Taking Photo's of brands/Copyright etc

[Former Member 1]

Can I once again ask you to remove my name and address from the post above?

What have you to hide? Your business is above board isn't it?

 

[beedee]

OK, I am telling you categorically that I do not want my name and address posted on this website. It was done without my permission and I am asking you politely to remove it. Are you willing to do so?

 

[beedee]

What have you to hide? Your business is above board isn't it?

Yes, my business is 100% above board. What are you suggesting that I am hiding?

 

[Former Member 1]

YOU don't tell ME to do anything....

For the FOURTH time you have my response....

What have you to hide? Why does your website not comply with the law?

I DO NOT NEED YOUR PERMISSION TO PUBLISH INFORMATION THAT IS IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN..... ESPECIALLY where there is some question over the legality of what you are doing.

By failing to disclose the EXACT status of your business you're breaking the law Mr Weir. Please explain why I should assist you in that.

 

[Former Member 1]

Yes, my business is 100% above board. What are you suggesting that I am hiding?

You post under a nickname; i.e. you lack the courage of your convictions to put your own legal name to what you write.

You trade under an trade name

You fail to comply with the legal requirements

For some VERY STRANGE reason it appears that you don't want to be found...


But I'll tell you what Bedee. I'll remove your address (not your name though),providing you take note of one or two things...

Tomorrow morning I'll be on to your local Trading Standards office as well as HMRC. Oh; and as I recall your estate is a council one; So I'll be having a word with them too....

 

[beedee]

What are you suggesting?

 

[Former Member 1]

What are you suggesting?

I'm suggesting you merit investigation....

You're, as far as I can see, breaking the law. NOW; if you'd been doing your legwork you'd realise that in addition to teaching and producing corporates I also run a broadcast production company (Clydeside Television Productions) and am a card-carrying journalist (BAJ number 2052 if you want to check)

We specialise in investigative programmes. And people like you, who give the clear impression they have something to hide, interest me.

Certainly, in my opinion, something doesn't sit well when someone's prepared to draw attention to themselves in the way you have; yet doesn't have the conviction to put their own name to their ramblings and MORE oddly doesn't have the conviction to put their own name to their own business.....

So I dare say tomorrow's Guardian article won't be the last of the press attention you'll be getting.

 

[stugster]

Listen, this is getting out of hand. I now realise that you are hosting your own website but that does not allow you to what you like, for example posting people names and addresses in a forum without their permission. There are standards that must be complied with.

Incidentally there is no law that I am aware of that requires sole proprietors to post their full contact details on their websites. The 2007 companies act requires limited companies to post such details but not sole proprietors, but I stand to be corrected.

I should clarify a few points (you know, to keep everything factual).

1) Scottish Business Forums do not host their own site. They receive their hosting from Equiphase Limited.

2) Unfortunately, you own a business (yes, unfortunately),and this means that by law certain pieces of information about your business (and therefore you) will be in the public domain. There is nothing wrong with posting this information, and there is nothing - from a legal point - that you can do to have it removed.

3) You should give Companies House a call tomorrow morning if you want, they're actually really helpful with that kind of thing. Also, you could ask them about how you should REALLY be trading when it comes to a Sole Trader (or proprietor).

4) And finally, just remember, at the outset of this thread, your name/business/nickname weren't involved at all. It was all your own personal achievements via posting that it could possibly have been you Matt was referring to (but then again, was it? we only have YOUR word that it was about you at all).

So I hand you the Golden Spade for your endeavours! Carry on digging!

 

[beedee]

This is getting out of hand. Your suggestion is preposterous and I am surprised that you are allowed to get away with these unfounded claims. My website shows my picture and my telephone number and tells people where I am based. I chose not to publish my address because I work from home and I have a family and grandchildren that I want to protect and keep private. That is why I do not publish my home address and why I asked that it be removed from this website. That is also why I shall do everything in my power to ensure that it it is removed. Publishing this was totally unethical and against all normal good forum practice.

This reckless disregard for the right of privacy from an organisation that is supposed to be supporting small businesses astounds me. And there is no legal requirement for me to provide my home address on my website. This only applies to limited companies.

Incidentally your hosting company Equiphase does not provide any obvious address details. I trust that you will be investigating them too?

 

[stugster]

If you go into Companies House in the morning, you can fire in there and do a web check on Equiphase Limited. The company number will pop up, along with the address.

Perfectly correct though, we don't actually have our mailing address on our site. Although we do have it on all of our invoices and stationery we produce.

I shall have that amended immediately

 

[beedee]

There is nothing wrong with posting this information, and there is nothing - from a legal point - that you can do to have it removed.

I have explained my reasons for not wanting my details published, clearly this is of no concern to you.

Can you provide good reason why it was necessary for you to publish my home address? Is this an attempt to intimidate me and my family?

And can you provide any good reason why I should have to list my my address while Equiphase does not?

 

[stugster]

For the record, those details have been amended. Thank you ever so much for bringing it to my attention!

Name & Registered Office:
EQUIPHASE LIMITED
CREATIVE INDUSTRIES BUILDING MAMMOTH DRIVE
WOLVERHAMPTON SCIENCE PARK
WOLVERHAMPTON
UNITED KINGDOM
WV10 9TG
Company No. 06604184

 

[stugster]

And can you provide any good reason why I should have to list my my address while Equiphase does not?

Nope, I can't. That is why we've updated the site to ensure we operate within the law.

 

[Former Member 1]

This is getting out of hand. Your suggestion is preposterous and I am surprised that you are allowed to get away with these unfounded claims. My website shows my picture and my telephone number and tells people where I am based. I chose not to publish my address because I work from home and I have a family and grandchildren that I want to protect and keep private. That is why I do not publish my home address and why I asked that it be removed from this website. That is also why I shall do everything in my power to ensure that it it is removed. Publishing this was totally unethical and against all normal good forum practice.

