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12/20/2011 10:23:51 AM · #1 |
//www.beecool.ca/beecool_comm.html
I've seen time and again on DPC people claiming that by contacting a web host and telling them that so-n-so is illegally using a photo on their web site, the host will remove the photo, or take down so-n-so's entire site.
Is this true? I can't imagine a web host catering to Joe Schmoe, who may have some unrelated beef with the company.
How do I figure out who the host of this site is, should I choose to go that route?
I've already sent them an invoice and cease & desist last week, and had several communications back & forth.
Message edited by author 2011-12-20 10:25:43.
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12/20/2011 10:34:52 AM · #2 |
you want us to take them out.....
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12/20/2011 10:35:26 AM · #3 |
PM Sent
I have had to in the past get in contact with web hosts to alert them someone was using copyrighted material on their website. The webhost did indeed take down the site as I threatened to not only sue the website creator/owner but the hosting company as well as they were the ones hosting the site.
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12/20/2011 10:52:46 AM · #4 |
The WHOIS shows domain info, and I'm currently emailing with someone who has the same last name as the admin contact. But does that mean the site is hosted at Tucows?
Message edited by author 2011-12-20 10:53:08.
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12/20/2011 10:54:15 AM · #5 |
Originally posted by cowboy221977:
you want us to take them out..... |
How 'bout a smart bomb down the chimney to just blow my image out from under that text? ;-)
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12/20/2011 11:01:04 AM · #6 |
Hmm. Actually it looks like Tucows is just the registrant. The site might be hosted by Uniserve.com
I would contact both. Start with Tucows as they registered the website then move on to Uniserve as they are listed as the technical contact. |
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12/20/2011 11:39:53 AM · #7 |
If you're contacting the ISP, you want to send them a DMCA Takedown Notice.
Basically, the law says the ISP's aren't on the hook for infringement as long as they don't host suspect content. They'll comply with the law as fast as they can because they don't want to become a defendant in an infringement suit.
Read How to Send a DMCA Takedown Notice |
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12/20/2011 11:53:22 AM · #8 |
Originally posted by Spork99:
If you're contacting the ISP, you want to send them a DMCA Takedown Notice.
Basically, the law says the ISP's aren't on the hook for infringement as long as they don't host suspect content. They'll comply with the law as fast as they can because they don't want to become a defendant in an infringement suit.
Read How to Send a DMCA Takedown Notice |
Nice, thanks!
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12/20/2011 01:14:15 PM · #9 |
| Ask if they have seen your chainsaw work. |
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12/20/2011 02:13:08 PM · #10 |
| Contact 3M. It strikes me as extremely unlikely that 3M are using your photo without license, so that means this company are selling 3M products using a stolen photo, I get the feeling that will cause them a bit of a headache if 3M find out! |
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12/20/2011 02:20:36 PM · #11 |
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
Contact 3M. It strikes me as extremely unlikely that 3M are using your photo without license, so that means this company are selling 3M products using a stolen photo, I get the feeling that will cause them a bit of a headache if 3M find out! |
For that matter, they may not have permission to use the 3M logo either ... |
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12/20/2011 02:33:27 PM · #12 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Covert_Oddity:
Contact 3M. It strikes me as extremely unlikely that 3M are using your photo without license, so that means this company are selling 3M products using a stolen photo, I get the feeling that will cause them a bit of a headache if 3M find out! |
For that matter, they may not have permission to use the 3M logo either ... |
Nice one. I've sent two emails today with no reply, so I just sent a third tweaking him to this small fact.
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12/20/2011 03:08:03 PM · #13 |
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12/20/2011 03:58:35 PM · #14 |
| we could always have everyone on dpc spam mail the hell outta that company till they take it down |
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12/20/2011 04:08:46 PM · #15 |
Originally posted by o2bskating:
we could always have everyone on dpc spam mail the hell outta that company till they take it down |
Extortion? No thanks.
I think Slippy's making fine progress. |
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12/20/2011 04:37:09 PM · #16 |
| that sooo is not extortion |
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12/20/2011 04:42:23 PM · #17 |
Originally posted by o2bskating:
that sooo is not extortion |
Right, it's organized harassment. 2-15 years if convicted in a court of law :-)
R.
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12/20/2011 04:49:45 PM · #18 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Originally posted by o2bskating:
that sooo is not extortion |
Right, it's organized harassment. 2-15 years if convicted in a court of law :-)
R. |
now that's a new one |
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12/20/2011 04:54:49 PM · #19 |
No, don't harass anybody. The owner is away until the end of the month, leaving some other poor guy to deal with this.
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12/20/2011 04:55:37 PM · #20 |
| omg suks to be the other guy!! |
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12/20/2011 05:55:14 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
No, don't harass anybody. The owner is away until the end of the month, leaving some other poor guy to deal with this. |
For all you know. You've been talkin to the owner and he's been screwing you this whole time. I like Ken's version of what we should do. |
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12/20/2011 06:00:08 PM · #22 |
I think in a circumstance like this CC'ing is your friend. If you CC the registrant while TO'ing the servers you might get a bit of action. It's like telling, but official telling :-)
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12/21/2011 01:23:42 PM · #23 |
OMG... I got "LOL"'d ....
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"LOL.
Just so you have a idea, we are over a 100 million dollar company. I don't know who built this site for us but they must have used your photo without permission. If we new that, it would have been changed a long time ago. Yes 3M knows we use there logo. We are the Alberta supplier for 3M film. We are getting the FTP log in info and your picture will be removed."
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"Great, thanks Josh. It sounds like you won't have any trouble paying the invoice after the photo is removed, which is also good news.
Cheers,
Slippy"
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12/21/2011 01:26:58 PM · #24 |
Originally posted by Strikeslip:
OMG... I got "LOL"'d ....
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"LOL.
Just so you have a idea, we are over a 100 million dollar company. I don't know who built this site for us but they must have used your photo without permission. If we new that, it would have been changed a long time ago. Yes 3M knows we use there logo. We are the Alberta supplier for 3M film. We are getting the FTP log in info and your picture will be removed."
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"Great, thanks Josh. It sounds like you won't have any trouble paying the invoice after the photo is removed, which is also good news.
Cheers,
Slippy" |
Amazing that the representative of this 100 million dollar company has such odd spelling skills. |
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12/21/2011 01:29:23 PM · #25 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
...Amazing that the representative of this 100 million dollar company has such odd spelling skills. |
He has the same last name as the domain registrant. Maybe he's a son? But yeah, pretty sad statement of the school system. :-(
Message edited by author 2011-12-21 13:30:23.
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