I'm pretty stressed about this and wondering if anyone else has had this issue.
MFC offers free DMCA removal through RemoveYourContent. Once you submit your first complaint, the service supposedly begins monitoring the web for your content regularly so you don't have to. I submitted a list of links months ago, and was simply told the site in question "usually ignores DMCA notices". Today I did a search of my name again. I'm everywhere-- as early as my first cam show and as recently as this week-- which means RemoveYourContent was not monitoring my content as promised. I submitted a page of new links and received a very unprofessional, poorly punctuated reply from RemoveYourContent again saying the site "ignores DMCA notices" and "sorry it sucks".
I'm sorry, but don't some models PAY for this same service? If it is widely accepted that these sites ignore DMCA notices and get away with pirating content, then why is anyone paying for these services (some of which cost over $100/month!)? I've also found my watermarked ManyVids content for sale on multiple websites. ManyVids gives each video a "digital fingerprint" and offers the same DMCA removal service through a different company, but I am reluctant to go through the trouble to report it if that's the kind of reply I receive. I copy pasted over 50 links (and that was only a portion of what I found)-- and I am really disappointed to have received "sorry it sucks" in response.
I know we take a risk every time we log on, but this is really disappointing to me. Does anyone have experience with other DMCA removal companies? Is it just a difficult thing to pursue in general? DMCA is a law. It feels to me these companies exist to profit off the exploitation of models, because obviously the law isn't strong enough for these companies to enforce.
MFC offers free DMCA removal through RemoveYourContent. Once you submit your first complaint, the service supposedly begins monitoring the web for your content regularly so you don't have to. I submitted a list of links months ago, and was simply told the site in question "usually ignores DMCA notices". Today I did a search of my name again. I'm everywhere-- as early as my first cam show and as recently as this week-- which means RemoveYourContent was not monitoring my content as promised. I submitted a page of new links and received a very unprofessional, poorly punctuated reply from RemoveYourContent again saying the site "ignores DMCA notices" and "sorry it sucks".
I'm sorry, but don't some models PAY for this same service? If it is widely accepted that these sites ignore DMCA notices and get away with pirating content, then why is anyone paying for these services (some of which cost over $100/month!)? I've also found my watermarked ManyVids content for sale on multiple websites. ManyVids gives each video a "digital fingerprint" and offers the same DMCA removal service through a different company, but I am reluctant to go through the trouble to report it if that's the kind of reply I receive. I copy pasted over 50 links (and that was only a portion of what I found)-- and I am really disappointed to have received "sorry it sucks" in response.
I know we take a risk every time we log on, but this is really disappointing to me. Does anyone have experience with other DMCA removal companies? Is it just a difficult thing to pursue in general? DMCA is a law. It feels to me these companies exist to profit off the exploitation of models, because obviously the law isn't strong enough for these companies to enforce.
