It is disheartening though to hear that Adsense is not using the right part of its brain to address this issue but not wholly unexpected.

I mean, what do you expect from an Internet company that still believes faxing is an appropriate way to send a DMCA notice?

Thank you for your input!

It is disheartening though to hear that Adsense is not using the right part of its brain to address this issue but not wholly unexpected.

I mean, what do you expect from an Internet company that still believes faxing is an appropriate way to send a DMCA notice?

Thank you for your input!

In about half the cases where I find my material on a site (usually just a photo or two that the owner of the site refuses to remove) of a few posts that have been scraped according to keywords, they will actually remove my content and petition Adsense to reinstate their account.

I find it disheartening that Google will reinstate some of these sites, when it’s painfully obvious that they’re still continuing splogs, just lacking my content. You’d think they would be able to use their own judgment that the site doesn’t meet their standards. But I guess their standards are primarily about making money.

My success with DMCA notices directly to hosts (besides sites like blogger, typepad or wordpress) is pretty poor and I’ve never had a counter notice in that case. (Again, only two of my filings have succeeded.)

In about half the cases where I find my material on a site (usually just a photo or two that the owner of the site refuses to remove) of a few posts that have been scraped according to keywords, they will actually remove my content and petition Adsense to reinstate their account.

I find it disheartening that Google will reinstate some of these sites, when it’s painfully obvious that they’re still continuing splogs, just lacking my content. You’d think they would be able to use their own judgment that the site doesn’t meet their standards. But I guess their standards are primarily about making money.

My success with DMCA notices directly to hosts (besides sites like blogger, typepad or wordpress) is pretty poor and I’ve never had a counter notice in that case. (Again, only two of my filings have succeeded.)

If you could just give me an idea of how common this is for you, I’d be very interested.

The information issue is also a tough one but there are ways around you. The information has to be adequate for them to contact you. That enables you to give P.O. Boxes and anonymous numbers if needed. The rules apply largely the same as with domain registrations in that regard.

I have not tested this myself so I don’t know how hosts will respond, but it could be an option. If you want, I can look into some mail delivery services for you.

Voyagerfan: Yes, like mice, or cockroaches, depending on your tolerance for gross analogies. It is interesting that TP did a surgical removal but usually what they do is notify the infringer and let them perform the removal on their terms, giving them first crack before they just disable the domain.

Odds are, that is what happened in that case.

Hope that helps!

If you could just give me an idea of how common this is for you, I’d be very interested.

The information issue is also a tough one but there are ways around you. The information has to be adequate for them to contact you. That enables you to give P.O. Boxes and anonymous numbers if needed. The rules apply largely the same as with domain registrations in that regard.

I have not tested this myself so I don’t know how hosts will respond, but it could be an option. If you want, I can look into some mail delivery services for you.

Voyagerfan: Yes, like mice, or cockroaches, depending on your tolerance for gross analogies. It is interesting that TP did a surgical removal but usually what they do is notify the infringer and let them perform the removal on their terms, giving them first crack before they just disable the domain.

Odds are, that is what happened in that case.

Hope that helps!

While I thankfully haven’t found any more huge infringers since then, I think I just might bookmark this page for future reference. (I’m probably missing several plagiarists, though; for each one you find, there are five hiding in the baseboard, right? Like mice?)

While I thankfully haven’t found any more huge infringers since then, I think I just might bookmark this page for future reference. (I’m probably missing several plagiarists, though; for each one you find, there are five hiding in the baseboard, right? Like mice?)

One of the things that I don’t care much for is that my contact info is given to these people and sometimes they send me notes about how I “done them wrong”. I understand the right to confront your accuser and all that, but it’s not compulsory to confront your accuser back.

One of the things that I don’t care much for is that my contact info is given to these people and sometimes they send me notes about how I “done them wrong”. I understand the right to confront your accuser and all that, but it’s not compulsory to confront your accuser back.