My fight with the cheating Runescape blog which was stealing my content came to an end. A few days ago I filed DMCA complain against that blog to Google and today all posts I complained about got removed from that blog. I guess I can claim a victory now. Though it is upsetting me that Google didn't make any steps to actually close that splog (spamming blog) - only content which was stolen from me was removed.
Anyway, it was a good experience and I am glad I went through it. Now I know how to defend myself and it means something. As for the process itself, it wasn't hard at all. Apparently filing a DMCA complain was not a brainier at all, I spent maybe 15 minutes of my time doing it.
Basically I followed steps described in this post from DevTopics site.
1. First of all I posted the Cease & Desist Message in the comments for the stolen posts.
2. Then I waited for about a week and faxed the official DMCA complain to Google.
3. That's it.
Cease & Desist Message and DMCA complain templates can be found in the DevTopic's post too.
Thinking back I believe that step #1 wasn't really necessary, I could had started right from the DMCA complain with the same results.
But enough of it. I should really be writing more about Runescape - and I will, honestly. The saga has ended, illusions were lost, venom spilled and weapons forged. What else could I ask for?
Showing posts with label dmca complain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label dmca complain. Show all posts
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
End of the War and how to file DMCA complains
Sunday, July 27, 2008
Fighting another Runescape cheating blog
Just want to let you know that I am fighting yet another cheating Runescape blog (http://runescape4powerleveling.blogspot.com/). This time the blog contains several articles stolen from the Runescape Reader's Digest, so I am able to go the whole way without asking for help.
So far I posted warnings into the cheating blog, waited about a week and filed an official DMCA complain to Google. They started investigation on Friday. We'll see how it goes. When it's over I'll post detailed instructions on how to deal with such situations.
P.S. Thanks to Whitehawk501 for pointing me to that blog.
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