Following on from our recent appeal for instances of online piracy, Peter Dervin, host of the Seattle-based radio music show Exposure has his own tale of falling foul of internet piracy.
Peter writes "Rhapsody and their ad agency Pubiclis, back in 2005, attacked my web page and stole my concert ticket images from my webpage. All the tickets shown in these ads were my from personal collection that I had posted on my EXPOSURE web page. As they were a part of a major ad campaign ithese ads appeared many times in Rolling Stone, the New York Times and were made into posters.
Note that there are several King Crimson, Electric Gauchos, and California Guitar Trio concert ticket stubs. Note of interest, my last name appears on the “Chop Suey” ticket in the middle of the page.
When I contacted Real Networks, they denied that they stole anything and that the ad agency that created the ad campaign was to blame. I was never paid for the use of my images by either Real Networks, Rhapsody or Publicis. The deletions were tickets that were not mine."
Peter writes "Rhapsody and their ad agency Pubiclis, back in 2005, attacked my web page and stole my concert ticket images from my webpage. All the tickets shown in these ads were my from personal collection that I had posted on my EXPOSURE web page. As they were a part of a major ad campaign ithese ads appeared many times in Rolling Stone, the New York Times and were made into posters.
Note that there are several King Crimson, Electric Gauchos, and California Guitar Trio concert ticket stubs. Note of interest, my last name appears on the “Chop Suey” ticket in the middle of the page.
When I contacted Real Networks, they denied that they stole anything and that the ad agency that created the ad campaign was to blame. I was never paid for the use of my images by either Real Networks, Rhapsody or Publicis. The deletions were tickets that were not mine."
