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Talk about frustrating!  As I mentioned earlier in my about me, I am a member of many community sites.  One site allows me to post some of my more revealing images (nooo not totally nekkit) but erotic for sure.  Anyway, earlier in the month, I was notified by some community site members that they had seen one of my images on an amateur adult website.  Now, not only had they stolen the image but had the nerve to mark it as their own so no one else could steal it....got nerve?

I was HEATED!  My images are copyrighted by either myself, my photographer or a jointly.  Soo I file a DMCA Infringement letter (Digital Copyright Infringement Act) against the site.  I send this not once, not twice, not three times but four times to the sites owners and management.  Protocol states that if they are disputing the claim, they are supposed to notify me in writing or just remove the image.  So I sat....and I sat....and I sat...nada.  I then phoned this deadbeat asshound.......no answer.  Called again...no answer.  Grrrrr!

I was so finished with the site owner that I contacted the sites hosting company.  I did this for two reasons, the first of course is to have my image removed.  Secondly, the site works on a submission basis, they have no way to verify that their models are over the age of 18.  So, on November 15th I talk to Mark who requests additional copies of the DMCA.  I send one to their copyright department and another to their abuse department.  I wait...and I wait...and I wait, did I mention that I waited?  Goose egg. 

I started to wonder if either the site owner or the hosting service realized that they are in violation of the law.  So, out of goodwill I called the hosting company again. They showed my DMCA on file but had no idea why it had not been acted upon.  It seems that they were awaiting a response from the site owner.  WHAT!??  Did it dawn on them that maybe they were contacted because of the site owners inaction?  This is getting better by the minute huh?  They are waiting for the fox to tell the farmer how many chickens are missing!

I finally told Jordan, the nice man that I spoke with today that this is my last attempt to have these images removed without the benefit of counsel.  I hope he listens.

I'll update this when I know more............

The Update.....For now, they have changed the permissions on the image so it is not viewable by the public.  They are still trying to contact the site owner for it's permanent removal and if he does not respond, they will remove it for me.