Send fake DMCA takedown request?

killer2021 · Mar 10, 2011

I am battling it out for the top 10 spots on one of my primary, high trafficked keywords. One of the sites that is ranked above me is a document hosted on a document sharing site. One of those sites where you can upload .pdf .doc type of files. The document has lots of links, lots of views and high pr. So I want to be able to get ahead of it.

I am thinking of sending a fake DMCA takedown request to the document hosting site. The file was uploaded several years back and it appears that the uploader is not active.

I don't own the copyright to the document but I can easily play off as if i actually did.

Think this will work? I am assuming that most sites react to DMCA takedown requests without much thought since they don't want to get sued.

meathead1234 · Mar 10, 2011

In my experience, the document hosting sites will take down anything on request, just make sure you follow their "DMCA guidelines" and you'll be cool.

Narrator · Mar 10, 2011

I think it would work.

killer2021 · Mar 10, 2011

meathead1234 said:
In my experience, the document hosting sites will take down anything on request, just make sure you follow their "DMCA guidelines" and you'll be cool.

Yea thats what I am thinking. Anyone know where I can get a sample DMCA takedown request document/e-mail?

meathead1234 · Mar 10, 2011

killer2021 said:
Yea thats what I am thinking. Anyone know where I can get a sample DMCA takedown request document/e-mail?

No need. Just go on the document sharing site and find their DMCA section. They tell you everything that needs to be included. As long as you follow the instructions, they will take it down. No need for anything "official".

thevil · Mar 10, 2011

killer2021 said:
Yea thats what I am thinking. Anyone know where I can get a sample DMCA takedown request document/e-mail?

Code:

http://www.chillingeffects.org/search.cgi

Click Search (dont need to put anything in there). These are real C&D letters.

c0rrup · Mar 10, 2011

Here is a fresh one I recently got! Go through it and change some of the info, I know "lady gaga" is in there somewhere, at the top of the email include things like

URL of Infringement:
etc

Dear Sir or Madam:
I am contacting you on behalf of the Recording Industry Association of America, Inc. (RIAA) and its member record companies. The RIAA is a trade association whose member companies create, manufacture and distribute approximately eighty-five (85) percent of all legitimate sound recordings sold in the United States. Under penalty of perjury, we submit that the RIAA is authorized to act on behalf of its member companies in matters involving the infringement of their sound recordings, including enforcing their copyrights and common law rights on the Internet.
We believe your server is hosting the above-referenced files on its network. This file offers a sound recording for download by the artist known as Lady Gaga. We have a good faith belief that the above-described activity is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. We assert that the information in this notification is accurate, based upon the data available to us.

We are asking for your immediate assistance in stopping this unauthorized activity. Specifically, we request that you remove the infringing file from the system, or that you disable access to the infringing file and that you inform the site operator of the illegality of his or her conduct.
You should understand that this letter constitutes notice to you that this site operator may be liable for the infringing activity occurring on your service. In addition, under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, if you ignore this notice, you and/or your company may also be liable for any resulting infringement. This letter does not constitute a waiver of any right to recover damages incurred by virtue of any such unauthorized activities, and such rights as well as claims for other relief are expressly retained.
You may contact me at RIAA, 1025 F Street, N.W., 10th Floor, Washington, D.C., 20004, Tel. (202) 775-0101, or e-mail [email protected], to discuss this notice. We await your response. Kind regards.
Sincerely,
Kevin Dorner
Online Anti-Piracy
RIAA
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(REF: 100507)

AgentZero · Mar 10, 2011

Thats scum...

l0goz · Mar 10, 2011

In my opinion this makes you are a douchebag if you do such thing. I know that probally the person or hoster is not active or maybe not making any money at all with this ranking position. But regardless you should do what you should be doing to rank in the fair path instead of screwing others. I had a campaign that was banking me $200/day and that was relief to a lot debts. and Just because someone decided to do the same thing you are doing I have nothing now...

How would you feel if someone did the same to you? regardless if you were making money or not... Its your sweat that makes you proud of your success...

c0rrup · Mar 10, 2011

Oh here we go again, BlackHat and morals do not mix, business is business.

Do what you need to do to get to the top, or else you will never make it.

sitehost · Mar 10, 2011

killer2021 said:
I am battling it out for the top 10 spots on one of my primary, high trafficked keywords. One of the sites that is ranked above me is a document hosted on a document sharing site. One of those sites where you can upload .pdf .doc type of files. The document has lots of links, lots of views and high pr. So I want to be able to get ahead of it.

I am thinking of sending a fake DMCA takedown request to the document hosting site. The file was uploaded several years back and it appears that the uploader is not active.

I don't own the copyright to the document but I can easily play off as if i actually did.

Think this will work? I am assuming that most sites react to DMCA takedown requests without much thought since they don't want to get sued.

you know I did have an issue like this.. I actually called the hosting servers hotline and explained that they were in violation of copyright law, and then explained the site(url) and got the direct mailing address and contact person of their company, and verbally requested that the site come down asap. When i hung up the phone i looked and the site was still there.. 30 mins later, the site was gone..

Most people are affraid of confrontation or the fear of being sued. So take a direct approach and attack..

Also if your going to send a DMCA request then include the tech that you spoke with, and how he represented the company. at that point they will know your serious, (Grounds or not)

CyberDilemma · Mar 10, 2011

c0rrup said:
Oh here we go again, BlackHat and morals do not mix, business is business.

Do what you need to do to get to the top, or else you will never make it.

We're not talking Blackhat or morals here. We are talking fraud, which is a criminal act. Big difference in my mind but a lot of people tend to confuse the two through rationalization.

teeniegenie · Mar 10, 2011

c0rrup said:
Oh here we go again, BlackHat and morals do not mix, business is business.

Do what you need to do to get to the top, or else you will never make it.

What's wrong with treating others how you want to be treated? Would you want someone to lie to your site's host about a DMCA take down for your site?

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