aren't you suppose to send c&d's by registered postal?

Check out the APIC board ...

Here

I don't even know why they put this up. It's nothing but people talking shit about Steve with no replies.

Then, obviously they don't feel that way about me, do they? If the models didn't feel that way about you, maybe you'd have about 140 girls up on your site, like me. (Ouch!)

Good point. I don't think a damm email constitutes any legal means of notification. Nobody said you have to open your mail??...

ArronM has hundreds and HUNDERDS of girls, he only puts the trash on his site (trash that looks fuckin HOT too). he's mostly into custom work and if you're lucky enough to have him show you some you better bring towel for the drool.....

Or, like you, I could start shooting everything that walks, crawls, and slithers through the door.

DAMN!

Okay who farted?

I think that`s because he chooses quality over quantity,unlike you (ouch!) :1orglaugh


Mike.............

I've heard a rumor that Steve Easton is no longer with APIC. The email that Lensman posted seems to have been written by a Mr. Callahan. I always assumed that APIC=Easton, this does not seem to be the case anymore. Who exactly is APIC?

A (small)
Penis
In
Charge

This ain't another one of them 3l33t h4x0r things is it?

Also interesting in that email is the fact that Steve Easton is listed as one of the copyright holders being violated. I knew he used to be a contene provider but that was a long time ago.

They are, however, a bunch of morons to try to strongarm Lens.

apic nearly put me out of business... sending me shit and getting lawyers involved about shit they couldnt even prove. in the end they just went away, no apology or reimbursement for anything.

their intentions may be good, but their methods and lack of respect for anyone but themselves pisses me off. :2 cents:

Who's still using Suze Randall pics? Jesus why do all her models wear those fucking ugly pastel pumps? Can't she afford more than K-Mart shoes for her models?

Lack of respect? Ya think?

Look at this email he sent me:

I think you are confusing Suze with another photographer who shall remain unmentioned and unseen.

i'll say it again, what a fucking joke.

Lensman sue him for defamation of character

he called you a wannabe photographer

First they told us Al Gore invented the Internet, now we find out it was really APIC?

You can choose to not open your mail, but it wouldn't matter. Once the letter is either sent or received (don't remember which), it's considered received and everything inside it is binding.

since when is an email a binding document?
it must be sent certified or registered mail

This might be more to the point...:)

Don't let the fucker get you down. They are just jealous that you have what they want. :)

That fucker is sitting behind a desk while you are planning your next fun night out.

http://www.ampcontent.com/pics/LensKitty.jpg

APIC wouldn't know a Barnett Newman from track lines in their underwear.

Jesus now they are photography critics too? Haha...

lol

funny stuff

I side with let the lawyers deal with it, or laucn another program lens and then buy them..

:)

just thought that I would comment

CAPTION OF THE WEEK

Is that a Beer Bottle in your hand? or are you just happy to see me? :1orglaugh

Anyone have any pictures of Steve Easton or this Mr. Callahan?

I need to practice some more morphing of full frontal bukakke shots in photoshop, besides I need to post another gallery on my freehost account...

pornopete

it's not worth sueing back for

it's easier to delete the e-mails, or ignore, cost effective too :)

Oh, my.

APIC has absolutely no professional conduct.

Is this how they handle copyright violations? By sending out threatening emails?

It sounds like APIC is run by a bunch of kids that are fooling around on a computer in their parents basement.

That was kind. I'll be sure to pass that along to them.

And another, is better seen and not heard.

You may want to print the page out. At your age the memory starts to slip a bit. :glugglug

LMAO.

Touché

Unseen????
Freudian slip?..........or not?

Not so bad if you know them? Hell people can only be nice if you know them? Whats up with that?

I personally think her pics are contrived -- but she has/had a monopoly w/ most of the world famous celebrity models... that's why she has so much problem w/ theft. Can you blame guys for wanting to trade pics of their favorite supermodels? I don't condone theft -- but it's a reality that pop culture IS the internet -- and no APIC lawyer can do shit about it.

