Comments on: How to Send a DMCA Takedown Notice

By: Fred

Fred — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 23:37:22 +0000

@KB

"RFC 1036?

What kind of gobblegook is that. Citing a 1987 Usenet spec as a response to an infringement on an http server?"

Agreed. It's gobblegook . And it has nothing to do with the requirements for a take-down notice either.

By: Jasjot

Jasjot — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 07:57:16 +0000

Thanks Can you also tell what to send when someone has copied your copyrighted content ?

By: qammar

qammar — Sat, 31 Dec 2011 08:20:09 +0000

Hi, a few weeks ago, someone stole one of my article 'How to Reap Instant Profit From Your Web Site' and republish it on his blog. when I ask him to remove it from his website, he replied that he changed the contents of the article a bit, so now its no longer belong to me. what action I can take to force him to remove the article from his blog. Thanks qammar

By: Joanna Han

Joanna Han — Wed, 28 Dec 2011 00:24:32 +0000

Thank you, Carolyn. You really make my day. It's not only photographs but articles. This kind of behaviours is really annoying and.... It totally discounts our effort that we devoted to our work. What's the Google Algorithm criteria for this?
Thank you again for your help. I definite will come back.

By: R mag

R mag — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:56:58 +0000

Can a DMCA notice take down mugshots from a site who stole them and posted on there site? And if it can what kind would it be?

By: R mag

R mag — Sat, 10 Dec 2011 01:53:58 +0000

Can a DMCA notice make some take down stolen mugshot pictures of me from there website?

By: Teresa

Teresa — Wed, 07 Dec 2011 07:30:05 +0000

I work for a large magazine publishing company in South Africa. All our international titles are currently being sold as online magazines via a European supplier. We have now found piracy sites with some of latest monthly issues. I was told by our EU supplier that I am required to send them "legal take-down notices" to remove the magazines as we are the publisher of those titles. Does anyone know how this law would affect me in South Africa, if the take-down notice need to be in a specific format / letter? Or if I can just send them a legal notice sourced of twitter for example? Any help will be appreciated.

By: LHarper

LHarper — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 15:48:10 +0000

An online client who contracted voice work from me has not paid for services, as per agreement. If the client uses this voice over on his website or elsewhere, do I have recourse through DMCA?

By: David

David — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 00:41:43 +0000

I'm not sure that I have a proper DMCA claim, so I thought I'd post here and ask your opinion of the situation.

I was a member of a small to medium online forum. I published a list that mathematically ranked items in categories for a game. The items being ranked are, of course, property of the game's publisher but all of the work behind generating this list was my own doing. I've removed my list from this site for personal reasons, and now the admins are trying to repost this list in its entirety without my permission, pulling the data from backups, and posting it. Do you think I have a valid DMCA claim against this website?

Thank you!

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Dear Plagiarist and Scumbag | The Militant Writer — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:42:55 +0000

[...] Note: many thanks to my on-line friends on The Writers Union of Canada forum, the Amazon Breakthrough Novel forum and readers of this blog, who helped me figure out who was doing this and why after I found my mangled text on-line. Special thanks to ABNA super-sleuths tvguy who found the perpetrator’s email address and showed me how to find his ISP, and Simon N Schuster who led me to this link: http://rising.blackstar.com/how-to-send-a-dmca-takedown-notice.html. [...]

By: Jack Mac

Jack Mac — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 19:57:26 +0000

Do you have an example where an attorney has actually gone after someone for violating the DCMJ? If so, how much were they asking in damages?

By: Lisa Marie

Lisa Marie — Wed, 27 Jul 2011 04:43:23 +0000

Hello Everyone,
I just found out that my photos were stolen off of facebook by an individual who retaliated against me to defamed my character. I did not know my photos were taken for the whole month. It had my professional modeling images with photographer's watermark. Thedirty.com copyrighted infringed the photos which is a serious violations. We are trying to find out who posted them on Thedirty.com. It is a horrible situation and looking into filing suit for libel and photo copygright infringement violations. You can see what it looks like here http://thedirty.com/2011/06/lisa-marie-scary/?replytocom=3047116#respond

I'd appreciate your help in any way possible. My email is lisamarieholte@yahoo.com Thank you!

