I keep getting this email as a response. Did you receive it? I tried following their suggestion and ask how I could provide the information they wanted. It resulted in me never getting an answer and my claim being denied for ‘incorrect information’ without further details.
Hello,
Thank you for using our online Portal to report infringement. Before we process your notice, please verify your identity by providing a copy of your government-issued ID as well as any documentation proving ownership of the alleged copyright work.
We ask that you submit this documentation using SendSafely by visiting this link: SendSafely Dropzone. When prompted, please include your full name and the email address you used to contact us. After you upload your information, please respond directly to this email to confirm.
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No, they never asked me for ID. The first time they said the information I entered was incorrect. I figured out it was because I chose “other” and not “copyright infringement.”
The second time I submitted it I selected copyright but my auto fill didn’t put in my last name and I didn’t catch it. So the second one got denied. The third time I got all the information right and it got approved.
Ok thank you very much. Very odd. I really don’t think I’m doing anything different and I’m sure I’m filling out everything on the forms. We’ll see how this last claim goes, but maybe it’s just not meant to be lol
Did you give them the link to MW where your item is listed too?
Yes, this is what I gave them. Please let me know if you notice something different from your reports.
No, that’s pretty much what I said too.
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I am 66 years old, and retired. It was back in the days of the COMMODORE 64 computer, in the early 80’s that it became evident that young people largely do not respect Copyrights, or the work of others. They discovered that if you have a Commodore 64, and a disk drive and a modem, YOU CAN RIP OFF LITERALLY ANYTHING, and there is little if anything, the owner of the design, or program, or “Sprite,” or graphic can do to stop you.
We have created a generation of young people who live by the credo, “SUCKS TO BE YOU!” You create something, and I find a way to replicate it without your knowledge or consent. Too bad! YOU LOSE! That is the attitude of MOST of America’s, and in fact the world’s youth today. WHY should I pay for something, if I can rip it off, and there are no REAL repercussions?
I own a cnc plasma table, and I draw and cut my own designs. I almost NEVER post the files online, because I know that the moment I do, that file becomes part of the public domain, simply because I do not have the resources to go after some moron in Pakistan or China who decided to copy it, and distribute it.
A Copyright is ONLY as powerful as your financial ability to chase dirt bags all around the world, to catch up to them, and break their legs. IOW, a Copyright is only a commodity of the HONEST.
Joe
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