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Unfortunately, we've received some very bad news this week that could seriously threaten the future of the whole forum. We've found out that a couple of old photos posted on the forum a long time ago are copyrighted after their owner contacted us demanding we pay their price of 300 pounds or he will exercise his right of taking us to court.

To be completely transparent with you, the demanded 300 pounds is largely problematic for us, even more so since the funds have dried up a bit in the last couple of months. As a result, we find ourselves in desperate need for your generous donations which have kept this place running or this great forum might not be able to go on.

Any donation, no matter how small, is gratefully accepted and will be a huge help is us being able to pay the mentioned charge as well as the sever hosting fees for the coming month.

The issue has also opened our eyes on a matter that we were not aware of previously. Photos, even ones found using search engines like Google, can infringe copyrights if posted on a forum without the consent of the owner. The forum will then have to compensate the owner even if the one who posted the photos was unaware that they are owned by someone, unaware of the copyright law, if forum is a non profit one and gained nothing financially from the photos, if the photos were removed, or even without a prior warning from the owner.

Hence, we'd like to take this opportunity to encourage people to thoroughly investigate any photo they wish to post on here. If the photo has an owner or comes from a website that sells photos, then DO NOT post it. If you are unsure if the photo has an owner or not, then the best strategy is to be safe and not post it.

Thank you very much for reading this and for your cooperation and thank you in advance for your donations.

Yours faithfully,

Nour on behalf of the TalkChelsea staff.

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