Warning: Possible Infringing Site
On a discussion board, a writer mentioned having found a piece she wrote for Health Magazine appearing on a site called Healthy Park (or Healthy Book). The writer gave me permission to pass this on. She said that what she wrote was owned by her and not available for use elsewhere without her permission. She also noticed a number of other Health writers' work on the site. I did some checking on Whois (the way you find who owns a domain), and the person is based in Beijing, and there is no email address listed. In other words, forget about trying to get in touch with the site owner, let alone get paid.
However, the ISP is Enom.com, which is based in Washington state. That means it is subject to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, or DMCA. You can issue a DMCA take-down notice and have the ISP remove any copyright-infringing material. For information on how to formulate and file a DMCA take-down, click here.
However, the ISP is Enom.com, which is based in Washington state. That means it is subject to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998, or DMCA. You can issue a DMCA take-down notice and have the ISP remove any copyright-infringing material. For information on how to formulate and file a DMCA take-down, click here.
Labels: copyright, Digital Millennium Copyright Act, infringement, Internet, site, warning
posted by Erik Sherman | 1:13 PM
1 Comments:
I'm sorry to hear about what happened to your colleague. If you or she need any help with this matter, let me know and I will gladly have a look.
Two resources I wanted to offer, for anyone intimidated by sending a DMCA notice, I have copies of my templates on my site that anyone can use.
Also, for finding hosting, I highly recomend whoishostingthis.com. It's the easiest to use site I've seen.
Hope this helps! Please feel free to contact me if there is anything I can do!
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