Guest guest Posted May 13, 2009 Report Share Posted May 13, 2009 http://www.aspieweb.net/wrongplanet-served-legal-paperwork/ Wrongplanet Served Legal Paperwork This morning I made a move to enforce my intellectual property rights after users at wrongplanet.net have been copying and pasting entire paragraphs of content from AspieWeb.net onto their forums. Wrongplanet's owner Plank, and their host iNetU Managed Hosting were served with DCMA Takedown Requests today. What is a DCMA Takedown Request? A Digital Millennium Copyright Act Takedown request is how intellectual property owners enforce their rights in regards to copyright violations. It is a legal notice that requires the offending material be removed within 24 hours of the delivery of the notice. Failure to remove the content results in the content providers forfeiture of the Act's immunity from monetary damages, which range from $750 to $30,000 per work infringed and up to $150,000 per work for willful infringement. Attorney's fees and costs can also be recovered. Why are you doing this? Copyright law in the United States requires the intellectual property owners enforce their property equally or they loose control of their intellectual property. While I do not see Wrongplanet.net as an enemy I feel the need to equally enforce my intellectual property rights to prevent more damaging breaches of my intellectual property. What about Fair Use? Fair use laws do not apply here as the copied content contains the most important details of a post, resulting in the loss of value of the post. What Does Wrongplanet have to saY? `this guy is actually gleeful he is going to endanger WP for all of the rest of us!' is what one of the wrongplanet staff said in a statement. I would like to point out that I would not have had to go this far if the offending posts were simply removed as requested. I am in no way endangering wrongplanet, the staff of wrongplanet however are. Your an <explicative here>! Your welcome to think that, however I as a property owner must enforce my rights to my property. Sphere: Related Content Posted in Uncategorized. Tagged with copyright violation, dcma, wrongplanet. By AspieWeb Admin January 9, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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