Comments on: Open Call: Your DMCA Stories http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/04/04/open-call-your-dmca-stories/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/04/04/open-call-your-dmca-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-96693 Jonathan Bailey Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:53:45 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=871#comment-96693 Jeremy: Those are all priceless. The lawyer one is interesting but could be a lot of things. I've seen spam on law blogs lately because the domains expire and get snatched up. I guess my first question is "Are you sure it was the attorney himself?" Just have to ask these things. The HostGator one has me very worried, I'd love to see the correspondence on that so I can inquire further. The same goes for the Adsense and the BlueHost ones if you have them. The BlueHost one is especially worrisome as it is something I have suspected these companies do but have never actually seen proof of. I'm interested in all of these cases, long and short of it, please feel free to send me an email, I think you know where to find me! Thank you for all of these! Jeremy: Those are all priceless.

The lawyer one is interesting but could be a lot of things. I've seen spam on law blogs lately because the domains expire and get snatched up. I guess my first question is "Are you sure it was the attorney himself?" Just have to ask these things.

The HostGator one has me very worried, I'd love to see the correspondence on that so I can inquire further.

The same goes for the Adsense and the BlueHost ones if you have them. The BlueHost one is especially worrisome as it is something I have suspected these companies do but have never actually seen proof of.

I'm interested in all of these cases, long and short of it, please feel free to send me an email, I think you know where to find me!

Thank you for all of these!

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/04/04/open-call-your-dmca-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-121101 Jonathan Bailey Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:53:45 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=871#comment-121101 Jeremy: Those are all priceless.The lawyer one is interesting but could be a lot of things. I've seen spam on law blogs lately because the domains expire and get snatched up. I guess my first question is "Are you sure it was the attorney himself?" Just have to ask these things.The HostGator one has me very worried, I'd love to see the correspondence on that so I can inquire further. The same goes for the Adsense and the BlueHost ones if you have them. The BlueHost one is especially worrisome as it is something I have suspected these companies do but have never actually seen proof of.I'm interested in all of these cases, long and short of it, please feel free to send me an email, I think you know where to find me!Thank you for all of these! Jeremy: Those are all priceless.The lawyer one is interesting but could be a lot of things. I've seen spam on law blogs lately because the domains expire and get snatched up. I guess my first question is "Are you sure it was the attorney himself?" Just have to ask these things.The HostGator one has me very worried, I'd love to see the correspondence on that so I can inquire further. The same goes for the Adsense and the BlueHost ones if you have them. The BlueHost one is especially worrisome as it is something I have suspected these companies do but have never actually seen proof of.I'm interested in all of these cases, long and short of it, please feel free to send me an email, I think you know where to find me!Thank you for all of these!

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/04/04/open-call-your-dmca-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-133187 Jonathan Bailey Sat, 05 Apr 2008 17:53:45 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=871#comment-133187 Jeremy: Those are all priceless.The lawyer one is interesting but could be a lot of things. I've seen spam on law blogs lately because the domains expire and get snatched up. I guess my first question is "Are you sure it was the attorney himself?" Just have to ask these things.The HostGator one has me very worried, I'd love to see the correspondence on that so I can inquire further. The same goes for the Adsense and the BlueHost ones if you have them. The BlueHost one is especially worrisome as it is something I have suspected these companies do but have never actually seen proof of.I'm interested in all of these cases, long and short of it, please feel free to send me an email, I think you know where to find me!Thank you for all of these! Jeremy: Those are all priceless.The lawyer one is interesting but could be a lot of things. I've seen spam on law blogs lately because the domains expire and get snatched up. I guess my first question is "Are you sure it was the attorney himself?" Just have to ask these things.The HostGator one has me very worried, I'd love to see the correspondence on that so I can inquire further. The same goes for the Adsense and the BlueHost ones if you have them. The BlueHost one is especially worrisome as it is something I have suspected these companies do but have never actually seen proof of.I'm interested in all of these cases, long and short of it, please feel free to send me an email, I think you know where to find me!Thank you for all of these!

]]> By: Jeremy Steele http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/04/04/open-call-your-dmca-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-96686 Jeremy Steele Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:34:13 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=871#comment-96686 There was the time a lawyer stole my content, and I found out he was running at least 50 other splogs under his law firm. After doing more research I realized he had several bad marks on his record, and was even banned from practicing for several years because of one. I never sent a complaint to the state's bar, but I did get his splogs and domains removed. Then there was the time HostGator (my own host!) told me they wouldn't removed a splog because it was "content aggregation" and is legal. It took a bitching e-mail asking for the CEO to get it dealt with. Then there was the other time Google Adsense told me a splog contained "no infringing material" in a response e-mail. I took a look at it and my stolen articles were right on the top of the friggin page! How they missed it remains a mystery to this day. Then there was another time when a host (I think Blue Host) basically gave me the middle finger and said FU for sending a DMCA Notice. The lame custom support guy told me "That blog's owner is one of our best customers and we won't pass this notice along!" For the fun of it I told him I contacted a lawyer and would be suing both the host and the site's owner, and literally 2 hours later the guy's account was completely deleted. It was a little lie - but it worked :) Take your pick :P None of these are too bad - and usually all it took was a slightly "encouraging" e-mail to get the issues dealt with. I'm sure there's some real horror stories out there - especially with Google. There was the time a lawyer stole my content, and I found out he was running at least 50 other splogs under his law firm. After doing more research I realized he had several bad marks on his record, and was even banned from practicing for several years because of one. I never sent a complaint to the state's bar, but I did get his splogs and domains removed.

Then there was the time HostGator (my own host!) told me they wouldn't removed a splog because it was "content aggregation" and is legal. It took a bitching e-mail asking for the CEO to get it dealt with.

