Someone remind me: The email you send to pirates ripping off your products?

Banned 14 years ago

Here's a sample DMCA letter here
http://domainingdiva.com/legal-issue...ipoff-artists/

Here's Paul's ... basically the same.

Subject: Notice of Copyright Infringement

The copyrighted work at issue is the text that appears on original URL here

The URLs where our copyrighted material is located is URL of copy

You can reach me at your email address here for further information or clarification. My phone number is phone number here and my mailing address is address here.

The email address of the website owner, who has reprinted our content illegally, is their email address here.

I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Your name here
Date here

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Aj Wilson

14 years ago

Dear Scumbag,

I've just found your address on whois and my 12 guage from under my bed.
Please remove my material from your website before my pills wear off.

kind regards,

mental man.

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honestly, if you can find their address,
it gives you leverage and a great fear tactic.

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John Henderson

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Aj Wilson

Dear Scumbag,

I've just found your address on whois and my 12 guage from under my bed.
Please remove my material from your website before my pills wear off.

kind regards,

mental man.

We have a winner!!!

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iAmJT

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Aj Wilson

Dear Scumbag,

I've just found your address on whois and my 12 guage from under my bed.
Please remove my material from your website before my pills wear off.

kind regards,

mental man.

[edit]

honestly, if you can find their address,
it gives you leverage and a great fear tactic.

LOL! Awesome

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Anonymous Affiliate

14 years ago

Pirates just don't care. I've sent all type of legal-looking emails and they won't even blink. I've contacted their hosting and domain registration companies, and they said that I've got to send all type of ownership proof that I'm the legal copyright owner, blah blah blah... just not worth the time.

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sbucciarel

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by Anonymous Affiliate

Pirates just don't care. I've sent all type of legal-looking emails and they won't even blink. I've contacted their hosting and domain registration companies, and they said that I've got to send all type of ownership proof that I'm the legal copyright owner, blah blah blah... just not worth the time.

It doesn't matter whether pirates care or not. Every DMCA I've ever filed for my stuff has resulted in the loss of the pirates hosting within 48 hours or the take down of my stuff. That's all that really matters.

Pirates are scum. I have no compassion for them at all. I don't care if they think they're down on their luck losers in life. They're leaches with a sense of entitlement. They think it's their right to glide through life and profit from other people's sweat and hard work.

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rosetrees 14 years ago

Yup - I agree with every word Suzanne says. I've had to do it twice, and both time action was taken within hours.

Both times I started by emailing the address given on the whois details. Surprise - neither replied till I got heavy via their webhosts.

The first one replied immediately their site was taken down (!) and the second replied when their host forwarded them a DMCA notice.
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mr2020

14 years ago

Pirates are scum.

I actually feel sorry for at least one of them. I found a fella selling a dvd download of mine for $10, he was selling TONS of stuff, not just mine.

Under an assumed name, I sent him an email as his site requested, asking for how to pay for "my product", and how to download it, he sent me instructions. I then identified myself to him and we started an email discussion.

He actually felt it was okay to sell "the big guys" stuff, because for the past 3 years he was down on his luck, and it was the only way he could pay his bills. I told him that I would help him develop and sell his own stuff, and guess what, he wasn't interested.

No surprise, but.... really sad. To be that down on yourself, to only think you can make money selling stuff you stole.

BTW, part of his justification was that "most of the big guys" are on the pirate sites too, swapping stuff, taking stuff.

Just some thoughts, need more coffee.

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mr2020

14 years ago

Originally Posted by mr2020

Pirates are scum.

I actually feel sorry for at least one of them. I found a fella selling a dvd download of mine for $10, he was selling TONS of stuff, not just mine.

Under an assumed name, I sent him an email as his site requested, asking for how to pay for "my product", and how to download it, he sent me instructions. I then identified myself to him and we started an email discussion.

He actually felt it was okay to sell "the big guys" stuff, because for the past 3 years he was down on his luck, and it was the only way he could pay his bills. I told him that I would help him develop and sell his own stuff, and guess what, he wasn't interested.

