I need to flag this up again and state very clearly what the UKS position is on this sort of thing.

If you feel your copyright of work has been infringed on you need to:

1. Contact a copyright lawyer or Trading Standards or some other legal entity.
2. Open a case - that could be filing a lawsuit, or getting an agreement from Trading Standards that they feel there is a case to examine.
3. Await a judgement.
4. Notify UKS of a judgement against the member who posted the work. A case or judgement number and the person to speak to if it is Trading Standards, or an official letter from your lawyer will be al the verification UKS needs.

Until such time as there is a judgement, UKS will NOT remove work if an examination by us show that we feel there is doubt that the work is a copy.

Keep in mind that some things are simply not copyright-able. For example a basic flower, a circle or other common geometric shape or pattern unless it is an EXACT copy (or scaled copy) is unlikely to be upheld as a copyright violation. And "idea" is not copyright-able. Rather than case doubt on members we will leave their work in place until there IS a judgement against them, in which case UKS will remove the work.

We strive to be fair to all on UKS - we want neither open season on people's work (ie fair game for all to copy and share/sell) nor do we want the hint of possible violation with no proof and no judgement to tar any member unjustly. The only way to do this is to let the legal process run it's course and abide by any judgement handed down.

We will not tolerate posts that accuse a member of violating copyright without proof of a judgement. Please keep these discussions to PM or email until such time as there is something official to report!