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Wednesday, November 5, 2008 - 3:51PM

Charleston peak colors from downtown rooftop

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.

Thanks to Tony, my office colleague who has access to several downtown rooftops, I was able to get some shots from a great vantage point atop an office building on Kanawha Boulevard. On a clear day with Charleston at peak fall colors, the timing was great.

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Great shot, Dan! Here in OKLA, we went from green to brown. No fall foliage here which is really disappointing. At least I have your shots to look at.
- Posted by Steve Miller OK from More, OK

Thanks Steve, it's amazing today most everything either turned brown or lost leaves altogether. The window of opportunity was pretty small.
- Posted by Dan R. from Charleston, WV

Beautiful photos, Dan. Makes me miss Charleston even more.
- Posted by Rob Russo from Hampton, VA