Believe it or not, Boneprone started his site as a HOBBY... and there still are a lot of enthusiast webmasters out there... If you really get to know some of the guys in this biz -- you find out that many of them just like to look at hot babes -- and the money is just gravy.

Not a good idea.

Lensman presumably has contractual obligations in regard to those payments, although I haven't read his particular set of "we don't have to pay you if you cheat" boilerplate.

It is true, I think, that complying with a properly formed DMCA notice can protect one against contractual damages that result from such compliance. It is also true that there is some dispute about the degree of specificity that must be found in a properly formed DCMA notice.

However, I don't think there can be any dispute that the vague piece of crap email Lensman posted here was NOT, by any stretch of the imagination, specific enough to be a properly formed DCMA notice. (Even assuming that Lensman's situation falls within the scope of the DCMA -- I have insufficient data to know.)

There is a very specific subspecies of lawyer that THRIVES on making insupportable legal threats because it is, as a class, simply too lazy to make supportable ones, and too arrogant to feel the need. Such lawyers are a blight upon the profession. I spit on them. Hock. Ptooie.

It's not really like APIC gets any respect what so ever with there bad spelled slanderous letters.. :)

Might be that APIC in love with your model but don't know how to contact her so they push you with threat in order to reveal her address :Graucho

You've got to wonder at the mentality and IQ of the people running APIC. The service IS needed on the Internet but these people just haven't a clue. As was mentioned above they can rarely even write an e-mail without typos and bad grammar in nearly every sentence. They're quite frankly a joke. Maybe somebody with a little more sense and legal savvy will set up a decent service and put these clowns out of business. There's certainly an opening there.

Yep, I remember following the whole Absolut saga last year, and at first I thought everyone had gotten their knickers in a knot over a prank, I couldn't believe that email was from a bona fide company. I thought that it was some kid impersonating APIC.

This is ridiculous.

APIC sounds like a desperate organisation.
They show a lack of respect and professionalism and I would not even have answered their emails.

Fuck yeah Aaron you wen't to bat man.. I think this is a good oppurtunity for someone to start a new business and overthrow Apic.. Joe I would be furious man.. I hope this works out.. no one needs the extra pressure.. I remember talking to jim about Apic and he knows them Quite well being hes a big free host.. Talk to jim.

Snow

I had to deal with APIC myself due to a Candid Clicks webmaster who was using stolen content.

Just like Lens I asked them the same questions, and of course Steve being the rude unprofessional person that he was would say things like

"Stop wasting my time, I have many other important emails to send out...it's pretty obvious that you're new to the business since you are unwilling to cooperate"

I'm neither new to the business, nor was I unwilling to cooperate. I was simply asking for basic information. Steve was also very unhappy when I told him that I was going to contact the webmaster first, asking for a license, before canning his account.

Steve is the biggest dope I've had to deal with. He goes on rambling how I'm wasting his time, yet he was the one to contact me first wasting my valuable time with his rude emails.

I wish I still had the email conversions handy, would have been pretty funny to post here.

But yeah I have agree with the rest of you, Steve is a unprofessional clown who I'd be embarrassed to represent for me if I were a content provider.

Slander = spoken bullshit
Libel = written bullshit

I have had a couple of dealings with APIC - once to defend myself, and another to defend myself. Anytime I talked to someone there, I ended up feeling violated and dirty.

Lens....are you going for the DvD Player here...? :1orglaugh

Please post Steve Easton pics...so we all know at who to laugh
at during the coming shows...!!!

DynaMite :thumbsup

Posted some months ago by Steve Easton on the APIC message board: "The majority of fools don't realize that if it wasn't for APIC there would be no Adult Web"

Bow to the power!!!!!:1orglaugh

we should DoS apic :D

Hmmm....wonder if Lens sends himself DVD players.... :)