DMCA Letter(s)

So far I’ve received 3 DMCA letters because I’m “illegally” using some football logos on my site (read: they want money). The first letter (email) was from The Premier League:

We write on behalf of The Premier League, in respect of certain intellectual property rights including football Club Crests and the Premier League logo.

We have noticed that your website, http://www.football-wallpapers.com is displaying The Premier League’s clubs’ crests and Premier League Logo.

We wish to make you aware that we have a good faith belief that your present use is an infringement of the The Premier League’s legal rights and that all such unauthorised use must cease immediately.

Please confirm by return your agreement to this and give your undertaking to cease all such infringements on any and all of your web sites. Pending your response the Premier League’s rights are fully reserved.

I hereby state The Premier League are the owners of the exclusive rights to the copyrighted material and that NetResult are authorised to act on their behalf.

On behalf of the owners of the exclusive right to the copyrighted material at issue in this notice, I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

I, Tim Cooper, as a representative of NetResult hereby digitally sign this e-mail message under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America with the additional statement under penalty of perjury that the information in the notice is accurate.

We thank you for your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,
Tim Cooper
NetResult
A Division of Projector NetResult Ltd
Mulberry House
583 Fulham Road
London
UK SW6 5UA

Tel: 44 (0)20 7471 1735

The second letter (real mail) was from FC Bayern München:

…and a few more pages (I was too lazy to scan them hehe ).

And the third letter (email) is (again) from The Premier League:

Dear Sirs,

In follow up to the email I sent on the 19th September 2008 below, your website http://www.football-wallpapers.com/?s=Pr emier+League is still displaying club crests for FA Premier League. Please remove the club crests from your site.

[Formal Declaration

1. I hereby state Football DataCo are the owners of the exclusive rights to the copyrighted material and that NetResult are authorised to act on their behalf.

2. On behalf of the owners of the exclusive right to the copyrighted material at issue in this notice, I hereby state that I have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorised by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

I, Jack Newton, as a representative of NetResult hereby digitally sign this e-mail message under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States of America with the additional statement under penalty of perjury that the information in the notice is accurate.
]

Thank you for your cooperation.

Yours sincerely,

Jack Newton

NetResult
A Division of Projector NetResult Ltd
Mulberry House,
583 Fulham Road,
London
UK
SW6 5UA

Of course I removed all wallpapers (userbars, avatars…) with Premier League clubs logos and Bayern logos, and in the future I won’t upload such wallpapers, so please don’t ask me via email to make these wallpapers because I can’t.

Sorry for bad english

Webmaster of football-wallpapers.com

20 Comments

By Jy on August 12, 2008 @ 8:17 pm

oh man that sucks. Bayern Munich are so mad but they won’t let you use thier logo. That is disapointing.

By Anonymous on August 17, 2008 @ 7:08 pm

you don’t have to be worried ,cause bayern munich is sucks , it’s better for you if you upload wallpapers for spainsh clubs espeicaly real madrid…….

By ADIL on September 11, 2008 @ 9:13 pm

fck rulz man u do wt u want let da dawgz bark!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
many ppl. *** 2 dis site n take wallpaperz n videoz,,who aint usin dem illegally…..
as if dey provide us wid real once fr dat v dont use ur site…………ask dem 2 give provide us(FANS) da site in wich v can get real logos of dese teamz if dey cant den dont gie a **** 2 em’ coz i’ll take wallpaperz frm dis site onli no wrriez man v da FANZ are wid u……………………………

By Darko Kostov - bayern fan from macedonia on October 9, 2008 @ 7:06 am

REAL MADRID SUCKS!!!!

By Anonymous on October 20, 2008 @ 8:49 am

Have you checked that that’s real?
It might be fake man…

By Jay on October 29, 2008 @ 2:02 am

Oh thats ridiculous! Absolutely pathetic! At the end of the day mate, all you’re doing is providing a popular service to football fans out of your own generosity. If the Premier League feel they need to put an end to that then leave them to get on with their stupid ideas. In my opinion, they have a lot more things to concentrate on in the modern game. They have referees in our game that donb’t know their arse from their elbow, and give goals to teams when the ball doesn’t actually cross the line, and all they are worried about is a few wallpapers on a popular website.

I seriously hope a member of The Premier League has read this post and realised how ridiculously they have acted.

As for the owner of this website, well done mate you’ve done a great job, and keep up the good work!

By rafael on November 21, 2008 @ 3:01 am

frivolous….dumb assed arm chair critics…sick ****…capitalist hegemonists

By Ashley on December 2, 2008 @ 6:19 pm

Hey, like the other guy said : have you checked to even see if these letters are legit? Especially the Bayern Munich one because the front page has grammar mistakes! No professional letter would be like that. Even if it is, dont even sweat it. It would be ashamed that the teams in question are so greedy that they would threaten to sue or shut down your site, just because a fan wants to have their favorite team’s wallpaper to have on their desktop and enjoy and look at. **** em….

By William on December 12, 2008 @ 6:12 pm

Don’t worry football-wallpapers, I support you. FC Bayern München not the only greatest team in the world, but many that were greater than him. With this I also please to use the picture of the available ball player in web http://www.football-wallpapers.com/, I often thanked you beforehand.

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By elyaas on February 19, 2009 @ 4:02 pm

yo the bayern one is fake!!! there is no such thing as a word called learnt it is spelled learned so screw these guys dont listen to them.

By klent vladimir on February 27, 2009 @ 12:00 am

****

By admin on March 3, 2009 @ 1:17 pm

bayern’s letter is real i can tell you, they sent me a few papers with a real signature

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By agustin on April 21, 2009 @ 5:00 am

yo quisiera algunos wallpapers de FERNANDO CAVENAGHI, excelente jugador y es uno de los que esa faltando.
la web me parece excelente, muchas gracias !!!!!
saludos desde argentina

By agustin on April 21, 2009 @ 5:17 am

yo quiesiera algun wallpapers de FERNANDO CAVENGHI, que es uno de los excelentes jugadores de hoy por hoy.
los felicito por la web, es excelente

By Anonymous on May 30, 2009 @ 6:07 am

manu suck :-):-). n ronaldns sucks