HIPSTER PHOTOGRAPHER FREAKS OUT--THREATENS TO SHUT DOWN HIPSTER BLOGGER

New York 'scene' photographer/actor/singer Kyle Dean Reinford recently found out viral blogger Carles republished one of his photos on  Hipster Runoff blog with attribution and a link to Reinford's site but without his permission.  Now Reinford is bringing out the big guns to protect his intellectual property:  he is filing a DMCA request.  His twitter stream indicates he may also be 'losing his shit'.

(Photo of Kyle Dean Reinford by Kyle Dean Reinford used in accordance with the fair use doctrine.)

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   kyledreinford ha. hipster runoff has jack johnson's brushfire fairytales as it's #1 album of the decade. #fb 01 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
   
   
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   kyledreinford Just realized I'm kind of drunk. 08 Dec 2009 from TweetDeck
   
   
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   kyledreinford hoping to get a portrait of mos tonight... 08 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford Standing by mos def. Excited for blakroc. #fb 09 Dec 2009 from TweetDeck
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   kyledreinford getting ready to send a DCMA takedown notice to @hipsterrunoff unless he responds to that email, which i fully do not expect. 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford @mattmusicslut i think i will. mainly because i think that site is such trash. 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
   
   
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   kyledreinford "I think it is better for the scene if I leave the pix up. Let me know if you disagree." oh, i disagree. move it. 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford DMCA coming your way. hope you enjoy. #hipsterrunoff 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford "I am just trying to support the arts and the scene. It seems like you're really killing the modern spirit of sharing, community, art..." 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford "and expression. I feel like we should work to support one another, building a partnership that enables us to achieve our goals as..." 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford "artists... I just thought it would be chill to share them with the world. My blog gets a lot of hits from artists, talent scouts..." 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford "and miscellaneous celebrities+tastemakers. You never know what might happen because of the power of the wonderful thing..." 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford "...that we like to call the World-Wide-Web." 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
    
    
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    kyledreinford part of my response: "I'm not killing any spirit, but I do this for a living - it's a business. I share photos all the time with people..." 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford "...that I respect, that ask for things instead of taking them, and act in a professional manor. When you reach that status, we can talk." 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    rockographer @kyledreinford is Carles a babe or a guy ? 09 Dec 2009 from Echofon
    
    
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    kyledreinford @rockographer writes like a dude. 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford hmm. he's offering me a "content sharing program." #notsurehowidfeelaboutbeingassociatedwiththesite 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford just compared "good exposure" on hipsterrunoff to having perez hilton ejaculate on my photo being good exposure. i feel good about that one. 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford @dbartholow i feel good about the comparison, not the fact that they're stealing my photo. 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
    
    
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    kyledreinford @nikitagale he signed his name as charles in the last email. 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford by the way, carles was just "remixing" my photo. it's the highest form of flattery. 09 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    PopTarts Daily Swarm picks up #hipsterrunoff vs. @kyledreinford http://twurl.nl/6q6rwa 10 Dec 2009 from Seesmic
    
    
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    hipsterrunoff does n e 1 know n e thing abt biz & internet law? 10 Dec 2009 from mobile web
    
    
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    kyledreinford thanks to everyone that helped make this day hilarious. #fb 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford working on getting #hipsterrunoff de-listed from google search, yahoo, and windows live search (msn). 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford also, if charles (not carles) thinks i'll get tired of this and give up, he has no idea who he's dealing with. #hipsterrunoff 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford @nisianista he has no respect for property. stole some photos and is not abiding by my requests to remove them. and he's being a dick. 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford also, let me just say it's not about the photo anymore, it's about the principle. photographers are taken advantage of too much these days. 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford RT @theRealRyanMatt bro u look like a total D-bag/weakling in yo battle w/ carles. luv that u stickin 2 yo principles even tho u r a gaywad 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford the aforementioned blog will be taken off of bing's search engine within 3 business days. #win 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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    kyledreinford @24kgoldsher to be honest, i'd rather argue in person, but lil mr. charles is anonymous. 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie

Around this point, tweeter/photographer Ryan Muir posted the following images:

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   kyledreinford @ryanmuir that'd be great if only you got it right. "DMCA", not "DCMA". 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford @ryanmuir i don't think you realize, you got that wrong. ryan, it's DMCA. seriously. you're wrong. 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford @ryanmuir i never said spell check. DMCA isn't a word, so spell check wouldn't catch it, actually. 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford the village voice emailed me for comment. 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford @deseraestage blogs.villagevoice.com/music/archives/2009/12/hipster_runoff.php 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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   kyledreinford @MiseryXchord i think there are probably some pretty good parallels between 14 year olds and charles. 10 Dec 2009 from Tweetie
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One or both of the following quotes may or may not have been posted by Kyle Dean Reinford on the Village Voice's coverage of the imbroglio:

According to his website, Reinford "has 23 chess trophies from between 4th and 10th grade" and is a self-described "OCD sufferer", "pirate", and "publicist" ("Kyle has done all of his own publicity since 1984").