Sorry Quiet but I cannot find someone to keep looking for my content being stolen.
When we find it we write to the webmaster, which is usually a waste of time because he's invisible. We then write to the sponsor or host, which again is usually a waste of time. The pirates are with people who don't care, like AC use to be. But occaisionally it get's the desired result.
If all this fails we then call in APIC. Which usually works.
It's simple if they were as bad as everyone makes out they would not have survived. The list of members are some of the top companies in porn and not just restricted to the Internet. These companies simply would not be with an organisation that is wrong 90% of the time. I think you will find Alsscan on the list.
Yes APIC bullies, yes they are undiplomatic, but this is after the normal methods that you use have failed.
But piracy of content is not an individual thing it's a collective problem and does cost you money. Because every site out there carrying illegal content weakens the whole business not just your business, all of us.
I personally do not like some of their methods, but this has brought them fear and gets results.
So what do you do after a webmaster outside the US tells you to go sue him?
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