I read that post. What I don't understand is, how you expect us to help you when you don't say what your site is and that's before we discuss copyright or the technicalities of the circuit.
Look, for the nth time, you are mistaken if you got the impression I was asking for help. I have not now and not ever asked for help from this board or anyone of this board. I hope you understand that because I do not know how to say it any clearer in English. It seems mixos understands this so if you still do not understand it please consult with him.
I came here to notify this board that those websites I mentioned were stealing content from many sites, including my site and including electronics-lab. I came here thinking I was doing electronics-lab a favor by pointing out your material was being copied but instead I get a nasty confrontational attitude and argument that pirating is A OK.
You do not have to worry that I might spend any amount of time here so you might as well relax.
On the other hand I am pleased to report that after emailing some complaints I have obtained even better response and results than I anticipated.
Discussing the matter with a friend who also has a lot of material lifted from his web site we decided to take action and we simultaneously fired off a bunch of emails to the owners of infringing websites and to their hosting services.
In just a matter of a few days all the pages we complained about have been removed. In some cases the web site owner removed them voluntarily and in others, like the ones mentioned in my OP, they were removed by the hosting company. If the servers are located in the USA, as they were in these cases, they are subject to the DMCA.
So, if you find some content you own has been pirated you should know that you have recourse and it is fairly easy to get the material removed. If the hosting server is located in the USA the owner will require you to submit some standard information to comply with the DMCA. I learnt this because all of them asked me to resubmit my complaint in the same standard format so you can save yourself the trouble and get it right the first time. They require the following data to be contained all in the same single email of complaint (not over several emails). With that it has been my experience that they all act quite promtly. The list of items ofrequired information which must be included in the complaint can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OCILLA#Notice_from_Copyright_Owner .
In the future I intend to watermark my images to make them less desirable and take other measures to discourage copying. (Good luck taking the watermark off photos.) Of course, a determined thief can always succeed if they give it enough effort but thieves are thieves because they don't want to put in the effort and would rather benefit from the efforts of others. They will probably go to some other site with easier pickings.
Anyway, sorry to have bothered you when I thought I was doing you a favor.
Thanks for clarifying that.
No hard feelings intended. I just disagree with you. You're the one who's being nasty. And for the record, you're mistaken, I don't think piracy is fine. I just think you're wasting your time.
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