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Notice of
Website Infringement
2008 Squiggy Classic
(Last Update:
February 2nd, 2008)
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FAMILY: Whoa, what happened to
SKATETAMPA.COM! I was looking for pics
of skating at Squiggy to see if I can post
it on myspace, but the site looks different.
Let me know! (received via e-mail)
FRIENDS: Do you need more
volunteers for Squiggy 2008? I'd love
to help. Please let me know if you can
put me on your list once again. (phone
message)
CONCERNED FANS: We have contacted Birgit
Holme and
asked her to have our group pictures REMOVED
from her website. Breeze, we are sorry
that someone has stolen an event you have
successfully done well with over the years.
Good luck and let us know the next skate you
put together! (phone call)
UPSET SPONSOR: After all the
good you have done for so many bladers and
people who needed such a nice community of
friends all these years, this intrusion by
an outsider is very saddening. (via
e-mail)
IDENTITY FRAUD? Maybe! A
Summons in a Civil Case was filed with the
United States District Court and the
Complaint was delivered to Brigit Holme on
December 2007 for Copyright Infringement.
What she did was remove web items off skatetampa.com
and posted it on her own website and claimed
it as her origination. Theft of content was so
blatant, skaters believed that the upcoming Squiggy
Classic is the
property of Skatetampa.com and that the
Tampa Bay Road Rollers are still putting on
the event. We are receiving phone
calls and e-mails daily and not sure what
else to do except post this announcement.
Recently Birgit Holme's Attorney has asked for a
Demand Trial By Jury. This means
that she is now involving YOU, the skate
community. Therefore, in order to protect our friends and sponsors
from further theft of Club possessions, we
have decided to remove all pictures, logo's
and video's from SkateTampa.com until a
court decision has been made regarding
Birgit Holme's infringements.
LET IT BE CLEAR: Skatetampa.com
will no longer be organizing the Squiggy
Inline Classic at Flatwoods. Our purpose
for this announcement is not to stop the Squiggy
Event! We are
simply pointing out a Theft of Web
Content by an individual who pretends, and
has publically lead the skate community to believe,
through her web site that she is an
experienced event organizer when all she has
done is take previous years Squiggy skate
event medium from Skatetampa and used it as
her own. Bottom line: We
simply do not want to be
responsible for any liability, as a result of
Birgit's theft.
We are all
mature individuals that can make decisions
for ourselves of what is right and wrong.
Although some portions of Birgit's website
has now changed, she is still guilty of the
theft and all the evidence is
documented and filed with the Court. We simply hope that this does not happen to
our other Sister and Brother events
organizers. Internet Piracy is a
serious offense! This is not an
experience Any Sports Club wants to go through.
We thank you for your past contributions
and continued support. We will do everything possible
to protect property that was donated to the
Skate Club over the last 12 years!!
One day this will all be over with, and only
then will we be able to continue to Skate
with our friends and family in peace.
The Breeze
727.692.8789
Send us your Comments!!
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