Tuesday, December 5, 2006 - 7:48PM

The Madness Continues - Buffalo, NY

By DAN ROBINSON

Editor/Photographer

From Dan: How the crime of copyright infringement took $1 million from me and shut down my operation.

In September of 2025, my work is generating the most income it ever has in my career. Yet, I'm being forced to shut down my successul operation, against my will, due to one cause alone: 95% of that revenue is being stolen by piracy and copyright infringement. I've lost more than $1 million to copyright infringement in the last 15 years, and it's finally brought an end to my professional storm chasing operation. Do not be misled by the lies of infringers, anti-copyright activists and organized piracy cartels. This page is a detailed, evidenced account of my battle I had to undertake to just barely stay in business, and eventually could not overcome. It's a problem faced by all of my colleagues and most other creators in the field.

Currently in Erie, PA after covering a brief but intense lake-effect snowfall event in Buffalo, NY. Most people here know how to drive in the snow, evidenced by only two cars in the ditch on I-90 between Erie and Buffalo. The truck drivers didn't seem to be paying the ice much attention, barreling past me at 70MPH on a completely ice/snow covered highway. No surprise that I saw more 18 wheelers in the ditch than cars! Heading down to the Pittsburgh area for a couple of days after this.