Stefan Didak – Exposure

CommSupport caught infringing on copyright

February 3, 2011 by Stefan Didak Leave a Comment

CommSupport, a company in England that specializes in Cisco CCNA and CCNP Training is just another company from the “dime a dozen” bunch that end up using my Home Office as decoration on their website because “they didn’t know”. Unfortunately for those on the wrong end of a copyright infringement claim, the excuse of not knowing where an image came from or who it might belong to and who holds the copyright is no excuse and no court would accept that. It’s really very simple. Taking content that may be copyrighted and using it for any purposes, commercial or otherwise, is like putting on a blindfold and walking through a mine-field. Some people might like that extreme sport.

Filed Under: Infringer Tagged With: Copyright, Exposed, Exposure, Fun, Images, Infringement, Legal, Photographs, Website

New site launched: OFFICETHIEVES.COM

January 16, 2011 by Stefan Didak Leave a Comment

Most of you who have followed my blog for a while will no doubt have noticed it’s starting to fill up with all these idiots, morons, creeps, and other forms of irresponsible companies that have used images of my home office for their marketing or other motives. I’ve been getting a bit tired having all that on my site so instead dedicated a completely new “sister” site to it instead that has gone live today. So I proudly present to you The Home Office Thieves Hall Of Shame.

Filed Under: Infringer, The Web Tagged With: Blogging, Contest, Copyright, Exposed, Exposure, Home Office, Impersonation, Infringement, Legal, Misrepresentation, Shame, Theft, Thieves, Website, WordPress

Introducing office impersonator David Dik of Linado

December 5, 2010 by Stefan Didak 2 Comments

David Dik a web designer who fraudulently pasted himself into an environment that isn't his

The above image was discovered on the about page of Linado. A website still under construction with a domain that is registered to David Dik on Zum Laakkanal 4 in Rostock, Germany. Further research shows that David Dik either is, or pretends to be, a web designer of some sort that resides in Germany but appears to prefer the Russian language for his website and has links to places like this and this which appears to be sites about Kabbalah “the science and purpose of life”. I’m not sure whether David Dik has found his purpose in life but at this point in time I would have to conclude that David Dik’s purpose in life is to become known as a fraud and a pretender who likes to impress his potential clients with an office that’s not his, instead of his (perhaps incredibly lacking?) web design skills.

Filed Under: Infringer Tagged With: Copyright, Exposed, Exposure, False Pretenses, Germany, Home Office, Impersonation, Infringement, Misrepresentation, Office Thief, Rostock, Shame, Theft, Thief, Ugly, Website

Transworld International Youth Organization Scam?

March 16, 2009 by Stefan Didak 16 Comments

Transworld International Youth Organization IS A TOTAL SCAM

What strikes me as really funny, and is perhaps related to someone not paying attention. The www.stefandidak.com URL is part of the office photo because it links directly to one of the images on my site. If you’ve come to my site with questions about Transworld International Youth Organization or Prof. William Kim Higgins because you saw my URL in what they claim is their “head office” picture then I’m afraid I can’t help you. I have no idea who that is or what that organization is trying to do but I can tell you, it isn’t anything good and you are likely to lose information or money to this organization and the scam they are running. Needless to say, I have absolutely nothing to do with these crooks.

Filed Under: Infringer Tagged With: Copyright, Exposed, Exposure, Fraud, Home Office, Impersonation, Infringement, Legal, Misrepresentation, Money, Scam, Theft, Thief, Thieves, Website

AwareBear Andre Leite Alves: Irresponsible, Unprofessional, Careless!

October 17, 2008 by Stefan Didak 74 Comments

AwareBear Computers Rochester Pittsford New York Unreliable and Fraudulent

How pathetic must a person and its business be when they feel a need to paste themselves into a picture of my office and use it for their commercial purposes? The person you see Photoshopped (pasted) into the photograph of my home office is NOT ME. Why it isn’t me will become obvious when you read the following story regarding a case of blatantly pathetic commercial copyright infringement committed by AwareBear Computers (Pittsford Rochester New York, owned by Andre Leite Alves). The company, “Aware Bear” (home theater solutions, apple repair, pc repair, web design, and wedding photography), owned and run by Mr. Andre Leite Alves (not “Arthur Leite” which was used as the name to sign previous communications in a miserable attempt to ensure a court summons would be drawn up for the wrong name) claims to have been in business since 1993, has over 15 years of computer experience, and is serving the area of Rochester, NY (New York) and Pittsford, NY. Evidently, they haven’t learned much about legal matters and copyrights during that time.

Filed Under: Infringer, Very Lengthy Tagged With: Copyright, Exposed, Exposure, Home Office, Images, Infringement, New York, NY, Office Thief, Pictures, Pittsford, Rochester, Theft, Thief, Thieves, Website

California: Spraying HUMANS with experimental pesticies

June 17, 2008 by Stefan Didak Leave a Comment

And now, for something completely different. A public service announcement. “An Untested Biochemical is Being Sprayed on California Residents Who Are Now Unwilling Participants in an Illegal Human Pesticide Experiment”. And this just as I am planning to be in the area during the proposed time of experimentation?! Starting August 17th, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) will begin spraying the San Francisco Bay Area by airplanes with toxic chemicals in an ineffective attempt to eradicate an insect called the light brown apple moth (LBAM), which has caused no damage. That is, unless we stop them.

Filed Under: Personal, Travel Tagged With: California, Experiment, Exposed, Exposure, Travel, USA

Hello Flickr!

May 6, 2007 by Stefan Didak 1 Comment

After trying to figure out what to do with my photography pages and debating whether I should install an album module or write one myself like the quick hack that has been part of my site since I created it I’ve settled on using Flickr. I’ve uploaded a lot of my older shots and will continue to update it with new material as time permits. Anyone who feels the need to check out what I like to do and see when I’m not working in my home office, feel free to browse my photo collections at Flickr via my pictures page or through the following links.

Filed Under: Personal, Photography, The Web Tagged With: Exposure, Flickr, Fun, Gear, Hobby, Images, Nikon, Photographs, Photography, Travel

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CommSupport caught infringing on copyright

New site launched: OFFICETHIEVES.COM

Introducing office impersonator David Dik of Linado

Transworld International Youth Organization Scam?

AwareBear Andre Leite Alves: Irresponsible, Unprofessional, Careless!

California: Spraying HUMANS with experimental pesticies

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