Uncivil activities." Expect vigorous refusals of cooperation with Mr. Peele from numerous veterans who find this type of behavior below distasteful. Leave Soldier's families alone if you're going to steal from somebody. Thanks. </p>

<p>The second printing is at: http://www.agxphoto.com/2010/04/take-it-or-make-it-sean-peele.html</p>

<p>Just make the picture yourself is a better way to go. Rising photographers should be encouraged to do better. A bad photo made by you is far superior to a good photo snatched from someone else. Try to do what's right in this world. </p>

<p>Here is the screen shot of my image :) Thanks Nadine!</p><div></div>

<p>This guy's name is now all over the internet. Just do a google/bing search and see all the times his name comes up. There is even a bridal site in San Diego cautioning people about him.</p>

<p>This guy is a despicable little <em><strong>worm</strong></em>.</p>