Re: FN-FORUM: Website RIP

date posted 7th January 2008 20:30

I agree entirely. Allowing one small liberty to be taken often leads
to larger liberties been taken.


On 7 Jan 2008, at 12:31, Ashraf Aswat wrote:

>
> Thanks guys,
>
> Just a bit of an update.
>
> I sent the client an email advising that they have breached copyright
> and if they don't remove the copy then we will have no option but to
> seek legal advice and I have been assured it will be removed. SO
> all's
> well.
>
> While I appreciate the comments re get on with business and forget the
> small infringement, the client noticed the infringement and asked us
> what they/we could do. Good customer service aims took over and it
> seems for the time taken to write an email we have a happy client.
>
> Further if you let one small item pass then comes another and so on
> till
> you find your competition taking real liberties. It's the
> principle of
> the matter.
>
> Besides we have a joint venture in the same field going live in a
> couple
> of weeks where the content is the value and I don't want this guy
> getting any ideas.
>
> Chris - ISP was going to be my next stop - Thanks
>
> Thanks again all
>
> Ash
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Chris
> Austen
> Sent: 07 January 2008 03:38
> To: Ashraf Aswat
> Subject: Re: FN-FORUM: Website RIP
>
>
> On 6 Jan 2008 08:06:34 -0000, Ashraf Aswat [EMAIL REMOVED]
> wrote:
>> I have a website that we manage and some of the content has been
> ripped
>> by a competitor, what are the options?
>
> Was I the only person expecting this message to say "we need new
> hosting and fast"...?
>
>> How can I get this guy to remove the copy?
>
> First off, is it a business site or someone's personal page? If the
> latter, let it pass - only trademarks are diluted by non-enforcement.
>
> Secondly, the copyright holder has to be the one to act, so if you
> signed over copyright when you signed the contract, it'll have to be
> your client that pursues infringement.
>
> Options, then... polite cease and desist letter? Cheap, and it'll
> probably do the job - he might not have realised he's being naughty.
> If he does, a solicitor's letter should tell him you mean business.
>
> Complain to his ISP that he's hosting your copyrighted material? That
> seems to work. ;)
>
> You could seek an injunction requiring removal. Ask a solicitor about
> that one; I'm not a lawyer, and free advice isn't worth the money you
> paid for it.
>
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