dpreview receives copyright compensation

Jul 24, 2001 at 04:00:00 GMT

dpreview.com has today received compensation from a Hong Kong publishing company for violation of copyright. The company published large portions of our Canon EOS-D30 review (including our sample images and test results) in a magazine last year. An observant reader noticed the similarity between our review and the article published in the magazine and contacted us. We'd like to pass on our thanks to him and our legal team for successfully bringing this matter to a close.

Anyone who thinks they may have seen our material used in any publications (be they foreign or local) please contact us. We have not licensed our reviews to anyone for re-publication.

The article in question:

Let this serve as a warning to any publishers who may considering using our copyrighted material in your publications, we will find you and pursue you under law. Here are our copyright rules: