Fake sex-ad man backs down
p2pnet.net news:- Michael Crook ran fake personal advertisements claiming to be a young woman seeking a casual sexual encounter, said the EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation) which filed a lawsuit on behalf of Jeff Diehl, editor of Internet magazine 10 Zen Monkeys, who’d criticized Crook’s ‘craigslist-perverts.org,’ and whom Crook threatened with lawsuits.
Now Crook says he’ll withdraw the complaints, “take a copyright law course, and apologize for interfering with the free speech rights of his targets,” says the EFF, going on:
“Diehl was forced to modify an article posted about Crook’s behavior in a fake sex-ad scheme after Crook sent baseless Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notices, claiming to be the copyright holder of an image used in the story. In fact, the image was from a Fox News program and legally used as part of commentary on Crook. But Crook repeated his claims and then attempted to use the same process to get the image removed from other websites reporting on his takedown campaign.”
Crook has also “agreed to limit any future DMCA notices to works authored or photographed by himself or his wife, or where the copyright was specifically assigned to him” says the EFF, and, “All future notices must also include a link to EFF information on his case, as well as the settlement agreement. Crook has also recorded a video statement to apologize and publicize the dangers of abusing copyright law.”
Also See:
casual sexual encounter – craigslist-perverts’ Cook sued, March 14, 2007
EFF – DMCA Abuser Apologizes for Takedown Campaign, March 14, 2007
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