I think I have a 'stalker'..

I think I have a 'stalker'...

For the third time..

in about as many months..

I've had something 'pulled' from Zazzle

for copyright infringement.

This time it was this light blue

'Keep Calm and Carry On' merchandise.

I think if I check, I'll find the red one's probably

been pulled as well.

Last time, it was my

Obama button,

with the 'Rosa Sat...' saying on it.

With the Obama button,

the reason given...

' all images of Martin Luther King

are copyright protected.'

DUH!!

Dumb Ass!!

I DIDN'T USE an image of Martin Luther King...

I didn't even use his full name...I said, "Martin walk(ed)...'

I was maddest about that 'pull' ... since that was

my MOST popular item at the time

and selling like crazy.

They never did 'resolve' the problem.,..

I just sent an email...saying I had NOT infringed on

any copyright..and put the thing back on.

Of course, by then it wasn't such a 'hot' item anymore!

I was soooo pissed!

So, over the week-end I got a new 'violation' over

the 'keep calm' image.

Like it's not in Public Domain and free for anyone to use.

The reference they gave me (for a copyright violation)...

was a link to a shop in England that sells nothing but

'Keep Calm'...merchandise.

Since they don't just pull your merchandise,

someone had to 'report' that I'd violated

something!

It's getting a little tiring!

I think it's bullsh*t, that there's someone

out there THAT is so worried about what

I'm doing or not...

to report me as violating copyright

that I'm not violating.

I decided I would see

how 'involved'

this process was..

so I tried it myself...

I discovered they have to write the

'reason' they think there

was a violation and what it was..

so...no...'oops...sorry...we hit

that button by mistake'

excuse on these.

No...I didn't report anybody

for copyright violation...

though I certainly could have..

if I'd used the same criteria for my own

'infractions'.

As a matter of fact..I think there's

still a 'Rosa Sat..' card there

that DOES have a

Martin image on it...wow...really..

hmmm!