Gold Strike Colorado Prospecting, copyright violations and slander etc Options

[CP]

Unfortunately it's time we must address some illegal use (multiple copyright infringements for commercial/financial gain) without permission of one of our pictures.

Mr. RD (Don) Finley (AKA Sandaway in this forum), owner operator of Gold Strike Colorado Prospecting, Gold Strike Colorado Gold Adventures, and GoldStrike Colorado Paydirt, is here by publically notified of his infringement and is requested by the copyright owner (ColoradoProspector/Denise and Myself) to remove all copies of the Vic's gold panning picture he has currently in use on his websites clearly in violation of our ownership exclusive rights and laws pertaining to them.
You are also publically notified/requested to remove all slanderous material (out right or implied) from your webpages concerning Colorado Prospector club and or website.

Demonstrations of some of the violations/infringements and slander found and recorded on 4/3/2012 are as follows..........

Original work/picture from the Colorado Prospector website.
Vic's Gold Panning page on Colorado Prospector website since 2003

Slander (part A) of the Colorado Prospector club - August 5, 2011 on Gold Strike Colorado Gold Adventures


Slander (part B - same page) of the Colorado Prospector club - August 5, 2011 on Gold Strike Colorado Gold Adventures



Copyright violation/illegal use (Colorado Prospector copyrighted photo used without permission for commercial/financial gain) - Nov. 6, 2011 - GoldStrike Colorado Paydirt (Vic's paydirt)



Copyright violation/illegal use (Colorado Prospector copyrighted photo used without permission for commercial/financial gain) - GoldStrike Colorado Paydirt (Homepage)



Copyright violation/illegal use (Colorado Prospector copyrighted photo used without permission for commercial/financial gain) - Feb. 19, 2012 - Gold Strike Colorado Adventures



As I read up on copyright law, I find that there is a time frame of 3 years for civil and 5 years for criminal proceedings to be intiated.
We will keep litigation under consideration depending on your cooperation henceforth as per requested above.

I'm quite sure in time you'll find that you should not have been jerkin' on the Colorado Prospector club/website's chain!! It's attatched to the CP train which is steaming ahead!

To anyone else reading this posting.....I'd be very careful spending any time or money with someone who's so completely unprofessional, unethical, immoral.......etc etc. As you can see from past actions of his own, this is his character/nature he operates his businesses under!
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Colorado Prospector club and website has NO AFFILIATION with this person or any of his businesses!!

This post has been edited by ColoradoProspector: Apr 7 2012, 12:03 PM

Reason for edit: Edited to remove my personal remark

[swizz]

Screen shots don't lie, Dan doesn't make things up, nor is he a liar... I and others saw Mr Finley's comments (as shown above) on his actual website(s) before he removed them as per legal request. This is not a fabrication and the proof of Mr Finley's character is exhibited in the legal documents above.
Dan, owner of CP and this club and members were obviously attacked by Mr Finley. This club or forums has never discussed or attacked his outfit nor had reason to flame him (other than username: "Sandaway's" attempt at spamming against site rules a few months back). I'm not even sure if that spammer "Sandaway" was the same person but it appears to be obviously so.
For you to suggest Mr Finley be portrayed as a "victim" in this respect is absurd... he drew first blood and used illegal weaponry as his attack. Not sure why he attacked this club and propagated misinformation. From what I can see reviewing both sites... Dan (Colorado Prospector) is in rightful defense and performing damage control to protect his legal interests at this point.
I understand your interest and concern for your friend, Mr Finley. I can personally attest that you (Red) make excellent products and videos which are advertised and linked on his sites. Your business practices and products are among the best. I have purchased your products and like them. I have also recommended them to others and linked them to your site.
Mr Finley's a big boy and can speak for himself.... no?
I noticed that you failed to praise both parties (Mr Finley AND Dan) for their mining-related efforts and accolades in your posting. You only cited your friend Mr Finley as being worth mention in that regard when Dan has done so much over the years (consider the 2004 Miner's Rally which he sponsored and organized as just one example). Why is that, just curious? Is it because the CP club is not a sponsor of your retail products or do you also have an axe to grind because they won't let you advertise for free? This isn't a 'Gold-Only' site.... it is more broad than that and rules are rules. We are also a collection of rock/fossil/lapidary nerds and many could care less about Gold grubbing tools. I view you as an upstanding member of the mining community and would be disappointed if you are merely biased and decided to make a stand based on..... ????
I am personally appalled at Mr Finley's business practices in regard to this issue, as I am a small business owner as well and would never attack another company like that. Would I defend MY business like Dan did? You bet, only I wouldn't be quite as kind. The legal hammer would have been swung by now. There would be no open discussion of the matter.