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Finally, a wonderful cool morning to start our day. I, for one do not mind rain storms here. I had been up at 5am to walk the dogs and it was heavenly.
So, silly me, I decide to Google that mystery lawsuit mentioned in PayPal's withdrawal of my funds... And, to my incredible surprise, I find myself (or someone with my name) named in this Trademark Infringement case in Illinois:
https://dockets.justia.com/docket/illinois/ilndce/1:2024cv03781/458590
On some other site, I saw a reference to the motorbike named Royal Enfield, sold in Ecuador, and built at the time in India. A friend or two in Ecuador have owned them and I had the odd photo, plus a photo of a poster at the dealer without the bike's name on it, or even a distinctly recognizeable model.
If this is the tempest in the teapot, I have removed my photos from RedBubble and Pixels/FAA. I never made a cent from any one of them anyway that I can recall, but they have taken $82.44 USD from my PayPal, with no notice of said lawsuit or any opportunity to fight the cause.
I have not made, or tried to make any money off the Royal Enfield name. I did have a photo for sale of one friend's bike which showed its name, but to me, that is fair game with his permission (he is a photographer too), and free advertising. I have had zero contact or dealings with Eicher Motors or Royal Enfield.
Trademark Infringement or Copyright are a silly quagmire invented by Americans to extract money from people. Idiots copyright a building's image (i.e. night lights at the Eiffel Tower, or buildings in Chicago)... This is total BS. If something is in public, it is often unavoidable to show them to make your story and show where the photo was taken.... Nobody has the right to restrict public images.
Jeepers, we are way past Orwell's 1984 and there are cameras everywhere... If we are outside, we have to assume we are on camera from somewhere,.. that is todays's awful reality.
I will fix all them !@#$%^&*, I will copyright the dictionary so nobody can use words to accuse you with...... That would bring things to a screeching halt!!!!!!!!!!!!! Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
If anybody can make sense of this nonsense, let me know...
So, I fought with both RedBubble and Pixels/FAA only to find that both ONLY pay us via PayPal..... so, I guess, my hobby is all for naught.......
I hope you enjoy the pictures. That was the day’s excitement.
Al
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A nice cool morning 
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