Comments on: How Long Should a DMCA Notice Take

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:22:34 +0000

I’m going to work on this one and see what I can come up with. I’m having a similar problem with this site…

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 16:22:00 +0000

I’m going to work on this one and see what I can come up with. I’m having a similar problem with this site…

By: cybele

cybele — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:11:40 +0000

The one I mentioned above is hosted at gnax.net. I’ve been trying for about 14 months. (Three separate DMCA submissions starting in October 2007.) I’ve tried their abuse address, guessing at other email addresses such as copyright@, legal@, info@, dmca@ but the only one that doesn’t bounce is abuse. I sent several notes to their sales addresses. So yesterday I just called them on the phone. Again I was directed to abuse.

They don’t even publish anything on their site about DMCA filings.

I’ll give it a couple more days, but at this point I’m wondering what else I can do.

By: cybele

cybele — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 23:11:00 +0000

They don’t even publish anything on their site about DMCA filings.

I’ll give it a couple more days, but at this point I’m wondering what else I can do.

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:40:28 +0000

I’m curious about your bounce rate. Are there any hosts in particular that you are having problems with? I admit that bounced email is a problem but it is a pretty rare one for me when dealing with U.S. or EU hosts. I would say it is less than 5% and most can be fixed by finding a back up email address. The same goes for the unanswered numbers, but I definitely find that to be more common. Once again though, sometimes persistence is the key in those cases, though not always, I have a “short list” of hosts I am yet to crack.

Glad to hear though that the five day time frame has worked well for you too. I do tend to wait a week at least since you have factor in weekends, but it seems to be about right.

Thank you for your thoughts!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 14:40:00 +0000

Glad to hear though that the five day time frame has worked well for you too. I do tend to wait a week at least since you have factor in weekends, but it seems to be about right.

Thank you for your thoughts!

By: cybele

cybele — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:43:05 +0000

I’d say about 20% of my attempts fail because the hosts’ published email address for DMCA claims bounces.

And about 20% do go completely unanswered. Sometimes the site fades away anyway, probably through someone else’s efforts but there are still some that I am completely unable to get rid of such as chocolateall dot com.

I agree that if it’s going to be handled, it’s usually within five days. Longer than that and I make another attempt and then abandon it. (Or at least that avenue.)

By: cybele

cybele — Sat, 06 Dec 2008 00:43:00 +0000

I’d say about 20% of my attempts fail because the hosts’ published email address for DMCA claims bounces.

I agree that if it’s going to be handled, it’s usually within five days. Longer than that and I make another attempt and then abandon it. (Or at least that avenue.)

By: mattsaunders (mattsa

mattsaunders (mattsa — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 21:29:54 +0000

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