Then there was the other time Google Adsense told me a splog contained "no infringing material" in a response e-mail. I took a look at it and my stolen articles were right on the top of the friggin page! How they missed it remains a mystery to this day.

Then there was another time when a host (I think Blue Host) basically gave me the middle finger and said FU for sending a DMCA Notice. The lame custom support guy told me "That blog's owner is one of our best customers and we won't pass this notice along!" For the fun of it I told him I contacted a lawyer and would be suing both the host and the site's owner, and literally 2 hours later the guy's account was completely deleted. It was a little lie – but it worked :)

Take your pick :P

None of these are too bad – and usually all it took was a slightly "encouraging" e-mail to get the issues dealt with. I'm sure there's some real horror stories out there – especially with Google.

]]> By: Jeremy Steele http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/04/04/open-call-your-dmca-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-121100 Jeremy Steele Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:34:13 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=871#comment-121100 There was the time a lawyer stole my content, and I found out he was running at least 50 other splogs under his law firm. After doing more research I realized he had several bad marks on his record, and was even banned from practicing for several years because of one. I never sent a complaint to the state's bar, but I did get his splogs and domains removed. Then there was the time HostGator (my own host!) told me they wouldn't removed a splog because it was "content aggregation" and is legal. It took a bitching e-mail asking for the CEO to get it dealt with. Then there was the other time Google Adsense told me a splog contained "no infringing material" in a response e-mail. I took a look at it and my stolen articles were right on the top of the friggin page! How they missed it remains a mystery to this day. Then there was another time when a host (I think Blue Host) basically gave me the middle finger and said FU for sending a DMCA Notice. The lame custom support guy told me "That blog's owner is one of our best customers and we won't pass this notice along!" For the fun of it I told him I contacted a lawyer and would be suing both the host and the site's owner, and literally 2 hours later the guy's account was completely deleted. It was a little lie - but it worked :)Take your pick :PNone of these are too bad - and usually all it took was a slightly "encouraging" e-mail to get the issues dealt with. I'm sure there's some real horror stories out there - especially with Google. There was the time a lawyer stole my content, and I found out he was running at least 50 other splogs under his law firm. After doing more research I realized he had several bad marks on his record, and was even banned from practicing for several years because of one. I never sent a complaint to the state's bar, but I did get his splogs and domains removed. Then there was the time HostGator (my own host!) told me they wouldn't removed a splog because it was "content aggregation" and is legal. It took a bitching e-mail asking for the CEO to get it dealt with. Then there was the other time Google Adsense told me a splog contained "no infringing material" in a response e-mail. I took a look at it and my stolen articles were right on the top of the friggin page! How they missed it remains a mystery to this day. Then there was another time when a host (I think Blue Host) basically gave me the middle finger and said FU for sending a DMCA Notice. The lame custom support guy told me "That blog's owner is one of our best customers and we won't pass this notice along!" For the fun of it I told him I contacted a lawyer and would be suing both the host and the site's owner, and literally 2 hours later the guy's account was completely deleted. It was a little lie – but it worked :) Take your pick :P None of these are too bad – and usually all it took was a slightly "encouraging" e-mail to get the issues dealt with. I'm sure there's some real horror stories out there – especially with Google.

]]> By: Jeremy Steele http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2008/04/04/open-call-your-dmca-stories/comment-page-1/#comment-133203 Jeremy Steele Sat, 05 Apr 2008 10:34:13 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=871#comment-133203 There was the time a lawyer stole my content, and I found out he was running at least 50 other splogs under his law firm. After doing more research I realized he had several bad marks on his record, and was even banned from practicing for several years because of one. I never sent a complaint to the state's bar, but I did get his splogs and domains removed. Then there was the time HostGator (my own host!) told me they wouldn't removed a splog because it was "content aggregation" and is legal. It took a bitching e-mail asking for the CEO to get it dealt with. Then there was the other time Google Adsense told me a splog contained "no infringing material" in a response e-mail. I took a look at it and my stolen articles were right on the top of the friggin page! How they missed it remains a mystery to this day. Then there was another time when a host (I think Blue Host) basically gave me the middle finger and said FU for sending a DMCA Notice. The lame custom support guy told me "That blog's owner is one of our best customers and we won't pass this notice along!" For the fun of it I told him I contacted a lawyer and would be suing both the host and the site's owner, and literally 2 hours later the guy's account was completely deleted. It was a little lie - but it worked :) Take your pick :P None of these are too bad - and usually all it took was a slightly "encouraging" e-mail to get the issues dealt with. I'm sure there's some real horror stories out there - especially with Google. There was the time a lawyer stole my content, and I found out he was running at least 50 other splogs under his law firm. After doing more research I realized he had several bad marks on his record, and was even banned from practicing for several years because of one. I never sent a complaint to the state's bar, but I did get his splogs and domains removed.

Then there was the time HostGator (my own host!) told me they wouldn't removed a splog because it was "content aggregation" and is legal. It took a bitching e-mail asking for the CEO to get it dealt with.

Then there was the other time Google Adsense told me a splog contained "no infringing material" in a response e-mail. I took a look at it and my stolen articles were right on the top of the friggin page! How they missed it remains a mystery to this day.

Then there was another time when a host (I think Blue Host) basically gave me the middle finger and said FU for sending a DMCA Notice. The lame custom support guy told me "That blog's owner is one of our best customers and we won't pass this notice along!" For the fun of it I told him I contacted a lawyer and would be suing both the host and the site's owner, and literally 2 hours later the guy's account was completely deleted. It was a little lie – but it worked :) Take your pick :P None of these are too bad – and usually all it took was a slightly "encouraging" e-mail to get the issues dealt with. I'm sure there's some real horror stories out there – especially with Google.

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