For those of you who don't know, RBS (reallballers) has a section that is only limited to Graphics team members and/or VIP who pay $15.00 USD for access.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The RealBallers Scan Gallery for graphic development. It includes over 1,000 Scans with some HQ Pics. It was made exclusively for our own Graphics Crew, but for only $15 you can get lifetime access!</div>Obviously, the pictures included in this gallery are from sources such as SLAM Magazine, and ultimately from the NBA. The use of NBA property pictures are used all over the internet through sites like BBW, and PSDcentral, but the thing that differentiates between us and Real Ballers is that we do not charge for access and use of the gallery. This would be ok IF they owned the things included in the gallery, obviously they do not - and therefore are violating huge copyright laws by basically using the NBA's property to make money - this is illegal.<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>http://www.realballers.com/vip_gallery.php</div>NBA Clause:<span style="font-size:8pt;line-height:100%"><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The basketball-related content and materials contained within the Site (including, but not limited to, video, audio, photos, text, images, statistics, updated scores, logos and other intellectual property related to the NBA and its member teams) ("Basketball Content") are either owned by or licensed to NBAMV. No Basketball Content from the Site may be reproduced, republished, uploaded, posted, transmitted, reproduced, distributed, copied, publicly displayed or otherwise used except as provided in these Terms of Use without the written permission of NBAMV.The Operator maintains this Site for your personal entertainment, information, education, and communication. Please feel free to browse the Site. You may download material displayed on the Site to any single computer only for your personal, noncommercial use, provided you also maintain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained on the materials. You may not, however, distribute, reproduce, republish, display, modify, transmit, reuse, repost, or use any materials of the Site for public or commercial purposes on any other Web site or otherwise without the written permission of the Operator. Modification of any materials displayed on the Site is a violation of the Operator’s copyright and other proprietary rights.</div></span>Not only are they using NBA property without permissin, but they are going to the worst possible scenerio and SELLING the NBA's property. Speaks for itself.
I can't wait to see them get screwed over when someone reports them or something and they get a huge lawsuit filed against them.
