Taking action when someone has copied your blog without permission

<b>This article is about the steps you can take when someone has made an unauthorized copy of something that is published on your blog.</b> <br /><br /><br /><div style="clear: both;"></div><a name="more"></a><h2>Finding out that your blog has been copied</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9PEKdUFboLjzyx1KRSV8iv1yKKFLBXLgG8W-MAg15RC89McebnFamx01n121HtcGJIOy83vnbMQojn0StTodAlVM8R5O2I0XOuOZiYvwrdbOpGv3QMhsBSgRr1JuXTc0rNmu8XrHCrAo/s562/what-to-do-when-someone-steals-your-blog-content-and-images.png.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="232" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN9PEKdUFboLjzyx1KRSV8iv1yKKFLBXLgG8W-MAg15RC89McebnFamx01n121HtcGJIOy83vnbMQojn0StTodAlVM8R5O2I0XOuOZiYvwrdbOpGv3QMhsBSgRr1JuXTc0rNmu8XrHCrAo/s320/what-to-do-when-someone-steals-your-blog-content-and-images.png.png" width="320" /></a></div><span style="background-color: white;">Previously, I've described </span><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/copyright-blogs-and-bloggers.html" style="background-color: white;">how copyright applies to blogs</a><span style="background-color: white;"> in very general terms, and the </span><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/tools-for-applying-copyright-protection.html" style="background-color: white;">steps you can take to apply copyright protection to your blog</a><span style="background-color: white;">.</span><br /><br />Even if you follow these these steps, if you put material onto the internet it is quite likely that someone will copy it.<br /><br />This maybe done out of naivety, or as a deliberate attempt to rip you off, or as part of an organised spam-blogging ("splogging") operation.<br /><br /><div style="clear: both;"></div><br />There are several way you might find out that someone has copied your work:<br /><ul><li><b>You, or your friends, notice it</b><br />Maybe you or one of you readers searched for a certain phrase and you found your content elsewhere.  Or maybe you found a link to an identical post on a help-forum or discussion board.  If you use a lot of in-post linking (ie you <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2012/01/blogger-hints-and-tips-lite-quick-and.html">link to another article</a> in your content), and notice you are getting a lot of visits from somewhere unusual, then you might visit that site and find your post copied word-for-word, including the unchanged links.</li></ul><ul><li><b>Google's spam bots notice it:   </b><br />If you get an email or a notice saying that your blog has been identified as potential spam, then one of the possibilities is that a real spammer has chosen your content.</li></ul><br />If you found out that someone has copied you work because Google's spam-bots detected the problem, then you simply need to follow the instructions in the email that Google sent you, or consult the <a href="http://help.blogger.com/" target="_blank">Blogger Help Forums</a>.  In short, you will be advised about a four step process that you need to follow.   This is tedious, but the nice part is that Google is dealing with the copy-cat for you, and (if you're not a spammer) you'll get your blog back.<br /><br />If you find out some other way, then you need to decide what do to about the problem (if indeed you believe is is a problem).   This is closely linked to <i><b>what you want to achieve</b></i> - this could be any of:<br /><ul><li>Do nothing - if you don't mind being copied, and you're willing to risk being incorrectly identified as a spammer</li><li>Getting the copied work taken down</li><li>Leaving the copy in place, with your name or URL  added beside it </li><li>Being paid compensation</li><li>Receiving a public apology </li></ul>and I'm sure there are other possible remedies, too. <br /><br />Once you know what you want to achieve, you can <i><b>plan what steps</b></i> you need to take, based on the notes in the next section.<br /><br /><b>Reality check:</b>  There is nothing wrong with being ambitious and wanting to receive $10M compensation.  But  unless you can afford really good lawyers, it might be a good idea to have a backup plan which involves a <i><b>realistic goal</b></i> too, eg having your name added to the copyright materials, or having them taken down.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Steps for resolving copyright problems</h2><h3>Start the easy way</h3>Unless you're certain that the copying was deliberate and malicious, the first step is most cases is to <b>send a nice email to the person who made the copy</b>, telling them that it's yours and what you want done about it.  (You might need to just leave a comment on their blog, if no email address is provided.)<br /><br /><ul></ul><h3>Report them to their internet service provider</h3>The obvious first step if politeness doesn't work is to <b>complain to their web-host</b>:<br /><ul><li><i><b>If they use Blogger</b></i> (ie their URL is WHATEVER.blogspot.com, or they have a custom domain but the source-code on their site looks like Blogger code), <br />then you should contact Google through this page:   <a href="http://www.google.com/blogger_dmca.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.google.com/blogger_dmca.html</a>  <br />Google have a very thorough process for dealing with claims of content stealing - and if the other site that you say has stolen your work is also published in Blogger, they can look at the dates in their database to see who actually published it first.<br />Make sure that you read all the details of Blogger's policies before you submit a complaint:  they don't like malicious complaints, and you could be fined quite heavily if you claim that you own something which you don't really own. </li></ul><ul><li>If the person who has copied your work <i><b>isn't using Blogger</b></i>, you may need to do some detective work with whois (use Google-search it to find a whois service for the domain you're looking for) to see   who the host is, and what process this host uses to resolve copy-right complaints.  <br />This could be particularly difficult to do if they're not located in the same country that you are (so their laws will be different), or if they use a different language.</li></ul><ul><li>If the person who has copied your work has put it into <i><b>YouTube</b></i>, you can use information and tools on  <a href="http://www.youtube.com/t/copyright_notice">YouTube's opyright page</a>. </li></ul><b><br /></b><br /><h3>Complain to other services</h3>If the other party's web-service-provider can't or won't help, then you could try <b>reporting them to other services</b> that the use. <br /><br />For instance many websites are also on Facebook:  if the contents includes your material, or links to a website that's distributing your copyright material, you may be able to use <a href="https://www.facebook.com/help/intellectual_property" target="_blank">Facebook's intellectual property violation reporting process</a>.  (I haven't tried it myself, but have been told that this can be particularly effective.)<br /><br />If they show advertising on their site, then complaining to either the advertisers, or to the company that organises the advertising programme, may be effective.  AdSense is <a href="http://adsense.blogspot.ie/2012/08/policy-tips-avoiding-copyright.html" target="_blank">quite sensitive to not having it's ads shown along with copyright violations</a>, and provides a <a href="https://support.google.com/adsense/bin/request.py?contact_type=violation_report" target="_blank">policy violation reporting form</a> that you can let them know about the problem.<br /><br /><h3>Charge them</h3><a href="http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ALogodollar2.jpg" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;" title="By Migdejong at nl.wikipedia [Public domain], from Wikimedia Commons"><img alt="Logodollar2" src="http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/ba/Logodollar2.jpg" width="128" /></a>Some people have had success from <b>sending the offender a bill</b> for use of your work.  This takes a bit of thought:  if they pay the invoice, then legally you may have licensed them to use your work for far less than it is worth.   On the other hand, if the amount that you ask them for is ridiculously high, they will probably just laugh and ignore you.<br /><br /><h3>Threaten legal action</h3>This can be fun:  write a very formal-sounding letter demanding that they cease-and-desist from using your work (name it very specifically) by a certain date, and advising that failure to do so may incur penalties including but not limited to commencement of legal proceedings for in which you will be looking for legal expenses as well as damaged incurred.   <br /><br />If you would actually be willing to sue the person (see the section below), then consult a lawyer, and get them to send the letter.   But if there's no chance that you actually will sue  (and most bloggers simply don't have the time, resources or levels of proof to do so), just <b>make the letter sound good</b>.   