newguywithquery
New Member
Hi,
I think I know the answer to this from doing a bit of reading up on the subject but basically what are the rights of the original content creator in Ireland (ROI) regarding a competitor completely ripping off and stealing all our content?
This guy has not only stolent all our content but also replicated it across two of his websites. He also uses it in his multiple accounts on ebay auctions too.
I know 'in theory' google should be punishing him for this but it doesn't appear so, since the scale of his theft is outrageous, his websites should be de-listed in our opinion.
From the bit of research I have done, I find that even though he has at least two .ie domain names that rip us off, he has the servers actually based in Lithuania, I know that's probably not a great idea anyway from an SEO standpoint but makes our issue especially tricky across internation borders.
I know someone is going to say, send the hosting company a mail but in all seriousness, do you really think that is going to have any impact at all?
What I really need to know is our rights in Ireland/EU. Do we have any at all? It doesn't seem that google would be overly approachable as their DMCA process insists that you file a report on each offenging page individually, which would mean around 600 pages each on both of his websites. I can't say I fancy that to be honest. Seems like it's not really designed for wholesale theft of content. Is there a way to report to google an entire website in one go?
I don't want to name the offending sites here as legal proceeding may follow in the future.
I just basically want to know, is there anything realistic we can do or do I really have to just put this one down to experience and just let this thief off the hook?
Thanks in advance (fingers crossed)
I think I know the answer to this from doing a bit of reading up on the subject but basically what are the rights of the original content creator in Ireland (ROI) regarding a competitor completely ripping off and stealing all our content?
This guy has not only stolent all our content but also replicated it across two of his websites. He also uses it in his multiple accounts on ebay auctions too.
I know 'in theory' google should be punishing him for this but it doesn't appear so, since the scale of his theft is outrageous, his websites should be de-listed in our opinion.
From the bit of research I have done, I find that even though he has at least two .ie domain names that rip us off, he has the servers actually based in Lithuania, I know that's probably not a great idea anyway from an SEO standpoint but makes our issue especially tricky across internation borders.
I know someone is going to say, send the hosting company a mail but in all seriousness, do you really think that is going to have any impact at all?
What I really need to know is our rights in Ireland/EU. Do we have any at all? It doesn't seem that google would be overly approachable as their DMCA process insists that you file a report on each offenging page individually, which would mean around 600 pages each on both of his websites. I can't say I fancy that to be honest. Seems like it's not really designed for wholesale theft of content. Is there a way to report to google an entire website in one go?
I don't want to name the offending sites here as legal proceeding may follow in the future.
I just basically want to know, is there anything realistic we can do or do I really have to just put this one down to experience and just let this thief off the hook?
Thanks in advance (fingers crossed)