No surprise, but.... really sad. To be that down on yourself, to only think you can make money selling stuff you stole.

BTW, part of his justification was that "most of the big guys" are on the pirate sites too, swapping stuff, taking stuff.

Just some thoughts, need more coffee.

PS: I don't condone what he does at all, but I have compassion for him, just wanted to be clear on that. A man who is obviously intelligent, to be that stupid about "life" and even karma. He didn't get that producing something would produce a change in his life.

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CDarklock

14 years ago

Originally Posted by mr2020

BTW, part of his justification was that "most of the big guys" are on the pirate sites too, swapping stuff, taking stuff.

But mostly?

Spying on the pirates.

If you think these people are on pirate sites to get away without paying for the latest $17 WSO, perhaps you'd like to buy a bridge.

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kyhell

14 years ago

Originally Posted by CDarklock

But mostly?

Spying on the pirates.

If you think these people are on pirate sites to get away without paying for the latest $17 WSO, perhaps you'd like to buy a bridge.

piracy is A LOT worse than most people think.
i was on another site just to day and saw the had zombie blogging avlb for download along with 20 or more other wso's

makes me not want to release a wso

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CDarklock 14 years ago

Originally Posted by kyhell

i was on another site just to day and saw the had zombie blogging avlb for download along with 20 or more other wso's

And to think, if they didn't have it available for download, I might have sold more copies. Why, that makes me so mad, I'm going to just not sell my next product! That will show them! Rob me of a few sales, will you? Well, I'll just not make any money on this next product. How do you like THAT? Huh? Don't you feel like a fool now that I'm not making any money?

Hey... wait a minute
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Black Hat Cat

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by mr2020

Pirates are scum.

I actually feel sorry for at least one of them. I found a fella selling a dvd download of mine for $10, he was selling TONS of stuff, not just mine.

Under an assumed name, I sent him an email as his site requested, asking for how to pay for "my product", and how to download it, he sent me instructions. I then identified myself to him and we started an email discussion.

He actually felt it was okay to sell "the big guys" stuff, because for the past 3 years he was down on his luck, and it was the only way he could pay his bills. I told him that I would help him develop and sell his own stuff, and guess what, he wasn't interested.

No surprise, but.... really sad. To be that down on yourself, to only think you can make money selling stuff you stole.

BTW, part of his justification was that "most of the big guys" are on the pirate sites too, swapping stuff, taking stuff.

Just some thoughts, need more coffee.

Well, seeing as how he is a thief and all, I doubt he made that story up or anything because he got caught. I'm sure everything he said was the God's honest truth, lol.

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Nick Brighton

14 years ago

thanks all, and thanks Suzanne, just what I was looking for.

Another one bites the dust.

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Neil Morgan

14 years ago

It happened to me once.

It was a respected Warrior - although I haven't seem him around here for a couple of years.

Folks on here told him how good "his" product was.

Nice.

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Paul Myers

14 years ago

Note: You don't send the takedown notice to the pirates. You send it to their web host.

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Sarah Harvey

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Nick Brighton

We've all been victims of this, and there's lots of threads about this issue.

Let's face it, part of our business now requires chasing people who are blatantly ripping off our products and selling them on Rapid Share etc.

I've just found 3 scumbags doing this with one of my products.

Paul Myers once provided a template to approach them to get them shut down. If you're reading Paul, please could you repost that procedure you've previously recommended?

Or if anyone else has a good procedure (a sensible, reasonable one that gets results and acts within the law) then please do share if you can.

Kind regards,

Nick

Now I have heard everything... selling your products on rapidshare?

hehe...that was funny.

I have to remember that an upload site is now selling stuff. That is a good one.

I could understand the games or videos... but just products uploaded onto rapidshare is not being sold unless the person that uploaded it, is selling it via a membership site and providing the link to the members to download it. Rapidshare does not sell your products...unless there is a site called "Rapid Share" that sells things? o.O

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