Posted on 09 May 2013. Tags: Copyright, Intellectual, property, Query
I run a website, on which betting ‘tipsters’ sell tips. The problem I have is that one of my tipsters is being accused of relaying another persons work. I am not sure of whether these allegations are true or false but the guy accusing him said he will be suing my company for IP theft.
I understand the concepts of IP Law and Copyright but am not sure if it applies to this situation. Just so you understand a little, the guy making the accusations has a program which uses data on horses form to rate them with the top rated being at the top and the worst at the bottom. He charges about £35 a month for this information.
He is claiming that up to 85% of my tipsters horses are the same as his ‘top rated’ horses. So is therefore threatening to sue, I was just wondering if there is any scope to what he is saying as to me its 1 horse in a race of say 7, there is always going to be people who tip the same horse?
He said its a breach of his Disclaimer from which part of it states:
ILLEGAL SHARING OF DATA
You must not share via any medium (Facebook, Twitter, Email, Website) ANY ratings data, best bets,
forum information or any data accessed as part of your FormBet Private Membership. FormBet also forbids individuals signing up as part of a ‘group’ to share subscription costs and any infringement of this will result in immediate termination of the user’s account, a return of any affiliate accrued funds and an Intellectual Property litigation order to reclaim up to £10000 in potential lost earnings will be issued against the subscriber and each of his associates.
Criminal Law – anti-piracy law punishes those who infringe copyright for financial gain – penalties for such infringement, such as pirating CDs, DVDs or computer programs, data include imprisonment and fines
The help of HM Customs and Revenue. The Revenue has the power to seize counterfeit goods that
violate your trade or service mark and bear your company name. If you think someone has been unlawfully importing pirated goods, find contact details for the HMRC at www.hmnrc.gov.uk
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Posted on 28 February 2013. Tags: Edit, Help, Letter, Please, Query
It’s one thing for your writer’s group to critique your story because you can pick and choose what you think is best, but this is a query letter. This decides your fate and everyone has different opinions as to how it should look. I need help
Anna Faktorovich, director
Anaphora Literary Press
5755 E. River Rd, Unit 2201
Tuscan, AZ 85750
Dear Ms. Faktorovich.
Sisters with a Secret is a 50,000 word novel that is a paranormal fantasy, young adult novel with series potential.
I’ve been writing all my life and starting a few years ago, I’ve been to numerous writers’ groups. Each of which have been extremely helpful and members have said I have improved greatly. I wrote a few articles for my school paper; interviewed people and even drew a picture for an article I wrote. I even wrote a poem assigned in school that was published in a book of poetry in 2012, Famous Poets of the Heartland.
Sisters with a Secret is about two sets of sisters discover they’re witches and have magical powers. The girls will be put them in danger if the wrong people, a group of witch-hunters find out about them. The witch-hunters had killed their mother and the girls fear the hunters will come after them. So they have to keep their powers a secret as long as possible.
Sisters with a Secret is perfect for your collection because it has fantasy, suspense and action.
This story is aimed at an audience between the ages of 12-18, however I believe this could be great for age groups who have experienced or are experiencing high school drama; homework, cheating, jealousy, breakups, or good experiences, loving someone, making friends. I plan my target audience via Facebook; others marketing plans include approaching bookstore managers before book signings.
Thank you for considering Sisters with a Secret
Please find attached manuscript
Sincerely,
Phylicia Bozzi
214 Desmond Dr
Schaumburg, IL 60193
angels2flyhigh@aol.com
847-923-0818
Here’s the link to the Anaphora Submission Guidelineshttp://anaphoraliterary.com/about/
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Posted on 11 November 2012. Tags: agent, dear mrs, drama comedy, freak, hey guys, honest opinion, mixture, old girl, Query, query letter, Story, Today, type, young adult market, young man
Hey guys,
I sent my query letter off last night and today I got a reply from the agent saying that my book isn’t really her type.
But! I’m wondering if it has anything to do with my query? A friend of mine showed me how to write one but i got refused by two agents, hmmm…..
I’m going to paste the first chapter of my query and if you guys could give me an honest opinion and some suggestions, that would make my day! This is my first time and I really need some help :/
Dear Mrs ??????,
May I please send you my novel, The Freak in Me, for your consideration? It’s approximately 55,814 words and it’s an occurring story, telling the story of a seventeen year old girl who believed she was kidnapped but thanks to her trauma her mind had blocked everything. One day a striking young man walks into her life and she quickly falls in love but little does she know, her life is going to get a lot worse and later discovers a hidden dark secret she never knew she had. This novel has a mixture of thriller/drama/comedy and it’s aimed it at the young adult market.
Thank you so much for your time! 🙂
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Posted on 02 November 2011. Tags: Google, keyword, line, Long, new experience, niche, phrase, Query, target
Have you ever measure the opportunity a keyword gives you. Off course you did, but only for short phrase keywords. These are most popular, competent keywords in your niche. It is hard to catch the target of these keywords against your competitors. If you are new in line then this would be impossible for you. Do you know that google get every day 20% unique search quries? Every 5th query is totally unique and never searches before. This means visitors change their searching strategies, keywords every day almost. This means to rely on specific keywords is not worthy any more. Try new experience with long phrase keywords.
