Flamecycle
Extreme Member
Chris (or anyone else interested):
If you properly notify a service provider (at least in the US) that their site is hosting copyright infringed material, they have to take it down pretty quickly. That means ebay, amazon, godaddy, or whoever is in the US and is in any way allowing a picture to sit up on a website. If the site is hosted outside the US, you can actually serve notice to Visa or Mastercard if the infringing site takes payments through them - and they will likely put pressure on the foreign site to remove the photos.
You should send an email or letter that contains a copy of all your photographs that their site is improperly hosting, and DIRECT URL LINKS TO EACH PICTURE that is being hosted without authorization. Those are the most important specifics required, for a more complete list of all the things your letter should contain, see the statute excerpt below.
Source: http://www.law.corne...ode/text/17/512
17 USC 512©(3) - spells out the notification requirements of somebody who wants a service provider to take down their copyrighted work. If you send them notice that meets these elements, the service provider (ie ebay, amazon etc) has to remove the listing or be amenable to lawsuit.
[background=transparent](3)[/background] Elements of notification.—
If you properly notify a service provider (at least in the US) that their site is hosting copyright infringed material, they have to take it down pretty quickly. That means ebay, amazon, godaddy, or whoever is in the US and is in any way allowing a picture to sit up on a website. If the site is hosted outside the US, you can actually serve notice to Visa or Mastercard if the infringing site takes payments through them - and they will likely put pressure on the foreign site to remove the photos.
You should send an email or letter that contains a copy of all your photographs that their site is improperly hosting, and DIRECT URL LINKS TO EACH PICTURE that is being hosted without authorization. Those are the most important specifics required, for a more complete list of all the things your letter should contain, see the statute excerpt below.
Source: http://www.law.corne...ode/text/17/512
17 USC 512©(3) - spells out the notification requirements of somebody who wants a service provider to take down their copyrighted work. If you send them notice that meets these elements, the service provider (ie ebay, amazon etc) has to remove the listing or be amenable to lawsuit.
[background=transparent](3)[/background] Elements of notification.—
[background=transparent](A)[/background] [background=transparent]To be effective under this subsection, a notification of claimed infringement must be a written communication provided to the designated agent of a service provider that includes substantially the following:[/background]
[background=transparent](i)[/background] [background=transparent]A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.[/background]
[background=transparent](ii)[/background] [background=transparent]Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.[/background]
[background=transparent][background=transparent](iii)[/background] [background=transparent]Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material.[/background][/background]
[background=transparent][background=transparent][background=transparent](iv)[/background] [background=transparent]Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.[/background][/background][/background]
[background=transparent][background=transparent][background=transparent][background=transparent](v)[/background] [background=transparent]A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.[/background][/background][/background][/background]
[background=transparent][background=transparent][background=transparent][background=transparent][background=transparent](vi)[/background] [background=transparent]A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.[/background][/background][/background][/background][/background]