If necessary, get a friend who can write pompous-sounding letters to draft it for you.    Send it by regular mail - emails are too easily ignored - and make it look official.<br /><br />Finding the address to send a letter to can be a challenge - one option is to scour your copy-cat's work, and see if you can find their company or personal details on <a href="http://www.linkedin.com/" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> (most are smart enough to hide themselves on Facebook).    And if you can, then complaining to their boss may be an option, too, depending on your niche and whether their action might be harming their company's reputation.<br /><br /><h3>Legal action</h3>If all else fails, another option is to <b>sue the person or organisation that copied your work</b>.  If you or the copy-cat are in the USA, then the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) provides an approach for this.   But if you and they are in different countries, then different laws and processes may apply.  But no matter where you are, two things are likely:<br /><ul><li>You will need to hire a lawyer - so it may be expensive and take a lot of time, and </li></ul><ul><li>You may need to prove that you really did create the work, and when it was made.   </li></ul>The second point is where copyright registration services come in to play:  they provide evidence that you really had created the work as at a certain date.  Unfortunately this is one of the ironies of copyright:  <b>listing your material with a copyright service does nothing to stop anyone using it</b>.  But if you don't list it shortly after it's created, you probably won't have any evidence if you ever get to the point of wanting to sue (or even formally complain about) someone who has copied your work.<br /><br />There are some other issues with copyright services too:<br /><ul><li>It can be difficult to list a blog, which by its nature has different material being loaded very frequently.</li><li>You won't necessarily know which services(s) to register with - because you don't know where someone who copies your work is located, so you won't know what services a court in your country will accept evidence from.</li></ul>So, while I'm not advising you to avoid the registration services altogether, it's important carefully to choose when and how to use them.<br /><br /><h3>Peer pressure / Name-and-shame</h3>If the legal approach doesn't work, or would be too expensive, then another option is to <b>use social pressure</b> to convince your copy-cat that they need to stop copying your work etc.  This can take a range of formats - eg, if a local small business has copied your photograph and isn't willing to compensate you, you might get all your friends to contact the business and threaten not to buy there again.   Or you might start a Facebook campaign, or put a video on YouTube telling your side of a story.   Whatever you do, make sure you that you:<br /><ul><li>Really know what you want to achieve:  fame, a pay-off to stop the campaign etc</li><li>Consider the risks (ie what could go wrong) and whether they're worth it</li><li>Don't break the law yourself (it's not worth it, especially if you're the small guy), and</li><li>Think strategically about what you might do, and how this could affect the relationships in your area or niche:  some people are just too much trouble to have an enemies.</li></ul><br /><blockquote><div style="text-align: center;"><hr /><i>DISCLAIMER</i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>This article contains general advice about the copyright issues faced by people who use Blogger.   It cannot cover every possible case or specific legal systems.  </i></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><i>If you need <b>legal advice about a particular situation, consult a lawyer</b>, ideally one who is familiar with copyright law in your country.<br /><br />I do not, <b>under any circumstances</b>, suggest using illegal approaches - threats of violence, sabotage, etc.</i></div></blockquote><br /><hr /><br /><h2>Related Articles </h2><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/copyright-blogs-and-bloggers.html">Copyright, Blogs and Bloggers, an Introduction</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/tools-for-applying-copyright-protection.html">Tools for applying copyright protection to your blog</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/putting-html-code-from-third-party-into.html">Putting 3rd party HTML (eg a Creative Commons licence) into your Blog</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/04/removing-attribution-gadget-from.html">Removing the Attribution Gadget from your Blog</a>

