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Creative Thinker

16 years ago

Ignore it...

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dmarze 16 years ago

Originally Posted by Creative Thinker

Ignore it...

Yes, ignore it and create more videos.
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josspam

16 years ago

uhmm send an email to them saying that it's your material... even then... I don't think you could make much about this...

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blur

16 years ago

Write a nasty email telling them you're considering legal action. Other than that, is it worth the trouble or expense fr legal action?

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Akky

16 years ago

@Creative_Thinker,

That is not a way of answering. A Warrior is seeking help, so give out a few tips..

Hi there Endre,

You can check their whois details and send them an email with a warning.

"It has come to our attention that you have copied my video without my permission. We'll be giving you 2 days time to remove it. We will contact your host with a DMCA notice"

If they don't fall for the warning, then you'll have to move on. Because, it will just make you spend your time and money for legal purposes.

The above was just an example, make it more specific and detailed - like which video, etc.

I hope it helped.

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jazbo

16 years ago

Send them a DMCA if you are in the USA.

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KenThompson

16 years ago

View Profile: sbucciarel has a good story on one of her blogs recounting
her experiences with enforcing a DMCA.

It's very detailed. You'll know exactly what to do after reading it.

I don't remember which blog it was, but if you contact her I'm sure
she'll point you in the right direction.

Good luck.

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Tina Golden 16 years ago

This kind of thing happens and no, you shouldn't use all your time and energy trying to fight it but I don't understand those who just say to ignore it. It doesn't take that much to send the owner a letter saying that you have put the matter in the hands of your lawyer and that there will be a DMCA issued. If that doesn't scare them (and it won't always), then send the DMCA to the host.

At that point, you may give up as it would be very expensive to go further legally and may not work with a website on the other side of the world. But at least you tried and at least some of the time, you will succeed.

I think the "just ignore it" philosophy is a big reason why so many are doing this. They think it won't matter or even that it's okay to do. At least let them know that it is not okay to steal someone else's work.

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- anu_smart 16 years ago
  
  Hi Friend!
  
  This always happens in the internet industry.. I'v heard of some technique that does not allow users to download or copy pictures/videos from your web pages.But am not sure of its name..Its better you get that done in future.
  
  As of now, i wold go with the above reply, try giving a warning by getting their email id on domaintools.com..
  
  Failing which, you can spend time and money, else ignore...
  
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sbucciarel

Banned 16 years ago

Originally Posted by KenThompson

View Profile: sbucciarel has a good story on one of her blogs recounting
her experiences with enforcing a DMCA.

It's very detailed. You'll know exactly what to do after reading it.

I don't remember which blog it was, but if you contact her I'm sure
she'll point you in the right direction.

Good luck.

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It's on domainingdiva.com .... I think about the 3rd post down.

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endre 16 years ago

I tried your domain...but cannot find it...could you please direct me, as this is important to me
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Matt Bard

16 years ago

I would look up their information like suggested above.

Then I would track them down and see where they lived, stake them out and check out their routines and find out where they work and shop.

Go hire four really big and nasty looking "Mafia" type guys. Rent a big black car. Then send the guys to the culprit and have them say "so, you're the video thief huh"? "we got a video for ya" "let's go for a ride".

Or not.

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miset

16 years ago

Ad Matt suggested i would like to apply for the role of "Mafia" guy, it could be a good fun

Anybody else want in?

Originally Posted by Matt M

I would look up their information like suggested above.

Then I would track them down and see where they lived, stake them out and check out their routines and find out where they work and shop.

Go hire four really big and nasty looking "Mafia" type guys. Rent a big black car. Then send the guys to the culprit and have them say "so, you're the video thief huh"? "we got a video for ya" "let's go for a ride".

Or not.

Matt

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endre 16 years ago

THanks everyone...a lot of great info there...

Lots of helpful suggestions...a few of them are a bit worrying...eg: that the host company may cover up for the villain and turn a blind eye...but apparently that is the exception rather than the rule...

Could someone please tell me what a DMCA notice is?

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VegasGreg

16 years ago

If you can track them down, SUE THEM for copyright infringement.

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SandyDuPlessis

16 years ago

When I discovered that another website was using two posts/articles lifted straight from one of my sites, I simply sent them a polite mail thanking them for the compliment and reminding them that the work was copyrighted. I also requested that they be kind enough to add my name and link back to my site.

They did without any problems

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Scott Ames

16 years ago

Originally Posted by SandyDuPlessis

When I discovered that another website was using two posts/articles lifted straight from one of my sites, I simply sent them a polite mail thanking them for the compliment and reminding them that the work was copyrighted. I also requested that they be kind enough to add my name and link back to my site.

They did without any problems

Sandy

Dang... The nice approach..Never really thought of that. Really I didn't. My first reaction is to do battle. I'll try that.

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- mkayius 16 years ago
  
  Would you go to so much trouble with legal action and everything just because they copy a video from you?
  
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Joe Stewart

16 years ago

I've had this kind of thing happen to me before and I've done both, ignored it and sent a cease and desist similar to this.