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Posted on 18 May 2011. Tags: blood sucking, creative writings, crusher, EDITORS, first draft, first drafts, interpretive dance, Marketer, Query, secret underground lair, unpublished writers, way, Work, writing skills
This is from Writer’sDigest.com. Do you hold any of these assumptions? I’ve seen all of them. Which ones do you see the most? Do you have any to add to the list? I see #2 the most. On this site, I see #5 the most.
*****
1. THE RULES DON’T APPLY TO ME.
I write amazing first drafts. If there were a contest for first drafts, mine
would win every time. So I told myself, “Writing is not rewriting.” Other
people might have to do multiple drafts, but my first drafts are so solid I
could publish them as-is. For years I believed this.
One day I did three drafts of an article, and it became my first published
article. A solid first draft is not good enough to be published. All those
“rules of writing” that you read in Writer’s Digest, on blogs, and in
creative writings classes are rules because they are true most of the time.
So if there are some rules that you think don’t apply to you, think again.
It might be the rule preventing you from getting published.
2. AGENTS AND EDITORS HAVE IT IN FOR ME.
Ah, those blood-sucking agents and editors. I’m pretty sure they have meetings in a secret underground lair where they talk about how jealous they are of my writing skills and how they should team up to keep me from being published.
This is a lie that is so prevalent among unpublished writers that editors and agents have to go to psychologists so they can feel good about themselves again. I know one editor who calls herself “Dream Crusher” to assuage her pain. Here’s the truth: Editors and agents desperately want you to be good enough. They make a living by writers being publishable. If you’re getting rejected it’s because you still have work to do. either as a writer or as a marketer.
3. I’M NOT A MARKETER, I’M A WRITER!
Which is exactly why you aren’t published yet. You have to do the hard work of writing a spectacular query and proposal. Notice that you have to “write” the query and proposal. You’re not being asked to do an interpretive dance or draft blueprints to a rocket ship. It might not be your style, and it might be hard work, but being a published author is hard work, complete with e-mails you don’t want to answer, deadlines, accounting and marketing!
4. I SHOULD SPEND A LOT OF TIME FANTASIZING OVER WHERE I WILL BE PUBLISHED NOW THAT I’VE WRITTEN TWO CHAPTERS OF MY NOVEL.
It is way more fun to read Writer’s Market over and over—memorizing the publishers and agents—than it is to write your book. And while this is good practice for when your book is ready to shop, if the fantasy-to-writing ratio tips toward fantasy, it’s time to get back to writing. Unless you are writing a fantasy, in which case you are probably fine and keep up the good work.
5. I’M A BETTER WRITER THAN MOST PUBLISHED AUTHORS.
If you’re like me, you love picking up a book from the “Top 10” rack, flipping it open and cringing at the terrible prose. But this author (who is, keep in mind, a worse writer than you) somehow got a contract, got published and is selling well. I said this most often before I had finished writing the first draft of my first novel. Perhaps it’s just that the “hack writers” out there actually finish their books.
Here’s an exercise: Find a writer online who is published but far inferior to you as a writer. Look at what magazines they are published in. Then write stories or articles to submit to those magazines. This is a guaranteed way to build your writing resume. Unless—they are actually better writers than you, in which case, it’s a good reality check.
These are a few of the lies that I wish someone had confronted me with when I was an unpublished writer. Now, here’s one last truth for you: You can do this. Work hard, keep writing, improve your craft and be persistent. We’re all waiting to read your masterpiece!
*****
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Posted on 25 April 2011. Tags: amp, array data, Error, error id, hey guys, list, lt, page button, Php, Query, Table, uid
Ok hey guys, thanks for reading this post. now what I am trying to do is simply displaying 10 products from the table and if more than 10 products are shown it will then automatically add a new page with like.. a different ID in the url? Well anything really as long as it will generate the pages dynamically. Below is my current coding.
$data = mysql_query(“SELECT * FROM products;”) or die(mysql_error());
$id = mysql_query(“SELECT ID FROM products;”) or die (mysql_error());
while($info = mysql_fetch_array( $data ))
{
echo ‘
‘;
echo “
“;
echo ‘<a href="?page=products&uid='.$info['ID'].'…
Echo " “;
echo “ |
“;
echo “
“;
Echo “Name: “.$info[‘name’] . “ “;
Echo “Price: “.$info[‘price’] . ”
“;
echo “ |
|
“;
Echo “Please click the image for further info.
“;
echo “ |
“;
}
echo “
”
?>
As the coding shows, it is simply displaying the entire table in the PHP, however the problem is that the table will simply continue for ever, until their is no more products!! If you don’t know how to automatically generate a new page then would it be a good idea to show row 1-10, 11-20, 21-30 in different pages. If so how would this be done? Oops, I forgot to mention that the user will access the next list of products, E.G 11-20 by clicking the next page button.
Is it possible to use a get function to change the ID of the url when next page is clicked? then it will show the 11-20 results depending on the URL? eg products&id=2 therefore showing the next list of products? I am pretty confused hehe!:)
Thanks, your knowledge is appreciated!:)
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