Reckless Fan Sites Reined In
According to a recent story, Canadian rock musician Bryan Adams, is trying to control use of his image and name on unofficial websites, such as bryanadamsfanclub.nl , bryanadams.nu and badfan.com. Apparently, Adams is using Web Sheriff, an internet-policing company that helps celebrities and others to enforce their rights against infringment of their copyright and trademarks. In addition to having unauthorized material on the websites, some of them apparently also linked to BitTorrent sites and “pirated material”. The offending sites are temporarily unavailable while Web Sheriff helps the parties work out the details. The story indicates that rather than legal action, Web Sheriff is helping enforce rights by developing guidelines for such sites and artists and by offering links to endorsed images and downloads. We didn’t view the sites before they were taken down but we imagine that once they are back up, they may include images and material that are closer to an official Adams website, such as bryanadams.com.
This entry was posted by Karen Monteith on Wednesday, October 29th, 2008 at 10:05 am and is filed under Branding, Protection & Enforcement. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
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