DMCA Complaint ignored by ISP

[searcher]

...because ISP host infringing domain. Sent a notice of what happened to his registrar, but have not gotten a reply. Now where do I go?

[mcanerin]

Here are 3 suggestions:

1. File a DMCA with the ISP's upstream provider. This is often necessary with email spammers especially, since it's common for them to start their own ISP, then create an account under it and spam from there. When they receive complaints, they delay for as long as possible, then finally shut down the account and immediately start a new one. I call this "spam laundering".

2. File the DMCA with the domain name registrar. This is a particularly effective tactic now that domain age is more of an issue.

3. File the DMCA with the search engines: being banned from the search engines is often a more effective tactic than a threat of a lawsuit, especially to people who are "judgement proof" because they are in a country with poor enforcment laws or are so broke they have no money to sue for.

This is an issue that is near and dear to my heart, since I've written several articles on it and I recently found out that a product I developed (seo-browser.com) has been ripped off.

I'm currently writing a case study on step by step instructions on how to make copyright violators lives miserable based on them. I'll publish it when I'm done testing every single type of legal attack possible against a copyright violator and can report on the most effective tactics. It might be overkill, but it's for science...

I don't like it when lab animals are tortured and killed during unnecessary experiments, but in this case it's a group of humans who are only going to go through mental and financial suffering (I hope), which they richly deserve. As far as I'm concerned, when you do the crime, you consent to the consequences (and to being a lab rat!).

Good luck,

Ian