Responding to a DMCA type letter

I run a review and deal website. I got this DMCA-type message via my contact form.

I have just mentioned their brand name on one of the deal pages without any negative points. The mentioned page is of little importance to me.

Should I just delete the page without replying to the email?

Or Should I delete the page and reply confirming the same?

I am wondering whether replying to the email would be considered an admission of violation.

This is a tender topic.
Sometimes its just completely fake, sometimes its real, sometimes its real and doesn't mean shit.

I had a very famous popular adult niche that was getting me $200 daily like 5 years ago, I got a DMCA and ignored it but my hosting didn't and after searching for a while I saw they were real so I closed it all down per their request. Found out 2 years later that my competitor ignored them completely (he also got one) and just changed hosts and keeps on earning to this date and says they cant do nothing if the host is outside their jurisdiction.

But dont take this as advice, just giving you my story on this. I'm sure someone else has much more experience than me.

From my point of view I will consider it a fair trademark use.

There are two ways. Either remove the page, and don't contact that company or wait for your hosting to contact you.

Delete what they request, and you must likely won't hear back again from anyone.

Personally, I would just delete the page and ignore it further and move on with my life. Ultimately the choice is up to you, that's just what I would do.

PotatoWatts said:

This is a tender topic.
Sometimes it's just completely fake, sometimes it's real, sometimes it's real and doesn't mean shit.

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The lawyer's name looks real (Linkedin profile) and the company looks legit. A casual google search shows this company is known to send such messages to reviewers. In one case they got roasted for it. But they are a big corporation.

Looks like most people here agree on deleting the page and NOT replying to their email.

Any downside to not replying to the email after deleting the page? I assume they can't write to the host if the page is not live anymore.

Also, those companies... if they don't want their names to appear on other websites, why they have a product? Why they are on the Internet?

For example, see what Ronaldo did to Coca-Cola. I haven't heard about Coca-Cola suing Ronaldo.

TomTheCat said:

Also, those companies... if they don't want their names to appear on other websites, why they have a product? Why they are on the Internet?

For example, see what Ronaldo did to Coca-Cola. I haven't heard about Coca-Cola suing Ronaldo.

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Thats because suing ronaldo is BIG against BIG and that never leads nowhere and coca cola would be obviously the one going down to due loss in trust.

In this case these companies are usually paid well to rid such pages because their strategy involves that.

stevejones003 said:

The lawyer's name looks real (Linkedin profile) and the company looks legit. A casual google search shows this company is known to send such messages to reviewers. In one case they got roasted for it. But they are a big corporation.

Looks like most people here agree on deleting the page and NOT replying to their email.

Any downside to not replying to the email after deleting the page? I assume they can't write to the host if the page is not live anymore.

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If it looks real, just remove the page and don't reply. I'm sure they will try to contact you again a few more times before thinking about legal work.