Thanks to so many people, especially SENATOR CONNIE LEYVA, it is against the law to create Photoshop images of celebrities. This is the fighter, CONNIE LEYVA:
This is the story:
Yes, it's all written in legalese, but it is, in the very best sense, A MORAL VICTORY.
This website has been fighting for such legislation for a long time, and using every means possible to encourage others to publicize the issue, report violations, alert the media, and alert the victims. While some might not want to be named, as the "bad guys" can be juvenile, hacky, spiteful and prankish, here's a big THANK YOU to all who have been offended by the Photoshop plague and have worked to get this law passed.
Hopefully EBAY will specifically mention this law on the pages where they advise sellers on what is and is NOT legal to sell in the site.
It is also hoped that while this site has focused primarily on EBAY, that the rebel websites that "JIHAD" against female celebrities, and forego common decency for 4 CHAN bratty behavior, will find themselves BLOCKED by ISP's and even taken down by ICE or some other government agency.
It IS time to take back the Internet, and that applies not only to the issue of Photoshop Fakes, but all illegal activity, including piracy. For too long, GOOGLE has been the prime offender, allowing YOUTUBE to be loaded with pirated material, and allowing bloggers (via their BLOGSPOT free blogs) to constantly "give away" as "Freedom of Speech" entire discographies and filmographies. GOOGLE, much worse than EBAY, puts rights owners through unbearable hoops when it comes to DMCA's. Their "GOOGLE CLOUD" service is now right up there with Zippyshare, Mediafire, Rapidgator and Yadi in empowering obnoxious creeps to pretend to be Robin Hoods because they "love music" or think everyone should see movies and TV shows for FREEEEEEE.
This is not just a fight that puts money in the pockets of the RIAA or SAG-AFTRA. This fight benefits us all, because the more that's STOLE'D the less that's SOLD. Do you really want nothing but Marvel superhero movies? Rotten reality shows on TV? NO new music albums from older performers who can't even get on an indie label anymore? Most of this is due to INTERNET PIRACY. The fight goes on. The wheels of justice may be slow, but they are BIG wheels and they can and will crush the rats AND the maggots and parasites who do nothing positive and everything with malice.
PS, if you're wondering what kind of abuses are being allowed by GOOGLE, here are a few of the prime music-stealing websites that have been in business for a decade...with bloggers making money for themselves via Paypal donations and "royalties" from Rapidgator and other rogue services, and other bloggers just doing it "for the fun of it."
https://rollhotrodroll.blogspot.com/
http://dariuschrisgoes.blogspot.com/
It is also important that the RIAA, GEMA, IFPI, BREIN and others continue to work so that not only is GOOGLE stopped from their ridiculous and deliberately blind policy against copyright, but that other rogue websites get shut down, too. The United States, the United Kingdom and other countries have ambassadors to Croatia, and somebody should tell the Croatians that they will NOT get any more aid or trade, unless they respect copyright and shut down THIS site that has shamelessly been running for fifteen years:
https://blog.dnevnik.hr/zinhof
Lastly, EBAY needs to not only make sure Photoshop FAKES are removed from the site, but any INVASION OF PRIVACY items and obvious unauthorized sales, such as a dozen items from a seller-brat named thekidjr who scans pictures stolen out of magazines and downloads sneaky paparazzi pictures to sell. HE is being rewarded for being nothing but somebody who counterfeits images and abuses women.
INVASION OF PRIVACY:
STEALING PHOTOS OUT OF SPORTS ILLUSTRATED AND OTHER MAGAZINES:
What is the excuse, EBAY? That you don't think these are NUDE images being sold? You think that Selena Gomez and Kaley Cuoco should be spending a fortune on Web Sheriff to catch obvious illegal activity like this? Why doesn't "REPORT ITEM: ADULT, NOT ALLOWED AT ALL" get these two items removed?
Hopefully the next post will announce the suspension of thekidjr from PAYPAL and/or EBAY.
THANKS AGAIN to ALL who worked on the PHOTOSHOP FAKES issue, and especially those who ARE COMPLETELY VOLUNTEERS AND DON'T GET PAID. (You don't see a PAYPAL donation banner on THIS site...)
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