INteresting Friday nugget

[Robert Krausankas (BuddhaPi)]

Is copyright infringement of images, becoming a criminal violation??

http://copyright-trolls.com/site/a-new-tool-to-circumvent-infringement/

[lucia]

Shoot. Can I put that on my blog? 

[Mulligan]

“The unauthorized reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work is illegal. Criminal copyright infringement, including infringement without monetary gain, is investigated by the FBI and is punishable by fines and federal imprisonment.”

I wonder if copyright troll and collection agent Timothy B. McCormack will now have his paralegal Ashanti A. Taylor add a couple of sentences to their form letters that they'll turn this matter over to the F  B  I  (spoken in a slow Hannibal Lecter cadence) if individuals don't cough up their exorbitant extraction payment?

[Greg Troy (KeepFighting)]

I can't see the copyright trolls wanting to use this logo as it could work against them. It certainly would not be good if they are displaying the seal and sending out demand letters but still refusing reasonable requests for proof. If that got back to the FBI the investigations might be reversed.

The more I think about it I doubt they would even display the seal as most people like myself respect intellectual property rights and would not take an image known to be copyrighted or belonging to someone else. The trolls need the free sites in the flood of unwatered marked images to stay in business and using the seal would most likely put an end to their trolling unless they are just going to add the seal to their demand letters as an additional layer of fear factor to try to get people to pay before researching their situation.

It will be interesting to see who starts using the seal and what the results are. This is a good find and thanks for sharing it with us Robert.