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I started to write a cease & desist letter, but then I looked at his website some more. He has literally thousands of pages copied from all over the web doing this - including a ton from various Better Business Bureau offices! So, now the problem is bigger than just me and I really have no way of knowing if he only copied one page of mine.
To add to this, he's the creator of some pretty well known Internet marketing-type software.
I think my little ol' cease and desist letter will not make much difference, other than him removing my own content.
These pages are being indexed by Google, so I thought of reporting it there. But all these copied pages actually link to the owner of the page he copied from...do we get associated with this "bad neighbourhood" for reporting him? Plus, having him removed from Google doesn't solve the problem of copyright infringement.
I suppose I could be pro-active and write to some of the others who have been copied. I have actually already contacted one and I'll see what he has to say.
Anyone have any advice or dealt with such a situation?
i would continue the c&d letter if i were you.. one in one or one in a million, yours is still important. you also have the option of cc'ing the other owners you can recognize.
If you find a deep-pockets firm who is being ripped off, be sure to let them know. They'll be more likely to devote some resources to shutting the site down.
