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E-book InformationBusting Online Copyright Thieves
by:
Jim Edwards
(c) Jim Edwards - All Rights reserved
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How safe is anyone's copyright online?
Well imagine my surprise once
I clicked on a website link to
discover that being had not only derived
my website to
their server - but was commerce my ebook and undercutting me
in the process! Several dishonest person in operation from Eastern
Europe had virtually
taken
my entire business and I
discovered it only by sheer luck.
After several really extended and threatening emails I got them
shut down, but the question remains, how safe is your
copyright online and what can you do to protect it?
Traditionally written works have enjoyed copyright
protection not only through the rule of law, but as well
because of the physical difficulty in stealing another
person's work. Let's face it, photocopying a 200 page book
rates simply about as more fun as look paint dry and at 5 cents
a page you're talking a quick ten dollar printing bill.
If you steal someone's book, print up a thousand copies and
try to get it onto the local bookstore's shelves, the
chances of deed caught rating pretty high.
But the online earth has changed those rules and physical
safeguards significantly. The Internet, email and the Web
make it easier than ever to steal being else's work. With
the most basic skills and a few mouse clicks, being can
take your book, your website, and on
with it weeks,
months, and even as years of your hard work.
Though intellectual property and international copyright
laws apply to online works, social control
of those laws is
expensive and, in many a cases, hard to enforce.
Well don't despair, you do have options if you find being
has desecrated
your copyright online. Anytime I find being
violating my copyright, which isn't really often, I take these
three steps in rapid-fire fashion.
First, do 100% sure the different person realizes they have
violated your copyright. You can send them a good but firm
note telling them to finish some activity violates your
copyright. If that doesn't activity come on to step two.
Second, once you cognize with 100% certainty they understand
they have desecrated
your copyright, yet refuse to respond or
stop, you need to shut them down by eliminating their
ability to do business!
Send them an email with a carbon copy sent to their Cyberspace
Service Provider (ISP), their credit card processor, their
web hosting company, and even as the institution that sold-out
them
their domain name.
Finally, follow this email up with a hard copy letter to
each party sent via registered mail. In the email and letter
detail exactly how they have blatantly desecrated
your
copyright and you want them to refrain
immediately.
By taking this approach you can often simply bypass the
offending party because the companies sanctionative them to
transact business don't want any trouble. If you can show
copyright violation they wish shut the offender down to
avoid deed sued themselves.
Though not foolproof, this strategy can help you once
facing
down a blatant online copyright violator. Simply remember to
act quickly, thoroughly and don't hesitate to contact your
attorney for advice.
Author's Note: By no means let this article dampen your
enthusiasm for in operation your business or commerce your ebook
online!
In my opinion there is no better way to do a living!
Your copyright is au fond as safe online as it is offline.
However, if a sneak criminal entered your house - you'd call the
cops. Well, now you cognize what to do if a sneak criminal ever
gives you trouble online!
You can as well get more information simply about copyright law by
going to http://lcweb.loc.gov/copyright/
Simply simply about the author:
Jim Edwards, a.k.a. TheNetReporter.com, is a syndicated
newspaper columnist, across the country recognized speaker, author,
and web developer. Owner of nine (9) eminent e-businesses
as well as a professional consulting firm, Jim's writing
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