I'm a lauraloveskatrina (teenflood) affiliate, using thumbnails generated from their FHG pics, and I've just been DMCA'd for a single thumbnail. Has anyone else been DMCA'd for any of their content?
The complainant claims she was 15 when the image was taken. If so, then obviously that needs to be dealt with (to be honest I'm not bothered about removing a 9 year old FHG from rotation on my TGPs)
but, if she's a model then she probably has no right to be making these DMCA claims.
Also the mention of it being a "profile" makes me wonder if it's just some random fishing. This is from a paysite that features two solo girls (and guest models?) with professionally shot content.
Moniker stated that I needed to "remove the illegal content in question" - they just take the claim at face value, of course.
I've included the text below with some personal information redacted.
> My name is Da*** Ma********** and I am the
> http://*****haha - COMPANY NAME. A website that corresponds to
> WHOIS
> information is infringing on at least one copyrighted by my company.
> An article was copied onto your servers without permission. The
> original
> ARTICLE / PHOTO, to which we own the exclusive copyrights, can be
> found
> at:I attached a photo of the documents , to confirm my identity
> My coentry - Ukraine
> My adress - ****
> My numder phone ****
> PROVIDE WEBSITE URL
> The unauthorized and infringing copy can be found at:
> http://****
>
> This profile is not mine, it's someone who created it and I want to remove it
>
> in the photo I'm 15 years old, please remove the photo, because of these photos I
> have big problems in my life
> This letter is official notification under Section 512(c) of the Digital
> Millennium Copyright Act (▒~@~]DMCA▒~@~]), and I seek the removal of the
> aforementioned infringing material from your servers. I request that you
> immediately notify the infringer of this notice and inform them of their duty to
> remove the infringing material immediately, and notify them to cease any further
> posting of infringing material to your server in the future.
> Please also be advised that law requires you, as a service provider, to remove
> or disable access to the infringing materials upon receiving this notice. Under
> US law a service provider, such as yourself, enjoys immunity from a copyright
> lawsuit provided that you act with deliberate speed to investigate and rectify
> ongoing copyright infringement. If service providers do not investigate and
> remove or disable the infringing material this immunity is lost. Therefore, in
> order for you to remain immune from a copyright infringement action you will
> need to investigate and ultimately remove or otherwise disable the infringing
> material from your servers with all due speed should the direct infringer, your
> client, not comply immediately.
> I am providing this notice in good faith and with the reasonable belief that
> rights my company owns are being infringed. Under penalty of perjury I certify
> that the information contained in the notification is both true and accurate,
> and I have the authority to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright(s)
> involved.
Anyone else seeing this?