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Friday, June 13, 2008 - 11:09PM

Incredible lightning over Charleston!

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.

Tonight's show ranks in the top five of all lightning displays I've seen in downtown Charleston. It was a difficult shoot, fighting wind-blown rain and traffic lights - but I came away with a very successful batch of photos. I tried for a fireworks-lightning shot behind WV Power Park, but the show was cancelled due to the incoming storm. More storms are on the way - so I'll keep this post short.