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Email Marketing 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 person had not only traced my website to
their server - but was merchandising my ebook and undercutting me
in the process! Several dishonest person operational from Eastern
Europe had virtually
purloined my entire business and I
discovered it only by sheer luck.
After several really drawn-out 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 besides
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 observation 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 acquiring 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 person else's work. With
the most basic skills and a few mouse clicks, person 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 galore cases, hard to enforce.
Well don't despair, you do have options if you find person
has profaned your copyright online. Anytime I find person
violating my copyright, which isn't really often, I take these
three steps in rapid-fire fashion.
First, do 100% sure the another person realizes they have
violated your copyright. You can send them a good but firm
note telling them to finish any 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 profaned 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 Computer network
Service Provider (ISP), their credit card processor, their
web hosting company, and even as the institution that oversubscribed 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 profaned your
copyright and you want them to abstain immediately.
By taking this approach you can often simply bypass the
offending party because the companies facultative them to
transact business don't want any trouble. If you can show
copyright violation they wish shut the culprit down to
avoid acquiring 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 operational your business or merchandising your ebook
online!
In my opinion there is no better way to do a living!
Your copyright is fundamentally as safe online as it is offline.
However, if a sneak stealer entered your house - you'd call the
cops. Well, now you cognize what to do if a sneak stealer ever
gives you trouble online!
You can besides 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, nationwide recognized speaker, author,
and web developer. Owner of nine (9) booming e-businesses
as well as a professional consulting firm, Jim's writing
comes straight off the front lines of the Computer network and e-commerce.
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