DJEagles Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Please do not post anymore High-Res photos, photos from PressWire, etc. It is not allowed any longer. We received an email from US PRESSWIRE this morning, asking us to remove all content, plus the thread on how to download, and post the pics. This is copyright infringement, and if continued, could cause some major problems for Trues and this site. The thread has been deleted, and the High-Res Sports Photo Thread has been removed also. As far as I can tell, all pics have been removed from the site, but if anyone knows of any others, then feel free to let us Admins know, so that we can remove them ASAP. Thanks, DJ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJEagles Posted September 5, 2007 Author Share Posted September 5, 2007 I am bumping this, so that everyone gets a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil1182 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Damn, that sucks. How did they find out? Someone must have snitched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 They are being real pricks about it now. When trying to access the photos, they give you this message: ERROR The requested URL could not be retrieved. ALL UNAUTHORIZED USE OF COPYRIGHTED CONTENT WILL BE PROSECUTED TO THE FULLEST EXTENT POSSIBLE. You have been logged from xx.xxx.xx.xxx The 'x' is your IP numbers. So, what, are they going to sue me for looking at pictures now? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kccitystar Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Someone must have ratted us out....again another reason why I never hotlink anything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolie Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 wow what a bunch of jerk offs. It's not like we were selling the pictures or posting for any publication. US presswire can suck it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigDom Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 I don't understand how we broke any rules. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Now I'm fearful of collecting images from that site because they make it seem as if I will get slapped with a $9,000 bill for the photos downloaded. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhath Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 no because most of you guys dont know about websites theres something called "referrers" you can track ANYONE who links to your site in a PUBLIC forum/place Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jhath Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 oh, and im taking it we cant even get the photos anymore???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyChris Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Someone must have ratted us out....again another reason why I never hotlink anything My guess is that someone probably did hotlink a pic, and they found the referer through that. I don't understand how we broke any rules. Because people were stealing valuable content. Just because it isn't physical doesn't mean it's not something that cost their company lots of money to produce. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SloppyChris Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 wow what a bunch of jerk offs. It's not like we were selling the pictures or posting for any publication. US presswire can suck it. If I walked out of a store carrying a baseball glove I didn't pay for, but never actually played with it is it still stealing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thr33niL Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 The first bunch of pictures posted in that thread were hosted elsewhere. I remember checking that when all the old school Aaron, Mantle, etc. pictures were posted. I didn't think anyone would be stupid enough to hotlink the site directly. Seems I was wrong. That sucks. It WAS a nice little find. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kgbaseball Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 Pressbox photos still work = happy kg. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HardcoreLegend Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 If I walked out of a store carrying a baseball glove I didn't pay for, but never actually played with it is it still stealing? They make their images availible to anyone with a PC via CBSSportsline.com. Until now, no one knew how to get the hi-res versions but they were giving the images away thru their distribution to CBS. And I hosted all the pics that I posted. No hotlinking here. You can still get the pictures. You just have to click on the link they provide after they tell you they have logged your IP. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david23 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 but will they charge you if you get the pictures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRog Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 nah but their tracking you :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolie Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 If I walked out of a store carrying a baseball glove I didn't pay for, but never actually played with it is it still stealing? so you are the rat lol! Look at this whole site dude! Every freaking thing has been stolen? Every image, logo, or EA art isn't ours! Nobody ever complained about our usage because it's a freaking video game that we aren't making any profits from. You are saying the whole MVPMods are thieves that aren't any different then common petty thief. I see a huge difference. All I see are people being creative and using the tools available for non profit. US Presswire are a bunch of crybabies. So much work paying a digital photographer to upload to a crappy site that isn't even on the same league as getty images. They should be worrying about other things besides a bunch of overaged kids impressed by some photos. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david23 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 what do you mean they are tracking me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolie Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 be careful they will get you like the fashion police. they will swoop down in the middle of an inning just when you're not expecting it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david23 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 are you serious? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRog Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 be careful they will get you like the fashion police. they will swoop down in the middle of an inning just when you're not expecting it.come and knock on your door and confiscate your hard drive Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
david23 Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 are you serious Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rolie Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 ask Terry Francona. They are out to get you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BigRog Posted September 5, 2007 Share Posted September 5, 2007 dead seriouse ya gotta know how to cover up your online trail :wink: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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