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These letters are intended for material that is dually licensed under CC-BY-SA and GFDL, as most of Wikipedia's articles are (since June 15, 2009). If an article is only licensed under CC-BY-SA (look at the footer and talk page of the article), you should instead send a Standard CC-BY-SA violation letter .
In 2001 the Electronic Frontier Foundation launched a collaborative clearinghouse for notice and takedown requests, known as Chilling Effects. [23] Researchers have been using the clearinghouse to study the use of cease-and-desist demands, primarily looking at DMCA 512 takedown notices, but also non-DMCA copyright issues, and trademark claims.
This allows for copyright holders to send out take-down notices without incurring much liability; to get the content back up, the recipients need to expend considerably more resources. Section 512(f) makes the sender of an invalid claim liable for the damages resulting from the content's improper removal, including legal fees, but that remedy ...
Steiner sent WordPress a DMCA takedown notice claiming that Hotham's article infringed their copyright. WordPress and Hotham sued in a federal District Court in California, under §512(f) of the DMCA, claiming that the takedown notice was fraudulent, and that the takedown cost the plaintiffs time, lost work and attorneys' fees.
Fan games that reuse or recreate Nintendo assets also have been targeted by Nintendo typically through cease and desist letters or DMCA-based takedown to shut down these projects. [28] Full Screen Mario, a web browser-based version of Super Mario Bros., was shut down in 2013 after Nintendo issued a cease and desist letter. [29]
See An Open Letter from Rex Mundi, co-founder of Brianism. Posted here for comments. Secretlondon 14:39, Jan 16, 2004 (UTC) I don't see how it is a copyvio... Morwen 14:51, Jan 16, 2004 (UTC) It's not - but this is the only immediate takedown page we have. Do you know of anywhere better to stick this? Secretlondon 14:57, Jan 16, 2004 (UTC)
Operation In Our Sites is an ongoing effort by the U.S. government's National Intellectual Property Rights Coordination Center to detect and hinder intellectual property violations on the Internet.
If it is dually licensed, send a standard license violation letter. You can use a whois lookup to get contact info if it is not otherwise available. One week (or more) later, send a follow-up reminder. Three weeks (or more) later, send a final warning, noting that continued infringement will result in a DMCA takedown notice being sent to their ISP.