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[WCE2000]

i just want to ask you a couple of questions about your Hawks site, because i'm planning on doing one for the eagles next season:

1 - How did you advertise your site, i noticed you get up to 100 hits a day??

2 - Do you have to ask the Hawthorn FC or AFL for permission to use the photos and logos on the site

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[Max Power]

Originally posted by WCE2000:
i just want to ask you a couple of questions about your Hawks site, because i'm planning on doing one for the eagles next season:

1 - How did you advertise your site, i noticed you get up to 100 hits a day??

2 - Do you have to ask the Hawthorn FC or AFL for permission to use the photos and logos on the site

Not boasting

but my site BomberBlitz.com gets over 5000 hits per day. Spam is good!

As for part 2, when my site first launched, within days I recieved an official e-mail of complaint from Essendon because I had a little pissy pic of the club mascot on it. They said that the mascot and club logos are copyrighted materials of the club and the AFL and if not removed we will take legal action to close down your site.

As for photos, unless they come from an official source (ie. Allsport in my sites case which Rivals.net pay around $1000 a month for) they also are copyrighted and the photo owners can take action against you.



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[WCE2000]

Originally posted by Max Power:
Not boasting

but my site BomberBlitz.com gets over 5000 hits per day. Spam is good!

That's because you do it through Rivals, who promote their sites well - i want a totally independent site.


How come hawkfan5 hasn't got a letter from the Hawthorn FC - would it be becuase they haven't seen it or because he asked permission and got it.


I hate all this bullshit law crap - sport is too much of business now - they can stick all that crap up their ass for all i care.

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[WCE2000]

Any person with an idea about legal laws:

if i put on the club mascot on my web-site, the club e-mails me and asks me to take it off, what if i say
"i did the mascot totally from scratch and tried to make it as close as i could to the eagles mascot."
Would i still breaking copyright - in theory, wouldn't the mascot that i supposedly made from scratch be copyright to me.

 

[Mags]

Originally posted by Max Power:
Not boasting

but my site BomberBlitz.com gets over 5000 hits per day. Spam is good!

As for part 2, when my site first launched, within days I recieved an official e-mail of complaint from Essendon because I had a little pissy pic of the club mascot on it. They said that the mascot and club logos are copyrighted materials of the club and the AFL and if not removed we will take legal action to close down your site.

As for photos, unless they come from an official source (ie. Allsport in my sites case which Rivals.net pay around $1000 a month for) they also are copyrighted and the photo owners can take action against you.

Afl.com.au are getting very worried about our sites as well now.

They want all the hits going to afl.com.au no where else.

Before we know it the Afl will take action against Bigfooty.com

Mags


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[Same Old's]

Originally posted by Mags:
Before we know it the Afl will take action against Bigfooty.com

I'm not sure about that. Bigfooty is a message board site.

 

[WCE2000]

just moving this topic to the top so Hawkfan5 can see it.

 

[WCE2000]

Hawkfan5:

you around

 

[SS11]

Originally posted by WCE2000:

I hate all this bullshit law crap - sport is too much of business now - they can stick all that crap up their ass for all i care.

very well said sir.
i totally agree. as do the outer footy fans.

 

[WCE2000]

Hawkfan:

just noticed you posted on General about 10 minutes, hope your still around.

 

[hawkfan5]

WCE2000, I have actually posted a few messages on the bigfooty boards as well as other message boards around. I have also added my link on a couple of other Hawks sites, including the Hawthorn rivals site. There are also many promotion sites you can add your site to. Simply go to http://www.freecenter.com

Then go down to free promotion.

There are plenty of options there.

But most of all you just have to have a good site that is updated regularly and that will get the visitors back time and time again. I wish you good luck WCE2000 and if you havent already noticed, I am rebuilding my site to make it a better and more user friendly site. Hopefully I will get even more visitors then. I average about 400 visitors a week but I hope with my new site and by adding my site to Yahoo etc etc. I will attract about 2000 a week. As I said WCE2000, good luck with it.

Rob

P.S Any more queries, just email me at

hawkfan86@hotmail.com
http://hawthornhawks.cjb.net



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[hawkfan5]

And I actually have not asked the Hawthorn Football Club for permission but you may notice there is a message down the bottom saying that the site is in no way affiliated with the Hawthorn Football Club and the info is my own. It is also unofficial so I really think the club would not mind me having the site, they may even appreciate it because I have a link to their site as well as publicising the club and I think they would realise that I am just doing it for my love for the Hawthorn Football Club.

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[hawkfan5]

Just trying to get you this message WCE2000. Hope it helps

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[eagleskickass]

WCE2000, I just remembered that when I was going to make a site, I asked the Eagles for their permission to use stuff from there site, and they were very happy to give it to me. Just email them and say you want to make a private site and want to uspics and a logo. They'll probably just say make sure you put a few links to there site, and one of them on the homepage

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[hawkfan5]

Tell me if you have got this message WCE2000 or I will post it again

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[WCE2000]

yeah, i got all that Hawkfan, thanks for that info.

 

[hawkfan5]

I have just asked the Hawthorn Football Club for permission to use their pictures and they have allowed me so I am in the clear, lol.

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