Copywrite Violations - Site plagerizing 100's of others

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by smokey99, Oct 15, 2006.

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  1. #1
    Hi,
    Through Google Alerts, I found a site who has copied sections of our text along with hundreds of other sites content, into a yahoo advertising page.

    http://lightpilecreams.info/used-suzuki-motorcycle-part.html

    Is there anything that can be done?
    Should I just forget it, its not like he is hurting me in the SE's?

    Thanks for any input
     
    smokey99, Oct 15, 2006 IP
  2. demosfen

    demosfen Peon

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    #2
    complain to yahoo
     
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  3. jhmattern

    jhmattern Illustrious Member

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    #3
    Yeah, if they're violating a major company's copyrighted work, then just tell them and let them be the ones to deal with it.... unless they're stealing your own work of course. Then you can try to do what you need to do to protect your content.
     
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  4. tke71709

    tke71709 Peon

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    They're US based, just DMCA them through Google and their host and send a complaint to Yahoo and get them banned from YPN.
     
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    infonote Well-Known Member

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    #5
    Contact them, if they do not remove content DMCA them.

    It is best to start politely first then increase threats/action.
     
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  6. Barti1987

    Barti1987 Well-Known Member

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    #6
    Always contact the person responsible before going ahead with any actions.

    This is more nicer.

    Peace,
     
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  7. smokey99

    smokey99 Well-Known Member

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    #7
    Thanks for the advise, I will contact them and request removal of my content.

    After the warnings G gives about using DMCA, It makes me nervous to use it.
    But I guess if its clearcut violation there should be no worry

    Thanks, I will fire off an email to them and their host.

    Scott
     
    smokey99, Oct 16, 2006 IP
  8. tke71709

    tke71709 Peon

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    LOL, nicer yes.

    But this person is intentionally scraping hundreds of other sites to build their sites. This doesn't happen accidently, you need to buy/develop software to do this sort of thing.

    Better to drop the hammer on this guy and save the other sites a ton of trouble as well.

    Get him dropped from YPN and he may even stop doing it.
     
    tke71709, Oct 17, 2006 IP
  9. Phynder

    Phynder Well-Known Member

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    #9
    When I saw the title I thought you were talking about Google - the internet's biggest scraper...
     
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  10. smokey99

    smokey99 Well-Known Member

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    The page can't be displayed, cannot find server.
    :)
     
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    mstwntd Peon

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    Copyright, you dick-weed. Input that up your ass.
     
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  12. redz

    redz Well-Known Member

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    #12
    was that necessary?
     
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  13. AngelaR

    AngelaR Guest

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    Looks like the Domain is up for sale.. ;)
     
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  14. AngelaR

    AngelaR Guest

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    WOW... Was that your site or something dude? :eek: :rolleyes:
     
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    kevinn Active Member

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    #15

    Take it easy there Egon, no wonder you were banned from sitepoint.
     
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  16. tke71709

    tke71709 Peon

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    Must have been, why else would he care that much?
     
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    demosfen Peon

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    Egor was banned from Sitepoint?? That makes it 2 of us :D
    What did they get him for?
     
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