So – do we traffic-cop the web? How do we accomplish this?
I will tell you what happened with Cpays Ellion maybe shut down the account but maybe not. Ask yourself this, is Ellion better off shutting down the scraper account or leaving it open?
Rarely morality and money make good partners. Its a gamble and something you have to take his word for. But finacially he is better off leaving the scaper account open. If he does he has two revenue streams.
That fact is two approaches were takin. LandofOZ took his own private action while Ellion took his. I highly doubt Ellion did anything. I think its better to shut the scraper site down on your own, especially with shaddy programs like 888.com and cpays. What would you do if greed drove your life?
I have been shutting then down for months already.
Here is Yahoo’s final response to 123 links I submitted that goes against their policies
Hello,
Thank you for reporting this incident to Yahoo!. The appropriate action
will be taken.
Please let us know if we can be of further assistance.
Regards,
Copyright Agent, Yahoo! Inc
All 123 sites were shut down within 24 hours. So what is Yahoo’s policy? Its the same for most search engines, as follows;
Copyright and Intellectual Property Policy
Yahoo! respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Yahoo! has no responsibility for content on other web sites that you may find or access when using Yahoo!?s products or services. Material available on or through other web sites may be protected by copyright and the intellectual property laws of the United States and/or other countries. The terms of use of those web sites, and not the Yahoo! Terms of Service, govern your use of that material.
It is Yahoo!?s policy, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, to disable and/or terminate the accounts of users who may infringe or repeatedly infringe the copyrights or other intellectual property rights of Yahoo! and/or others.
Notice for Claims of Intellectual Property Violations and Agent for Notice
If you believe that your work has been copied in a way that constitutes copyright infringement, or that your intellectual property rights have been otherwise violated, please provide Yahoo!’s Copyright Agent with the following information:
an electronic or physical signature of the person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright or other intellectual property interest;
a description of the copyrighted work or other intellectual property that you claim has been infringed;
a description of where the material that you claim is infringing is located on the Yahoo! site, with enough detail that we may find it on the web site;
your address, telephone number, and email address;
a statement by you that you have a good faith belief that the disputed use is not authorized by the copyright or intellectual property owner, its agent, or the law;
a statement by you, made under penalty of perjury, that the above information in your Notice is accurate and that you are the copyright or intellectual property owner or authorized to act on the copyright or intellectual property owner’s behalf.
Yahoo!’s Agent for Notice of claims of copyright or other intellectual property infringement can be reached as follows:
By mail:
Copyright Agent
c/o Yahoo! Inc.
701 First Avenue
Sunnyvale, CA 94089
By phone:
(408) 349-5080
By fax:
(408) 349-7821
By email:
[email protected]
Just too add they will take action against sites who sole purpose is to redirect.