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Subject: Where can I report a website that is selling downloads without copyrights
Category: Miscellaneous
Asked by: jenn1fer-ga
List Price: $2.00
Posted: 12 May 2004 13:12 PDT
Expires: 11 Jun 2004 13:12 PDT
Question ID: 345305
Where can I report a website that is selling downloads of older t.v.
programs like the Bionic Woman, they also offer movies and music. The
website charges for these services useing paypal. The Web site is
located in Canada. This website does not have copyrights for any of
this information.
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Subject: Re: Where can I report a website that is selling downloads without copyrights
Answered By: missy-ga on 12 May 2004 15:55 PDT
 
Hi Jennifer,

You'll want to contact the copyright holders of the materials in question.

For The Bionic Woman, that would be:

    * Harve Bennett Productions
    * Universal TV [us]

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0073965/companycredits

The contact information is:

Harve Bennett Productions
11766 Wilshire Blvd., Ste. 1610
Los Angeles, CA 90025 USA 
Tel: 310-306-7198, Fax: 310-306-7598 

For Universal TV, you need to send e-mail via this form:

http://www.universalstudios.com/homepage/html/contact_us/contact_form.cgi?email_id=11

For the contact information for the copyright holders of other
material, check with the Internet Movie Database:

IMDB
http://www.imdb.com

Searching on the name of the show or movie will give you the name of
the production company.  From there you'll have to find the contact
information for the company, either through a Google search on the
company name, or through IMDB Pro (which is currently offering a 14
day free trial).

For music, contact the appropriate studio.

Good luck!

--Missy

Search terms:  [ bionic woman at IMDB Pro ]
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Subject: Re: Where can I report a website that is selling downloads without copyrights
From: corwin02-ga on 12 May 2004 13:36 PDT
 
you would contact the FBI www.fbi.gov
Subject: Re: Where can I report a website that is selling downloads without copyrights
From: garence-ga on 12 May 2004 14:28 PDT
 
I would either contact the fbi or if you know who holds the copyright inform them
Subject: Re: Where can I report a website that is selling downloads without copyrights
From: azron-ga on 13 May 2004 21:12 PDT
 
You could also find out who (i.e., what firm) is hosting the web site,
and report the violation to them.  I have checked on a few such sites,
and in every case I know of, the hosting company has Terms of Service
that prohibit such pirating.

The above would not apply if the site were based on, say, a
third-world country, but I would expect most hosting firms in Canada
to be conscientious about watching out for violations of international
copyright law.

Clarification: I don't mean to contradict missy-ga, and I certainly
agree that contacting the copyright owner is appropriate.  I just
think contacting the hosting firm, perhaps anonymously if you are
concerned about any possibility of retribution, would also be in
order, and might produce results quite quickly.

If you are interested in this idea, let me know and we can work on it.
 But I would certainly understand if you don't want to discuss it
further.

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