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Originally Posted by AmeliaG
Those are all totally reasonable reasons to be unhappy about these false DMCA companies.
None of that is a reason to be scared to file a counter. Why are you afraid to do counter-DMCA notices? Losing 10 days is surely better than losing everything, isn't it?
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there's a thread about DMCAPiracyPrevention over on the dad joke board...I never post there and seldomly read but did pointing out that this entity and BrandItScan have the same address and the same line of biz. surely a total coincidence
the image I posted there was this:
and for comparison this is the address of the 'service' at issue in this thread:
over there Wasteland linked to the two threads here about the issue. interestingly BrandIt which has a thread over there promoting their 'service' hasn't said peep
but seriously though...like we've discussed before @Amelia, what pisses me off is not just that these companies are fucking with those who legit own content featuring a given performer as well as affs using APIs, but that they are stealing from performers/content creators at the same time in what I consider to be a predatory manner (personal opinion). peeps actually
paying for this crap in good faith. where is Nikki with her uzi?
some co's are taking advantage of the fact that not everyone on the performer end of the biz actually understands how DMCAs work and assume probably that these sites wouldn't scan legit material for infringement included on a proposed 'takedown' list. that whole 'whitelisting' thing is apparently performed after the damage has been done. sorry, not a way to responsibly operate an enterprise in any way
it's abhorrent. and in the meantime they take in the cash not caring who they hurt on both 'sides'
to those affected DEF DEF always counter-file illegit DMCAs if you can prove you own the content or are just using an API for a cam site. they target not those who have left the biz/wish to erase their adult footprint, but those who are active and don't want their stuff posted by pirates. understandably. for those who do steal, go die in a fire
point is, sites like this take advantage of that. to everyone else's detriment. all cool as long as they get paid I guess?
for legit peeps though, at the very least establish a record of their conduct via counter-notice. make a template, just switch out the URLS for each one. that's what I have for the DMCAs that I have to send every now and then. no way I would ever use a service for something I can do myself with minimal though irritating effort. at least I won't have my clips sites or self-promo hit (that has happened before many times in the past to several peeps I know with another one of these so-called 'services' a few years back)
depending on one's range of biz, peeps might need more than one counter-notice template but that takes a few mins each and after that it's easy
an epic PITA but not a large time investment, non-withstanding the damage caused by legit material being deindexed from google while they 'decide' who's in the right
total predators. stoke conflict between performers and affs/legit site owners, steal from those they are purporting to assist in the battle against real piracy...just ugh
would be really interesting to see what this/these companies would have to say if they didn't go silent when the topic is raised. prob cuz they know many performers (their bread and butter) don't read webmaster boards
