Clever. No worries of course. You have permission to copy and past the sample notification to go after copyright infringers! I have found it to be quite effective myself.

Best of luck to you, and thanks for reading IPWatchdog.com.

-Gene

I really appreciate your article. The information you provided will help those who may undergo, or experiencing, a copyright infringement. Here’s food for thought… Although Google is pretty smart, they could see a webmaster’s original content as duplicate content and penalize his/her webpage. This can happen right after a webmaster post the original article and before it gets indexed, someone comes along and copy/paste the original content to their site that gets indexed first. That’s why I’m here. I was looking for a sample DMCA take down notice.

You certainly need to do a counter notification. I would also send this person’s host a DMCA takedown notice. I would also sue them if there is any way possible. This is a clear case of intentional interference with business.

I wish I had a better answer. I would definitely also contact the Federal Trade Commission.

-Gene

Your thoughts on this?

Curious as I am – I had a look at their T’s & C’s, and was surprised to find this paragraph in their section on on Copyright and Limited License:

“Unless otherwise indicated in the Site, the Site and all content and other materials on the Site, including, without limitation, the Fwix logo, and all designs, text, graphics, pictures, information, data, software, sound files, other files and the selection and arrangement thereof (collectively, the “Site Materials”) are the proprietary property of Fwix or its licensors or users and are protected by U.S. and international copyright laws.”

I couldn’t find anywhere on their site that would fall in under the catagory “unless otherwise indicated”, like a note specifying that the linked photos are the creative property of the photographer or something.

Should I be concerned?

– Tammy

I think you are right, that would make an nice article. I will put it on the list of things to write about.

-Gene

How about a sample response letter from the subscriber who is being blamed for the infringement? I believe there are certain guidelines they must follow as well.

And perhaps another idea….requirements of the service provider to remain immune? For example, registration with their abuse agent at the copyright office, timely turnaround, and such.