Copyright theft is wrong.
I’ve been a victim, so has Donncha and Krystian. (to name but a few!)
However, just because some people are being naughty doesn’t mean that you can accuse people randomly of infringing rights.
A story on Techcrunch this evening shows how wrong the guardians can be at times.
Scouta received a DMCA notice for a video that was uploaded by the rights holder!
According to techcrunch the notice isn’t even compliant with the act, as it does not state where the original content maybe found.
I sent Google a DMCA notice following on from my content theft issues and the instructions are crystal clear:
. Identify in sufficient detail the copyrighted work that you believe has been infringed upon (for example, “The copyrighted work at issue is the text that appears on http://www.legal.com/legal_page.html”) or other information sufficient to specify the copyrighted work being infringed (for example, “The copyrighted work at issue is the “Touch Not This Cat” by Dudley Smith, published by Smith Publishing, ISBN #0123456789”).
2. Identify the material that you claim is infringing the copyrighted work listed in item #1 above.
FOR WEB SEARCH, YOU MUST IDENTIFY EACH SEARCH RESULT THAT DIRECTLY LINKS TO A WEB PAGE THAT ALLEGEDLY CONTAINS INFRINGING MATERIAL. This requires you to provide (a) the search query that you used, and (b) the URL for each allegedly infringing search result.
For example, suppose (hypothetically) that you conducted a search on google.com using the query “google”, and found that the third and fourth results directly link to a web page that you believe infringes the copyrighted text you identified in item #1 above. In this case, you would provide the following information:
Search Query: google
Infringing Web Pages: www.infringingwebsite.com
directory.infringingwebsite.com
If you are sending a large number of URLs in one removal request, please also send an electronic copy of the notice to removals@google.com.
3. Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Google to contact you (email address is preferred).
4. Provide information, if possible, sufficient to permit Google to notify the owner/administrator of the allegedly infringing webpage or other content (email address is preferred).
5. Include the following statement: “I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.”
6. Include the following statement: “I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.”
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So now even if you own the rights you run the risk of being sent take down notices?
It’s a bit like the abuse reports we’ve been getting for sites we don’t even host!
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