By: SS

SS — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 07:46:48 +0000

I am dealing with a few people who stole my contents. The first one listened after I left a comment on their page about how I hold a license that does not allow copying and altering. The second one was a blogger. Commenting was not enabled. So I reported abuse at blogger and they removed it for me. The newest one has not responded at all. I bookmarked the page to see if he is taking any action. Then there is another one who kept my article title and bullet points correct, but changed the sentences in each paragraph. She is not a blogger but the owner of the site who has no address. But I used Whois to find her email address. I am going to send her a letter by using the above instructions. Lets see what she does.

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Internet plagiarism,The TRUTH about Motherhood — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 00:49:21 +0000

[...] take down notice would be this notice. For an excellent example of the take down notice check out Black Star Rising. You can also send a legal notice to the plagiarist and ask them to remove the copyrighted material [...]

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By: Steph

Steph — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 23:19:32 +0000

How do you guys find out that one of your images has been stolen in the first place? Is there any easy way to search? I find it all a bit overwhelming myself and would appreciate any advice.

By: Arizona Patent Attorney

Arizona Patent Attorney — Fri, 03 Jun 2011 22:33:23 +0000

It is worth mentioning that the process isn't always as simple as just sending the DMCA takedown letter. While the letter may take care of the site right away, it may also begin a counter-notice process.

By: Judith Haden

Judith Haden — Sun, 15 May 2011 02:24:50 +0000

Thanks so much for this info, I hope they respond!

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Fri, 01 Apr 2011 16:28:35 +0000

[...] be taken down, as it violates copyright law.So far I did: Filled a Copyright claim (similar to this takedown notice) to GoDady.com (here) , website host provider. This should be enough to refuse to host it [...]

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By: Shawn Cole

Shawn Cole — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:40:23 +0000

The ISP is located in Germany. The following is the information going to that ISP on their abuse email notification

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: stolen copyright material on web site
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 15:39:43 -0500
From: Cathy
To: abuse@servage.net

Hello. My name is Shawn Cole from the U.S.A.

You are hosting a web site called "Supremelaw.org" that is run by a man named Paul Andrew Mitchell. The IP address is 77.232.68.251 supremelaw.org from the European Union(EU) region in Western Europe. The hostmaster is located at hostmaster@servage.net I am writing to the abuse@servage.net FOR HELP TO REMOVE MY STOLEN WEB SITE FILES.
The web site domain was issued by eNom.com to the registered owner at: http://www.abovetopsecret.com and the registered owner of the domain email is : pvila@globallogistic.net and registered name of owner is Thomas Brown.

By: kay

kay — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 15:22:20 +0000

What is an offshore ISP in Germany ? Which one ?

By: Shawn Cole

Shawn Cole — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 14:03:22 +0000

Supremelaw.org has copied my entire links page, including my name, email etc. The problem is that he is using an offshore ISP in Germany. Does the German government honor USA DMCA takedown notices or do they have their own?

He posted it at http://www.supremelaw.org/copyright/ameritech.net/cole_links_menu.htm

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5 Legal Tips For Video Search Marketing – gpkendall.com — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:13:46 +0000

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By: James Worley

James Worley — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 00:52:39 +0000

mormon: RE: "from Youtube can be used on any website, you are just stupid to believe that someone stole it from you !"

Mormon,
That is incorrect. What anyone can do is use the immbed code and paste the player available from the YouTube page to repost the video in their blogs or websites without any editing and ALWAYS leading back to the Original video located on YouTube. What they CANNOT do is use software to rip the video file from the YouTube page and adit it as they wish to while removing the identity of the content owner and no linking the video back to YouTube.

Yes, my video is ALL OVER the web in the correct way and there is no problem with those who did so correctly. What there is a problem with are those who ripped it and uploaded it to their own servers or accounts on other video hosting websites as well as on YouTube while claiming it is their own work.

By: mormon

mormon — Wed, 02 Mar 2011 16:21:15 +0000

Video from Youtube can be used on any website, you are just stupid to believe that someone stole it from you !

By: James Worley

James Worley — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 17:36:23 +0000

I have a video that I shot on Jan 28th 2011 that I posted on my YouTube Channel that went VIRAL almost IMMEDIATELY! I have found many places where people had ripped my video from my YouTube page and reposted it as their own on both YouTube and many other sites.

Here is my video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8RNbbDRdvBw

I am doing my best to protect my content as this is the first time that I have had an experience such as this.