I don't have any problem with providing proof of my license purchase to any sponsor that wants it after it has received a REAL complaint.
I do have a problem with the way APIC does things. They should list the stuff RAM pointed out. This type of stuff is REQUIRED uder the DMCA. I have filed several DMCA claims, and fail to see how it is so hard to do correctly.
Personally - I would never do business with them - too many stories about incompetence. They should be filing the form under the penalties of perjury - as required under DMCA (which doesn't even deal with sponsors - but with hosts).
I would love for some webmaster that gets canned to sue them. They need a good lesson. There is no reason they can't follow the DMCA instead of doing this (unless the host is in some country like Russia).
Here is my sample DMCA - one that I actually used with names and domains deleted out- request if anyone wants one:
ATTENTION:
DMCA CONTACT NAME - CAN GET FROM
http://www.copyright.gov/onlinesp/list/
HOST'S NAME
HOST'S ADDRESS
FROM:
MY NAME
MY ADDRESS
MY PHONE NUMBER
MY EMAIL
Digital Millennium Copyright Act Notification
SUMMARY: Below is the info required by the DMCA. In short ? the pages listed are among a complicated scheme by at least two individuals to copy dozens and dozens of my sites that rank well in the search engines and interlink them all to try to duplicate my rankings. The pages they copied are protected under copyright law.
I am seeking that the following sites (all the default root/main page(s)) be disabled or removed ASAP:
A) [deleted]
B) [deleted]
C) [deleted]
D) [deleted]
E) [deleted]
F) [deleted]
These six sites (the main pages of each site) should be removed ASAP. Unless they respond with the format required under the law and signed under the penalties of perjury ? these six sites should be not be reinstated. Even if they do respond ? once you notify me of this ? I am allowed 10 days to file suit against them before you reinstate the pages. As I expect to continue legal action against them if they persist ? I ask that you follow the letter of the law and give me time to present a copyright suit before reinstating their sites.
Please let me know the status of my notification as soon as you can.
Pursuant to the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, 17 U.S.C. §512(c)(3)(A), I hereby notify you of the following:
1) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
SEE BOTTOM #5 & #6
2) Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
The following pages belong to me and are among those infringed upon by those sites listed in #3 below. This is most likely not a complete list, but due to the complexity of their scheme ? it is the best I could come up with on short notice and is a representative sample of my sites they are infringing upon.
A) [deleted]
B) [deleted]
3) Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material.
Links on the following sites infringe upon dozens of my copyrighted works:
A) [deleted]
B) [deleted]
...
DD) [deleted]
EE) [deleted]
4) Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
MY NAME
MY ADDRESS
MY PHONE NUMBER
MY EMAIL
5) A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
I have a good faith belief that the use of the material complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
_____________________
MY NAME
6) A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
I hereby swear and affirm above under the penalty of perjury that the above information is accurate and that I am authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner of an exclusive right that has been infringed.
_____________________
MY NAME
DATED: 05/28/2002
Just sign it and fax it over.