Saturday, September 18, 2004

How to Handle Copyright Infringement Found by the Search Engines

How to Handle Copyright Infringement Found by the Search Engines:
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  1. Take screen captures of the pages
  2. Download Google/Yahoo/SE cache as proof (if available)
  3. Document whois information and figure out who the ISP is
  4. Call or Email the number (if any) listed on the contact us page
  5. If no response in a few days, send an email to the ISP with the subject Digital Millennium Copyright Act Copyright Infringement with the proof listed above. I ask them to take down the pages that were stolen, providing the file names and paths.
  6. Send email/fax to the search engines
    - Google's DMCA
    - Yahoo's Copyright Infringement & Yahoo's Page Deletion Process
    - Ask Jeeves TOS, scroll down and you will see 'Copyrights and Copyright Agent' section with a form."

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