Tuesday, December 7, 2010

Cyber Crime Justice - How and Who and Where to report a crime and DMCA Action ... cyber

What is a "ripper"? ~ with a bit of research and as suspected ...

Using browser known as ripper. what is ripper? found this link with following comments ~

What is "Rippers 0" browser? Should I block them?

Comment from person 1. looked up site rippers on a search ... Not very nice things. I see the possibility that a site ripper could really mess up several things Also it appears to be something that would infinge on copyrights Bigtime. And these things are permitted? What kind of protection is there? The whole world is going crazy and evil ...

Comment from person 2. I've been searching and this is a good explantion of site rippers. "There are many dishonest webmasters that download the entire sites of their successful competitors, just change some images and texts and have "their" site up and running in less than a day without any effort " However, it looks like any preventative measures will cost you money. If your site has already been ripped "stolen" you have an uphill battle getting it removed if it has been duplicated elsewhere on the interenet. (not true see law below).
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Also came across this - DMCA Law

DMCA Action - A General Guide to Taking Action Against Site Rippers using DMCA Law!

Your website is up and business is good. Your traffic is steadily rising and people are starting to pass around your link in blog posts, via email, forums and other forms the global internet community use to pass around website information. Then one day, you encounter your first experience with a "site ripper". It normally happens by opening your email program and finding an unread message with the subject line of "Look what I found!" or "I think your site was stolen". You pray its spam as you move the mouse pointer to that bold title while the anxiety starts to kick in. You click and scan the body of the message, reading the sometimes helter-skelter details of how he or she found a site that looks identical to yours.

At the end of it all, you find two links: One is your website, the other leads to a near duplicate of your layout except the banner may have a few changes and the domain name in the browser link field is different. Guess what? You've been ripped, and your world will never be the same.So now what are you supposed to do? After the fits have subsided and you admit to yourself that spending thousands to track the offender down and beat them with a cudgel isn't very realistic, it's time to look at laws designed specifically for your protection, and best of all, the initial stages don't cost you a monetary penny.

The DMCA, or Digital Millennium Copyright Act, is an American Act created and passed by the US Congress on October 12th, 1998. A couple of weeks later on October 28th, our favorite cigar toting US President, Mr. Bill Clinton, signed the Act into law. So, does this mean that DMCA law is exclusive to the US? Yes and no. You see, the DMCA was designed to implement the treaties that were signed in December of 1996 at the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) Geneva conference, which of course is a global organization. The DMCA simply addresses additional issues with matters related to the WIPO treaties.

Here's an overview of what the DMCA does:

- Makes it a crime to circumvent anti-piracy measures built into most commercial software.- Outlaws the manufacture, sale, or distribution of code-cracking devices used to illegally copy software.- Does permit the cracking of copyright protection devices, however, to conduct encryption research, assess product interoperability, and test computer security systems.- Provides exemptions from anti-circumvention provisions for nonprofit libraries, archives, and educational institutions under certain circumstances.

In general, limits Internet service providers from copyright infringement liability for simply transmitting information over the Internet.- Service providers, however, are expected to remove material from users' web sites that appears to constitute copyright infringement.- Limits liability of nonprofit institutions of higher education -- when they serve as online service providers and under certain circumstances -- for copyright infringement by faculty members or graduate students.-

Requires that "webcasters" pay licensing fees to record companies.- Requires that the Register of Copyrights, after consultation with relevant parties, submit to Congress recommendations regarding how to promote distance education through digital technologies while "maintaining an appropriate balance between the rights of copyright owners and the needs of users."- States explicitly that "[n]othing in this section shall affect rights, remedies, limitations, or defenses to copyright infringement, including fair use..."

Did you catch what I pasted in bold? That's right folks... if you can prove that material you created is being used on a website that is not under your control, the company hosting the website is OBLIGATED BY LAW to remove that content. In fact, if the person who stole this content has profited in any way from your stolen property, you can even sue for damages and infringement, but that's getting ahead of ourselves. If you want to read the rest of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, you can find a full digital copy at The Library of Congress.


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76-195-112-218.efw.com
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76.195.112.218 (moron Edit Label)
Country United States
Region Texas
City Arlington
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Efw
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