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Copyright claims and DMCA notices

This is an assortment of copyright claims made using DMCA take down requests, also known as "Cease and Desist" letters. More information can be found for your personal use by searching your preferred search engine if you have a valid claim against an infringing website. The information provided by this index is meant to be an online record of actions performed on behalf of Str82u Networks and STR82U, Inc. and it's associated websites.

DMCA letter to HostMonster for jailsux.com
DMCA letter to HostMonster for jailsuxonline.com
DMCA letter to passthepolicefitnesstest.com
DMCA letter to GoDaddy for youwalkbailbondagency.com
DMCA letter to criminal-record-results.com
DMCA letter to public-record-results.com
DMCA letter to HostGator for countyprisonhelp.com
DMCA Take Down of passthecorrectionalofficerexam.com

As printed by the US copyright office online at www.copyright.gov, the standard take down notice should have the following:

(A) To be effective under this subsection, a notification of claimed infringement must be a written communication provided to the designated agent of a service provider that includes substantially the following:

(i) A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

(ii) 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.

(iii) 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.

(iv) 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.

(v) 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.

(vi) 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.

(B)(i) Subject to clause (ii), a notification from a copyright owner or from a person authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner that fails to comply substantially with the provisions of subparagraph (A) shall not be considered under paragraph (1)(A) in determining whether a service provider has actual knowledge or is aware of facts or circumstances from which infringing activity is apparent.

(ii) In a case in which the notification that is provided to the service provider's designated agent fails to comply substantially with all the provisions of subparagraph (A) but substantially complies with clauses (ii), (iii), and (iv) of subparagraph (A), clause (i) of this subparagraph applies only if the service provider promptly attempts to contact the person making the notification or takes other reasonable steps to assist in the receipt of notification that substantially complies with all the provisions of subparagraph (A).

http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html