[Joe Menassa]

I myself being a photographer can agree with many of the above comments about copyright infringement. Although I am not positive where firstrobotics.net originally got their photographs from, they may have been submitted from each team, making it totally legit.

I have seen things like this happen on other photography forums and it usually isn't a pretty fight.

What I highly recommend doing is taking down the site for now. -I do like it, it is well done, but you cant just take other peoples photos, especially by stealing off another site.

What you should do is start your own legit site. Either in this thread or maybe start a new one, announcing that you want to make a very organized robot showcase site. Then ask people to email you photos of their robots with proper permission of use. I'm sure people will want their photos displayed on your site, just start from scratch- The way everything should be.

-If I remember correctly, when firstrobotics.net was launched they asked everyone for photos...but I could be wrong.

I know I would gladly send you some photos of the 121 robot when it is completed.

good luck