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They were hosted by GeoCites.com, which is owned by Yahoo!. I made a DMCA complaint to Yahoo and they removed the offending site.
The offending site is back up now (less than a week). Their URL reads:
<snip>
I looked up <snip> and it seems they are a URL redirection service in Ohio. My offending site's URL actually resolves to:
<snip>
Who is owned by Lycos.com
I will send a DMCA complaint to Lycos. I would think I have a very good chance of them complying with DMCA and removing the site from their server.
The thing is that the search engines have the <original snip> URL in their databases. It is this address which then redirects the surfer to the actual hosting service <snip>
What I need is for <snip> to delist (quit providing service for) the offending web site, otherwise it is a simple matter for the offending site to just set up hosting with yet another service and have <snip> refer traffic to that new URL. (They won't have to resubmit a new URL to the search engines, etc...)
Does anyone know if a "URL redirection service" is goverened by the DMCA? Knowing this would help me in wording my letter to them.
[edited by: engine at 8:16 am (utc) on Aug. 29, 2003]
[edit reason] Too specific. See TOS [webmasterworld.com] [/edit]
If you identify the search services involved they should all comply with the DMCA, no problem.
Identify the master host and serve the same on them.
Identify the copyright thieves and write them a nice communication - a letter is best. Don't get shirty with them, simply point out the error in their ways and what action you would like them to take. Don't make threats - leave that until later.
As another idea - you could always licence the material to them for a fee. ;) Of course, it does depend upon the material and the site in question.
I'm not sure the redirect is covered. Perhaps somone else will have better idea.
