rogerd - 1:49 pm on Oct 21, 2003 (gmt 0)

Idiotgirl's approach should work fine. One way that I have gotten people's attention is by having a lawyer send a standard "nasty letter" mentioning things like cease & desist, damages, filing suit, etc. If you have a lawyer buddy, maybe he'll do it for free. Even your real attorney should do this kind of stuff for minimal billing. Just make it clear to your attorney that initially all you want is a letter - this should avoid a bill for time spent researching internet copyright law, analyzing the offender's content, etc.

In my experience, a letter on a law firm's stationery will almost always get escalated to high level management, and responsible firms will correct any problems rapidly. Even sleazy firms tend to pay closer attention.