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Re: Help Build The Archive!

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Originally Posted by DonRotolo View Post
Try having your work purloined and see how you feel about it.

They only had to ask, but since they did not, it is copyright infringement, and I intend to pursue that.

Simply put: WFN has taken a teams work and is using it without permission. Intellectual Property Theft may be legal in Canada, but not in the United States.
I'm not sure how you can call it "work" per se but when it comes to any sort of element of FIRST and online videos and pictures I would be honoured for my stuff to be spread about the community. Yes the common courtesy is to ask but we also have to remember that WHATEVER is posted on the internet is pretty much free game since there isn't exactly an INTERNATIONAL Cyberlaw that stipulates or mandates anything. Yes there are "Terms and Service Agreements" but how often would they actually hold up in civil court? Keep in mind the team affected the most is currently from the USA and WFN is run by Canadians.

Again I will reiterate what I have said before... this should NOT be about legalities but rather continuing to spread the word of FIRST via archived matches. WFN isn't altering the videos, they are simply moving it from one server to another so everything is in one space and doesn't get lost years down the road if teams shutdown.

Basically what it boils down to is the WFN needs to work out some kinks. They are ASKING for solutions and this is your OPPORTUNITY. Resolve the issues without getting into your legal resources. Suing people over this would be the most stupid thing I will EVER see because it will actually most likely do MORE HARM than good.

REMEMBER what we are preaching about... STEM Education... Inspiring Science and Technology AND remember who we are doing it for... the STUDENTS! Teaching them to reach out to a legal power rather than civilly working out the issues personally is not the way I would handle the situation.

Let's put on our thinking caps and give WFN some realistic solutions they can work with and develop (this isn't going to happen over night folks).

I leave you with this article...

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