Copyright Troll USCG Violates Copyright 97
omarlittle writes "The US Copyright Group — a company owned by intellectual property lawyers, which has been in the news for threatening downloaders of the movie Hurt Locker — has apparently stolen their site from a competitor. At one point, even the competitor's phone number and copyright statement were copied word for word on USCG's 'settlement' website. The competitor is reportedly going to send a Cease & Desist."
Site change already..... mostly (Score:3, Interesting)
Looks like the graphics have been replaced. Yet bizarrely they kept some stolen Javascript functions in there that they don't even use.
So... (Score:3, Interesting)
Additionally... (Score:4, Interesting)
The image of the "woman paying a bill online in her kitchen" was not likely owned by the Copyright Enforcement Group either but was licensed stock photography from somewhere else. Not only did they rip off CEG but also the owner of the stock image...
Sentor Hatch and Copyright. (Score:5, Interesting)
This reminds me of Senator Hatch who used unlicensed copyrighted software on his official website but then attempted, believe it or not, to pass legislation that would allowed the recording industry to remotely automatically destroy computers when they discovered that their copyrighted music was being downloaded.
You couldn't invent this stuff...
http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2003/06/59305 [wired.com]