rogerd - 2:07 pm on Dec 23, 2003 (gmt 0)

Would it hurt to carbon copy the initial email to the site owner and the host...

Not at all... in the case of a serious infringement, there's no reason why you can't do everything in parallel - contact the site owner, host, affiliates, search engines, etc.

Perhaps the only downside is that your opening gambit is a declaration of war. You won't be working out any friendly content-for-linkage deals! But, as carfac and others have noted, sometimes it's best to mount a strong offense at the outset.

Handy collection of links, Shaadi!