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Apr 13, 2009 09:37

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photosexual April 13 2009, 17:00:51 UTC
Also consider communicating the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) to him.

http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf

This is a law specific to copyright infringement, such as a photo of you which he does not hold the copyright and has no permission to use.

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cirocco April 13 2009, 19:59:37 UTC
Wow, they own a lot of sites--pilfering other people's content must be wearing these con artists' fingers to the bone. I think I might feel sorriest for the pregnant women who've had their content lifted for onlinelamaze.com. Selling other people's birth videos seems like it ought to buy you a special plot in Hell.

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trapecia April 13 2009, 23:01:27 UTC
I discovered that my wonderful bellydance teacher Elizabeth Dennis is on their bellydance aerobics page.

These people are just awful!

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turgid April 13 2009, 20:02:31 UTC
If you (or someone you know) owns the copyright on the image, you can send a DMCA takedown notice to their ISP. In this case, it looks like the site is hosted on GoDaddy, so send a DMCA notice to abuse@godaddy.com (or try faxing them).

See this link for an example of what your takedown notice should contain:

http://www.naturescapes.net/docs/index.php/articles/314

-Jon

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trapecia April 13 2009, 23:01:59 UTC
I used that link to craft an email to their ISP. Thanks for the suggestion, Jon!

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lilmissnever April 13 2009, 20:09:45 UTC

If you have the copyright to the photo - which goes to the photographer rather than the model most of the time - you can file a DMCA takedown notice with the web host and the web host will take your image down.

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trapecia April 13 2009, 22:25:20 UTC
My friend Amy took the photos of me with my camera. I don't believe she fancies herself a photographer or that she would claim any copyright to it, so I feel that I can honestly represent myself as the copyright holder.

I will contact the ISP to make a complaint. Thank you for the suggestion!

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trapecia April 13 2009, 23:03:09 UTC
Yeah, the word is out and aerialists are circulating this guy's info to each other and taking their videos down from YouTube.

In a perfect world, they'd shut him down!

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