Violation of copyright is a crime under United States law. Copyrights are also enforceable in other countries as a result of international treaties, provisions of which provide protection and enforcement of intellectual property rights.
When we find infringement, we will:
- Invoice the website owner for a retroactive licensing fee. Our standard fee is $5 per day, per article or portion thereof.
- File a notification with Google, Yahoo, MSN, and other search engines that you have violated the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Search engines regularly remove DMCA violators from their database.
- Contact you with a demand to immediately remove the infringing material from your website.
- Petition your web host to shut down your account. Most web hosting companies have "abuse" departments to handle such requests.
- Refer your violation to our law firm for appropriate action.