how do you "DMCA" someone who is not in the USA?
 

someone infringing on on your copyrights is not located/registered in the US

what's the proper "DMCA takedown" procedure?

You email them the site in your sig, so they know you're completely insane and likely dangerous?

You need a plane ticket and a baseball bat.

That is where things are going.

My advice is try to find out who the uploader is.

I produce vidéos released primarily on DVDs and my biggest problem has been the file lockers. Because at some point someone will rip and upload one of my films. Going after the file locker is hard. But if you can get to the origional uploader you have a chance of turning things around and putting the proverbial head on a stake as a warning to other upload monkeys.

You need to keep control of your product even after the sale. Each video has to have some sort of hidden unique identifier that will allow you to know exactly where the piracy occured. (Often if you do it really well it can even lead you to who did it)

When you know where the piracy occured and when (and if lucky by who) then you got a lot more options available to you. Including perhaps where to swing that bat.

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One more thing to add.

Get to know who your customers are. Develop close relationships with them and reward them whenever possible. Loyal customers work like a spy ring for you, when something is stolen they usually are the first to know. (Sometimes they even know who did it) Getting on top of a piracy event quickly can really help mitigate the damages.

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Just one more one more thing to add.

Avoid the webmaster / industry politics. Keep a low profile because a HUGE portion of the piracy traces its roots right back to your industry peers (/friends). If you are know for making a quality product or for being an easy target.... They will steal from you. Again it is all about control... If you see somoeone you want to do business with, then you contact them and see what they are all about before showing them everything you have in your hand.

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Unfortunately not, the DMCA laws were only setup to protect those individual copyright holders in the United States and those that live on Mars.

Sometimes I feel like showin up with this :thumbsup

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DMCA them like anyone else. If no reply then send notices to their host, their registrar, processor (if applicable) or anyone else connected directly to the site.


One will gets you the correct results.

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No deal because they say that they are outside of the US and the US laws don't apply to them.

See the reply of "The Ghost". Until now our DMCA-notices are Always followed up. If not by the infringing site, we alway take it higher and that works. Takes time, but it works.

People were up in arms about the proposed SOPA legislation, but it would have given US copyright holders at least some recourse in matters like this.

You can still DMCA the search engines to have the infringing pages removed from their results. If there are at least 100 instances of one sites infringement, you can request Google to remove the site entirely from their results.

It may also help to identify and contact their revenue sources, especially if they are the same that you are using. When I had something similar happen, several program owners/affiliate managers took action on my behalf.

sue is the other alternative