Copy of our website listed in ODP

[DianeV]

I'm not sure if I should list URLs here, so I'll speak generically.

 

A company copied nearly our entire website; their listing was removed from ODP by a meta some years ago, but it appears it's been listed again in Regional.

 

I have ample proof. Could someone point me in the right direction?

[motsa]

I'd recommend you send the details to one of the meta editors who post here regularly (an editall can look into things and remove a listing if it isn't appropriate but if you need a full investigation, you're best to go straight to a meta).

[DianeV]

Thanks, motsa, will do.

[cjtripnewton]

Diane,

 

I had a similar experience and was instructed to go straight to the legal dept. at AOL.

 

You can easily file a DMCA complaint with any search engine that is listing the copy of your site, and it will be removed shortly. Google's policy is to post a copy of every complaint they receive at ChillingEffects.org. The others don't do that.

 

AlltheWeb DMCA:

http://www.alltheweb.com/info/about/dmcapolicy.html

Covers AlltheWeb and Lycos

 

AltaVista:

http://www.altavista.com/web/legal/copyright

 

AOL:

http://www.aol.com/copyright/infringement.html

Covers DMOZ

 

AskJeeves:

http://www.askjeevesinc.com/docs/ajinc/legal/legal.html

Covers AskJeeves and Teoma

 

Google:

http://www.google.com/dmca.html

Getting a copy out of Google basically eliminates it from the web since Google feeds Yahoo!, AOL, Netscape, Alexa, iWon.com, Earthlink (when you select "The Web" as a search option), and Compuserve.

 

LookSmart Directory and Search Results:

http://aboutus.looksmart.com/corp.jhtml?page=terms

 

MSN Search Engine:

http://www.microsoft.com/info/cpyrtInfrg.htm

 

Yahoo Directory:

http://docs.yahoo.com/info/copyright/copyright.html

 

Good luck.

 

C. J. Newton

[hutcheson]

Be sure to formally notify their ISP also. Then when the site goes down, an ODP editor will remove the listing while AOL's lawyers are still watching the grass grow.

[DianeV]

Hi hutcheson! I will try that again, but was ignored the first time. Boy, this is a lot of work.