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Copyright Infringement! What do I do?

by TheWebGuy
10 replies
Hey Warriors,

Some a-hole is blatantly infringing on my copyright and pretty much just stealing my stuff for his site. He is selling a similar product...but just using all of my stuff.

What can I do? I would really like to get this scammer taken down...but just getting my stuff off of his site would suffice too.

Please help. I am pretty upset about this because I have worked my butt off for this...and this guy is now seeing quite a bit of success (stealing my customers) using my own stuff!

Thanks
#copyright #infringement
  • Profile picture of the author natebunger
    Can you send me links to the pages (yours and his) so I can take a look and help you figure out the best way to proceed? Thanks
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  • Profile picture of the author Kecia
    Contact the site owner and request he link back to your site in all of the articles/posts, or remove them completely. If he doesn't, contact his webhost. They will remove the content.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberAlien
    What is it that he stole and is he selling it here? If he's hosted in the US, send his hosting company a DMCA. If you don't know who he hosts with, post the domain here and I will tell you the company.
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    • Profile picture of the author sharkey
      do a whois lookup, send the registered domain hosting company an email.

      You may also want to contact a trademark/copyright attorney who can send an "official" scary cease and desist letter. Be prepared to follow through with lawsuit if they don't take it down.
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      • Profile picture of the author CyberAlien
        Originally Posted by sharkey View Post

        You may also want to contact a trademark/copyright attorney who can send an "official" scary cease and desist letter. Be prepared to follow through with lawsuit if they don't take it down.
        You really don't need an attorney for those fancy letters most of the time. They usually scare the person off before the continue stealing your work.
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  • Profile picture of the author Val Wilson
    I had this happen with 1 of my sites - an exact copy, the only thing changed was the affiliate links. Made me pretty mad too.

    Do a WHOIS check on the offending website, then get in touch with whoever is hosting it. You'll have a bit of paperwork to do, but the site will be taken down pretty quickly as long as you can show that yours was there first.
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  • Profile picture of the author Seth Bias
    PM Me the links and I will help you in what you can do after I review.

    Hope this guy gets taken down it sucks working your butt off only to have someone steal it from you.
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    Send a DMCA to the host.
    Instructions and sample DMCA here
    http://domainingdiva.com/legal-issue...ipoff-artists/
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  • Profile picture of the author Paul200
    First send him a DMCA take down notice. You can find an example here of one Example DMCA Notice of Copyright Infringement - FutureQuest, Inc.

    If you get no reply back do a whois request and find out who the person is hosting with. Send his host a DMCA take down request and if you are lucky they might take his site down.

    PS: Only do this if you can prove you are the rightfull owner of the copyrighted content.
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  • Profile picture of the author CyberAlien
    You can take a look here to see comparisons of a few DMCA generators: 4 DMCA Notice Generators Compared

    I do want to say though, if you pursue this, then you need to be fully prepared to take it to court and prove that you are the owner of the content.
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