This reckless disregard for the right of privacy from an organisation that is supposed to be supporting small businesses astounds me. And there is no legal requirement for me to provide my home address on my website. This only applies to limited companies.

Incidentally your hosting company Equiphase does not provide any obvious address details. I trust that you will be investigating them too?

WHAT unfounded claims?

You're breaking the law Bryan. And yet again, for someone who claims to be so experienced a businessperson, displaying SPECTACULAR levels of incompetence.

The rules I linked to DO NOT JUST APPLY TO LIMITED COMPANIES....

The Business Names Act 1985 requires any person carrying on business, whether or not incorporated, to:

* obtain the Secretary of State's approval before carrying on business using any of the words listed in Appendices A and B;
* ensure the use of any of the words listed in Appendix C does not constitute a criminal offence; and
* make certain information available to others about the ownership of the business.

From 1 October 2009 the Business Names Act 1985 will be replaced by the Companies Act 2006 but these requirements remain in force.

Which part of the law doesn't apply to you?

 

[Scottish Business Owner]

Can I ask why you are deliberately only responding to certain posts???

Matt has already said he has removed your address so I would suggest you try and keep up with posts instead of trying to goad people into responding. Frankly this thread is going nowhere and I cant think of a way you can do any more damage to both yourself and your business. You are wrong about the copyright issue and you are also wrong about the business names issue and even though they are both starting you in the face with links to relevant sites etc you choose to ignore these in favour of a one man crusade.

 

[Former Member 1]

I have explained my reasons for not wanting my details published, clearly this is of no concern to you.

Can you provide good reason why it was necessary for you to publish my home address? Is this an attempt to intimidate me and my family?

Your name and your BUSINESS address where what was published. No it's not any attempt to intimidate you. It's an attempt to bring you to account and to book for your actions.

The good reason is that for the past (almost) two years you been holding court over an issue which you, now by your own admission, are completely unqualified and untrained to comment on. What's more, again by your own admission, you have used other people's intellectual property WITHOUT paying them, WITHOUT acquiring proper permissions and WITHOUT following basic professional practices by maintaining a proper audit trail.

That means that you have, through your own admissions today provided evidence to support the view that you are not trained or competent to comment on what you choose to pontificate on and that you seem hell bent of pursing a personal agenda which is (again; in my professional opinion) dangerous to all who align themselves with it.

Consequently in terms of recklessness quite frankly you have a bloody cheek to talk....

Anyone naive or uneducated enough to buy into the absolute patent NONSENSE you've posted over on the FSB site risks serious financial consequences....

If we are to gauge your competence from your ADMITTED use of illegal material FLAGRANT refusal to pay for it and ADMITTED failure to follow proper basic IPR management processes then it is reasonable to form the opinion that MANY of your clients might have potential legal time bombs on their hands.

It NOW emerges that you seem to have been operating outside the law in terms of the business names act. Thus the contracts you have formed may well be as legally questionable as your stated working practices... Fro somone who CLAIMS such a wealth of business and management experience this is quite frankly RIDICULOUS!

And to put the tin hat on it you don't even have the balls to put your own name to your own posts. Or even to your own business! You hide behind a nickname and are apparently scared of having your real name and your trading address published....

And I'm left wondering, who's looking for Bryan Weir? If you want privacy for your family get proper premises. Certainly; if your business was operating 100% within the law (which; by your own admission's it's not) you'd have nothing to fear by folk knowing who and where you are.....

 

[Former Member 1]

I have explained my reasons for not wanting my details published, clearly this is of no concern to you.

Can you provide good reason why it was necessary for you to publish my home address? Is this an attempt to intimidate me and my family?

And can you provide any good reason why I should have to list my my address while Equiphase does not?

For clarity; Stuart DIDN'T publish your address. I did. And I may well do so again. Though for the sake of 's sanity I'll chose a different platform. Channel 4 maybe? :laugh::laugh:

 

[beedee]

Can I ask why you are deliberately only responding to certain posts???

Yes you can. I am only responding where I feel that I have to and because this has become very personal. It has turned into a hate fest with people ganging up to explore every nook and cranny to find different ways to threaten and insult me. I am clearly on my own and not in your gang and I am street wise enough to realise that the odds are stacked against me in here. For example the comments about whether my website was valid when most of the others including those belonging to the people who pointed this out have more serious problems than mine. I tried not to respond to this but you did ask.

I am surprised that you are happy to allow this to continue. It is totally off topic and it adds no value to your forum?

Incidentally try the validation tool on
amazon.co.uk
or
Google.co.uk
or
Yahoo.co.uk

That's how important they consider this to be so why should I worry. Having a site that does not fully validate does not make you a bad person but mine now does after a minor correction to an alt tag. Thanks for pointing that out. You guys should have a look at your own sites now.

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But still it continues. I mean what is this all about? Is it really necessary ...

Tomorrow morning I'll be on to your local Trading Standards office as well as HMRC. Oh; and as I recall your estate is a council one; So I'll be having a word with them too....

(Please go the trading standards office if you think it would be productive and please also feel free to go to the council but this is my house so they will probably scratch their head and wonder what the hell you are on about. Please do also go to HMRC. I have nothing to hide and I would welcome any investigation, as would my accountant.)

 

[beedee]

If you want privacy for your family get proper premises.

Is this the type of advice endorsed by the Scottish Business Forums? If this was a requirement then many law abiding, tax paying small businesses like mine would struggle to survive.

 

[beedee]

Goodnight and may your God go with you.