Taking action when someone has copied your blog without permission

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How to find free pictures for your blog, using Creative-Commons search

<b>This article describes the Creative Commons search tool, which you can use to look for pictures, videos, music etc that are available for other people to use under a Creative Commons license.</b><br /><br /><div style="clear: both;"></div><br /><a name="more"></a><h2>What is Creative Commons</h2><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQtsZ6rxyL9DpxYOxc1RYeqR8vCaLUqQw4s60jb5fSKtA5CWeDBuRb8ohK2Nna0IW8q165Xtht7BLL1K_cW2BurlapQgetHqxmNfeHRUaLDuEOkt4zyZBbPkUwktqIUJfsmLRuw-9K_Vr/s356/find-free-pictures-for-your-blog-with-creative-commons-search-tool.png" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img alt="Stick-man holding up a Creative-Commons-search logo, while thinking about some images he wants to find" border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfQtsZ6rxyL9DpxYOxc1RYeqR8vCaLUqQw4s60jb5fSKtA5CWeDBuRb8ohK2Nna0IW8q165Xtht7BLL1K_cW2BurlapQgetHqxmNfeHRUaLDuEOkt4zyZBbPkUwktqIUJfsmLRuw-9K_Vr/s320/find-free-pictures-for-your-blog-with-creative-commons-search-tool.png" title="Blogger-HAT-Man recommends Creative Commons search to find interesting pictures to use on your blog" width="250" /></a></div>Previously I've described <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/copyright-blogs-and-bloggers.html">how copyright applies to bloggers</a>, <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/tools-for-applying-copyright-protection.html">how you can protect your blog-content from copyright theives</a>, and <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/taking-action-when-someone-has-copied.html">what you can do if they take you work anyway</a>.<br /><br />The focus in that series was looking after your own rights.<br /><br />But rights always come with responsibilities. The details vary by country, but in general you cannot just copy other people's recent work without their permission - in the same way that they cannot copy yours.<br /><br />Some people, though, are <b>happy to give other people permission to use their work</b>, often with certain conditions (eg you must including an attribution link to the creator).<br /><br /><b>Creative Commons</b> is an easy, legal way for creators to give permission for things they create to be used by other people. It is a framework which offers "licenses" that creators (writers, artists, composers, poets, etc) can apply to their work to say that other people can make copies, and what conditions apply  (eg non-commercial use, only if you attribute me, etc)<br /><br />To use it, authors, artists, etc don't need to register their work. Instead, they go to <a href="http://creativecommons.org/" target="_blank">the Creative Commons website</a> and get code / text to put with their published work to show what rules apply.<br /><br />Then they can publish or upload their pictures, writing etc anywhere they want, and by linking to the licence <b>the work is as protected as anything on the internet can be</b>.<br /><br /><br /><h2>How to find pictures & music that are Creative Commons licensed</h2>Creative Commons have a very useful search tool, found at <a href="http://search.creativecommons.org/" target="_blank">http://search.creativecommons.org</a><br /><br />This is not a search <b>engine</b>. Instead it is a <b>front-end-tool</b> that lets you choose:<br /><ul><li>The <b>keywords</b> you want to search for (the search words)</li><li>The <b>type of license</b> that you need (use for commercial purposes - yes or no, modify, adapt, build upon - yes/no)</li><li>Which of the file host/search services to use (eg flickr, Google, Open clip art library - etc)</li></ul><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRIz1Bfgf4QL98winooALXIyYJ50myVZzZ1yt-yRrVkTNjsuw2tW_4_cUHKsSvDZ3IWZjeGQRIMYpx-GkIctxoKt64wYuDcXa1x8cy6FwJYa3fS5jDZLudG23zL191Ev4c0Fjp0Ue1gE-/s640/creative-commons-search-main-options-menu-specify-keywords-modifiable-attribution.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="screen where you can enter creative commons search parameter values " border="0" height="450" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIRIz1Bfgf4QL98winooALXIyYJ50myVZzZ1yt-yRrVkTNjsuw2tW_4_cUHKsSvDZ3IWZjeGQRIMYpx-GkIctxoKt64wYuDcXa1x8cy6FwJYa3fS5jDZLudG23zL191Ev4c0Fjp0Ue1gE-/s640/creative-commons-search-main-options-menu-specify-keywords-modifiable-attribution.png" title="Creative Commons search tool home page" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Once you have entered the search options, click on the source that you want to look in, and <b>you are  taken to that site</b> and shown the results of the search-query and options you entered.