Back in 2019, I published the article I sent my first DMCA takedown letters. At that time, it was to combat piracy of some of my books. This time, it was to help a local client whose website I host and maintain (but did not design) was cloned by a local competitor who purchased a very similar domain (he just added one word to the end) and then “borrowed” his logo and most of the photographs from my client’s website. This particular client builds and installs European kitchen cabinets and closets. Ahead is a link to the prior article and some recaps.

Link to original article

The original article is:

I sent my first DMCA takedown letters

Recap and more details of this case

DMCA stands for Digital Millennium Copyright Act of 1998 in the United States, and enjoys cooperation from the European Union since 2001. Passed on October 12, 1998, by a unanimous vote in the United States Senate and signed into law by President Bill Clinton on October 28, 1998, the DMCA amended Title 17 of the United States Code to extend the reach of copyright, while limiting the liability of the providers of online services for copyright infringement by their users. DMCA enjoys cooperation from the European Union since 2001.

A DMCA takedown is not supposed to be sent to the infringer directly, but to the hosting company that contains the infraction. That is what I did with my books being pirated and that’s what I did in the case of my client, the Greek carpenter who began his profession in Athens in 1978. You can imagine how happy he was after his competitor’s website was down within just a few weeks of sending the DMCA takedown letter. There was fortunately no need for him to take his competitor to court. His website is ItalcraftKitchens.com. I did not design it, but I host and maintain it.

Conclusions

DMCA takedowns have been successful for me and for one client now. For more information, see the original article from 2019: I sent my first DMCA takedown letters.

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