On Feb 18, 2008 3:29 PM, Jon Fischer <cuda2k@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Mr. Broderick,
>
> I have been sent material for VeloBase from many individuals throughout t
> he cycling community. If any material on VeloBase.com was scanned by yours
> elf personally please give me a list of these items and they will be remove
> d immediately upon request. I have referenced your wooljersey albums in th
> e past but can not recall all of what you had and what overlap there might
> have been. I apologize if there was some content sent to me that you hold
> copyright to. And again, I will remove it immediately once identified. I
> mean not to step on anyone's toes with their hard work. I do attempt to co
> ntact the owners of images and get their approval before using it on the si
> te. However when content is sent to me, I can only assume that they do so
> with the ability to share and allow me to host it. If you have any other i
> ssues, please contact me directly and we can certainly work this out. Than
> k you.
>
> Jon Fischer
> Dallas, Tx
As Mr. Gill has pointed out, it is unlikely that Mr. Broderick has any legal standing as primary copyright holder to demand the removal any of the materials on your website. That said, it would be courteous to honor his request with the explicit understanding that you are in no way likely to be under any legal force or compulsion to do so.
Threats and demands of a pseudo-legal nature, particularly baseless ones, can have a very harmful chilling effect on allowable fair use and public discourse online if they are given more weight than the law actually lends them.
Kurt Sperry
Bellingham WA
USA