"It has come to our attention that you have copied my work without my permission. I realize this may have been a mistake on your part, however it's not something I'm willing to overlook. I don't create content so that others can use it without me getting the proper credit that I deserve. I'll give you 2 days to either modify it and give me credit or remove it. After that I'll be forced to contact your host with a DMCA notice".

Most of the time people that do this are complete newbies and don't realize they're doing anything wrong. Most of these people will pull it down or fix it right away. Receiving something like that will flat rattle some newbies.

I've also had to go to their hosting company and have them shut down. It's usually not a problem to do. Make sure you've made an honest effort to contact the offender and make copies of the emails you send them to show their hosting company. Most companies will try to contact them first, but if they don't reply or make the necessary changes immediately, the hosting company will shut them down. I've had it done twice.

However, as I said before, it consumes a lot of time and energy trying to chase these people down, especially when you've got hundreds or thousands of pieces of content online.

Every person has to decide for themselves if it's worth it to mess with.

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Scott Ames

16 years ago

I've got one like that and I've been trying to get them to remove the article or put in the author box. No one cares, not their host, not Adbrite, etc. They've masked their identity with some host that keeps everything private and won't forward anything to them unless you use a proper DMCA notice with proof of ownership and all the rest of the hoops. These people are experts at hiding crooks.

Originally Posted by Guitarjoe

I've had this kind of thing happen to me before and I've done both, ignored it and sent a cease and desist similar to this.

"It has come to our attention that you have copied my work without my permission. I realize this may have been a mistake on your part, however it's not something I'm willing to overlook. I don't create content so that others can use it without me getting the proper credit that I deserve. I'll give you 2 days to either modify it and give me credit or remove it. After that I'll be forced to contact your host with a DMCA notice".

Most of the time people that do this are complete newbies and don't realize they're doing anything wrong. Most of these people will pull it down or fix it right away. Receiving something like that will flat rattle some newbies.

I've also had to go to their hosting company and have them shut down. It's usually not a problem to do. Make sure you've made an honest effort to contact the offender and make copies of the emails you send them to show their hosting company. Most companies will try to contact them first, but if they don't reply or make the necessary changes immediately, the hosting company will shut them down. I've had it done twice.

However, as I said before, it consumes a lot of time and energy trying to chase these people down, especially when you've got hundreds or thousands of pieces of content online.

Every person has to decide for themselves if it's worth it to mess with.

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jam52633

16 years ago

Send a stop and desist letter!

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steveweber

16 years ago

This Reminds me of a funny story from our ebay days. We had someone stealing our pictures. Not only did they steal our pictures, they were linking directly to them. So I changed our page and saved-as the pictures with new names. I then changed the original file names to pictures of condoms instead of the supplement product they were promoting...it was pretty funny.

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JohnMcCabe 16 years ago

Originally Posted by blur

Write a nasty email telling them you're considering legal action. Other than that, is it worth the trouble or expense fr legal action?

Write the letter and cc: their hosting company.

Since you found them, it's probably a newbie that bought one of those "Get Rich on YouTube Without Creating Anything" products that tell them to download videos and replace the original information with theirs.
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peetred

16 years ago

Originally Posted by steveweber

This Reminds me of a funny story from our ebay days. We had someone stealing our pictures. Not only did they steal our pictures, they were linking directly to them. So I changed our page and saved-as the pictures with new names. I then changed the original file names to pictures of condoms instead of the supplement product they were promoting...it was pretty funny.

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HomeBizNizz 16 years ago

Find their company email
and sign them up for porn...

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Genius

You can use .htaccess for this.
If a hotlink occours, another pic is shown insted.
I used a naked penis squirting. :p
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XRevJosh

16 years ago

just send them a email concerning the video and that you wish to take action against them, and they should just get scared and take it down.

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TommyBoy

16 years ago

Contact the hosting company. If it is a reputable one they will give them 48 hours to take it down. This happened to me once.

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chebe21

16 years ago

I guess You should put your url or your brand inside the video, so if some body use it..

that help's You because your brand/url are being promoted too!

Good luck!

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mmcqueen

16 years ago

Email them and ask them if they know that the video they have put up is yours and that they don't have permission to use it. They may have got it from somebody who they thought had rights to sell it.

If that don't work, contact their hosting company and see what they can do about it.

Good luck,

Michael

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MichaelHiles

16 years ago

DMCA notice to the host and start watermarking your your videos.

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Wide

16 years ago

What you need to do is to send a "normal" (not email) DCMA letter, use google for a template.

If you dont have a business name, then make one up - you need to look like someone with ressources.

Give them a 7 days warning from the date the letter was created.
Send a copy of the letter (and email) to the hosting company at the same time, they will forward it to the client.

In most cases this will scare them and they remove the material.
It's the only thing you can do, taking legal actions is normally not an option, unless you got a huge income from your website.

Remember to watermark your videos in the future.
If your using voice in your videos, then make sure you say the name of your website a few times.