<br /><br />For example, when I entered:<br /><ul><li>"Christmas"</li><li>Commercial allowed (because I wanted to make <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/01/inserting-picture-into-blog-post.html">a picture to use</a> in <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/">Blogger-HAT</a>, where I have advertising)</li><li>Changes allowed (because I wanted an image that I could use as the basis for another one, rather than exactly as it is now)</li></ul><br />and clicked on Fotopedia, I was shown:<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Pxni-EFr_dvzwTSWCgkx_Ewat4CbB3YXTb6o6eR_vsuXyQdUL5V4popuQopSvt9fnblWBT3kCnexcuSuvkGN__b53NcEcnXfCs2DBkSKXWFwoSTbjh2AKRDwk5SlrCTbU4HowppbDwTu/s545/fotopedia-search-results-set-commercial-labelled-reuse-attribution.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img alt="screen showing three Christmas-themes photos from Fotopedia, and their tools for changing pictures per screen and re-use options" border="0" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_Pxni-EFr_dvzwTSWCgkx_Ewat4CbB3YXTb6o6eR_vsuXyQdUL5V4popuQopSvt9fnblWBT3kCnexcuSuvkGN__b53NcEcnXfCs2DBkSKXWFwoSTbjh2AKRDwk5SlrCTbU4HowppbDwTu/s640/fotopedia-search-results-set-commercial-labelled-reuse-attribution.png" title="Fotopedia search results set for Christmas with commercial use and modifications allowed" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />From here I could use the search tools in Fotopedia to refine my image-search and find just the right picture that I could use to represent a Christmas carol worksheet on my blog.<br /><br /><br /><h2>What sources are included</h2>Today, the sources that are linked to from Creative Commons search are:<br /><ul><li>Eurpoeana - media</li><li>Flickr - pictures</li><li>Fotopedia - pictures</li><li>Google web - web search results</li><li>Google images - pictures</li><li>Jamenda - music</li><li>Open Clip Art Library - images</li><li>SpinXpress - media</li><li>Wikimedia Commons - media</li><li>YouTube - video</li><li>Pixabay - images</li><li>ccMixter - music</li><li>SoundCloud - music</li></ul><br /><br />It wouldn't surprise me if this list grow/shrinks, as sites become more or less useful as sources of public-domain or creative-commons-licensed materials.<br /><br /><br /><h2>Things to watch out for</h2>Creative Commons cannot guarantee that the results of searches that start in their tools will always be available for re-use: source systems may change their approach, items may be mis-tagged, content owners may change their mind, etc. So they recommend that you should a<b>lways click-through to the original image in the source site, and double-check the license and attribution requirements</b> there.<br /><br />Also, some sites may allow you to link directly to the copy of the image on their site. this can be a lot quicker than making your own copy, uploading it and included it in your blog.  But doing this means that the image will not be used as <a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2011/07/postsnippet-and-postthumbnail-tools-for.html">the thumbnail-image for your post</a>. And if the picture is ever removed from the original site - or its web-site address there changes - then the link in your blog will not work any more.<br /><br /><br /><br /><hr /><h2>Related Articles:</h2><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/copyright-blogs-and-bloggers.html">Bloggers and Copyright - an overview</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/tools-for-applying-copyright-protection.html">Protecting your blog-contents from copyright theft</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/10/taking-action-when-someone-has-copied.html">Taking action when someone has used your copyright materials</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2011/07/postsnippet-and-postthumbnail-tools-for.html">Thumbnail images - a picture to summarise each post</a><br /><br /><a href="http://blogger-hints-and-tips.blogspot.com/2010/01/inserting-picture-into-blog-post.html">Adding a picture to Blogger</a>

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Adsense, Blogger and the DMCA Notice

