My hosting service was recently sent a DMCA take down notice for my blog. I won't go into the details here, but while formulating responses, I discovered a useful new tool for responding to take down notices or cease and desist letters. That is: Submit them to Chilling Effects so that the existence of these letters enters a public record. Specifically: the information will become available in a searchable database so others could search for similar letters. You can also enter your responses to the letters.
This is what you do when you receive a DMCA takedown, or Cease and Desist letter.
1) Collect together your information so it is handy.
2) If you received a C&D or DMCA letter visit:
http://www.chillingeffects.org/input.cgi3) Read the categories, select the appropriate one and click. In this instance, my hosting company (Dreamhost) had been sent a DMCA takedown notice. I chose
" I was told that my ISP had recevied a "DMCA takedown notice."
and clicked " submit C&D in topic DMCA Safe Harbor" which sent me to
http://www.chillingeffects.org/dmca512/submit.cgi?TriggerID=15 One should click whatever is appropriate in their case. (For example, if you received a Demand letter from Getty, pick "submit C&D in topic Copyright"
4) A form appeared. I entered details about the person who claimed copyright and made a demand under "Information about the Sender of the C&D Notice: " (For you this could be Getty Images, or BWP or such like.) Even though the notice was sent to my ISP (i.e. web host) I entered details about
myself under
Information about the Recipient of the C&D Notice: After all, I am the one being asked to desist. In C&D Notice Body , I entered the text of the letter the person claiming copyright sent my ISP. (BTW: I asked them to send me the letter she wrote and the attachments. They initially sent me their form letter telling me she had sent them a letter and instructing me with how I am to complay and my rights under the act. So you may need to ask them to send you the appropriate letter, and all attachments.)
5) I clicked to "submit". When this was done, a second form appeared asking me to provide additional informaiton I might have. I did so and clicked. Prior to clicking, I also read that entire 2nd page. I noted that I had been assigned an "ID number" which was, in my case NoticeID 1532105. I also noticed that that page suggested I could submit attachments by sending email to "notices@chillingeffects.org" using the subject line 'NoticeID xxxxxx'. (One would use the ID number that is appropriate for their submission.
6) After clicking, the page told me "Thank you for submitting your cease and desist notice to the Chilling Effects database. It has been given NoticeID 1532105. Please refer to this identifier in follow-up communication, for more rapid identification. Your notice is now in the submission queue. It will be made visible to the public after it is approved and verified by an administrator. " I noted the number for future reference.
I'm now waiting for my notice to go live!
When the time comes, I will also submit the response I sent to the DMCA and I plan to blog as Chilling Effects encourages that. I don't know how much back and forth they permit one to enter. But if a lot is permitted, it might be useful for people to scan their Getty Images letters, enter at Chilling Effects and also enter response to Getty, and if possible enter any follow on correspondence. Because the database is searchable, and the entries can be linked and displayed, this could potentially be a very useful tool to help the public better understand what is going on with these letters.
#chilling effects, #DMCA takedown.
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