Quote Originally Posted by billygoat View Post
I just did a quick search on copyrights. It appears that your copyright has to be registered before you can take any legal action. Sure, you can get a lawyer to send a letter but there might not be a whole lot they can do. In fact, I couldn't find anything that connects copyrights to advertising.



Might be a good idea to put on some decent clothes and go meet the guy face to face. Be pleasant and kind. Like they say, you can catch more flies with honey than with vinegar. (Not that I actually want to catch any flies.)

Other than that, sometimes it's best to just drop the fight and go about your business the best you can. It'll pass.
Actually you CAN do a simple DCMA takedown notice by the poorman's copywright (ie just putting that the text it is copyrighted, etc). Usually that is enough to scare people off. I have only had to send a DCMA once...someone was displaying a logo they they said they made for me...which was NOT true. I sent it to their ISP since I could not find a way to send directly to the owner (they didn't list anything at whois). Let's just say it was down within 24 hours....otherwise the hosting isp ha to shut off their site. Now not quite the same with CL, but I still think they would pay attention to a DCMA.

Anyways, plenty of other ways to handle it as myself and others have noted. People are pricks, sometimes you have to choose to play the game differently because you understand the rules better than they do...far too easy to hurt someones pocket. Oh and Karms...she a B%^&h when she comes around in most cases.