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">With the recent push by Adsense to ensure the quality of publisher websites, it has become even more important that Adsense publishers are vigilant about protecting their copyrights.<br /><br />I've already written about some of the ways you can protect your contents on <a href="http://helpfulinformationfornewbies.blogspot.com/2009/09/dont-let-your-work-become-duplicate.html">this post back in 2009</a> about duplicate contents.<br /><br />There is a new one also out there called "EmbedAnything". Personally, I would not use this, and not having used it, I don't really have any recommendations for it.<br /><br />My personal opinion is that Embed Anything might be fine for those who wish to share their contents, but it not an option for those who do not. I also don't believe it would provide much in the way of actual protection.<br /><br />Anyone can copy from your website, even if you disabled the right click function (which is totally annoying to most visitors as the right click context menu contains many functions that people use while viewing a website, not just the copy function) people can still copy your content. A couple of ways. Firstly, Firefox will show a notice that the right-click function has been disabled on that website, however, Firefox will still let you highlight and copy the text, rendering the "no right click" codes entirely useless.<br /><br />And if someone really wants to copy your text, they can simply view the source code for your page, and highlight the text block they want, then copy it. Disabling the right-click functionality doesn't work in source code view, so pretty much any browser can still allow people to copy your work.<br /><br />What's left then?<br /><br />Besides the free registry places I listed in my old article (which still apply), you need to file DMCA notices to get your copied works removed from the sites that copied them. Keep in mind though - if you had previously given someone approval to re-post your content, you should not file a DMCA notice. You've given them permission and that means it is not a DMCA issue - they posted with your authorization.<br /><br />The other thing you need to be clear about when filing a DMCA claim is that you actually own the content. If you've copied a bunch of images off someone else's website...you don't own those, and you may not file a DMCA claim for things you don't own.<br /><br />Lastly, in filing a DMCA claim, you need to file it with the correct agency. If the person who copied your content has a website and paid webhosting, you will want to find out who their webhost is (do a "whois" search for that) because that's who you want to file the claim with. If they are also using Adsense, you can file a DMCA claim with Adsense. If they are using Blogger, you'll need to file a DMCA claim with Blogger.<br /><br />You need to complete the forms fully and correctly, and from some of the DMCA notices I've seen on Chilling Effects...some people don't understand how to fill out the forms. Below are copies of the DMCA notices for Adsense and Blogger, with instructions on how to complete them correctly (click the image to get a larger view).<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=lr_dmca&product=adsense">Adsense DMCA Notice - Online Form</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sample</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZor92s-9PWs-Zdhatqc0IW_AXMMBMlXqAtFs4UN7vTwW1RNYlJrXYxL944gBXUVBRGc8QlnQv3kCbBbESKEjez_51G64uhqYsHhhiP4VasLIzWa85Qz99cfE81t0EnXPSr09w_sfesM/s1600/AdsenseDMCA_HowTo_A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZor92s-9PWs-Zdhatqc0IW_AXMMBMlXqAtFs4UN7vTwW1RNYlJrXYxL944gBXUVBRGc8QlnQv3kCbBbESKEjez_51G64uhqYsHhhiP4VasLIzWa85Qz99cfE81t0EnXPSr09w_sfesM/s640/AdsenseDMCA_HowTo_A.jpg" width="555" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><b><a href="http://www.google.com/support/bin/request.py?contact_type=lr_dmca&product=blogger">Blogger DMCA Notice - Online Form</a></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Sample</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zUlS2GBGSGsgPHxiuWtqJvCkzpKDpx3y8DKs24hrRkwSFE2cbonNoBVO2qtRg1Vh3OV-sAwUM8YPtFkdgXedbrsV_z26hawjCOmBS0PUXUX6t1s-oHLlNTXie8UXpDAmKMPhVgqGcLo/s1600/BloggerDMCA_HowTo_A.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zUlS2GBGSGsgPHxiuWtqJvCkzpKDpx3y8DKs24hrRkwSFE2cbonNoBVO2qtRg1Vh3OV-sAwUM8YPtFkdgXedbrsV_z26hawjCOmBS0PUXUX6t1s-oHLlNTXie8UXpDAmKMPhVgqGcLo/s640/BloggerDMCA_HowTo_A.jpg" width="524" /></a></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Please remember - do not complete a form unless you are the original owner of the contents.</div></div>

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