Wednesday, March 25, 2009

DMCA Copyright Takedown Notice

I just received a DMCA takedown notice for several posts either by Ron Simmons, on Ron Simmons site, or in one case just about Ron Simmons. Apparently Mr. Simmons is trying to clean up what he has said.

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We are asking that you please remove the allegedly infringing content in
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I just received the following takedown notice for several post either by Ron Simmons, or on Ron Simmons site, or in one case just mentioning Ron Simmons. Apparently Ron Simmons is trying to clean up his name online.

Here is the notice:

Please note that repeated violations to our Terms of Service may result in further remedial action taken against your Blogger account. If you have legal questions about this notification, you should retain your own legal counsel. If you have any other questions about this notification, please let us know.

Sincerely,

The Blogger Team

Affected URLs:

http://crazyfunwildworld.blogspot.com/2007/12/team-ron-simmons-overall-update.html
http://crazyfunwildworld.blogspot.com/2007/10/team-ron-simmons-legal-update-october.html
http://crazyfunwildworld.blogspot.com/2008/02/team-ron-simmons-february-2008-update.html
http://crazyfunwildworld.blogspot.com/2008/01/team-ron-simmons.html
http://crazyfunwildworld.blogspot.com/2007/11/team-rules-rules-rules.html
http://crazyfunwildworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/team-randy-and-don-respond-to-lawsuit.html
http://crazyfunwildworld.blogspot.com/2007/09/team-ron-simmons-sets-record-straight.html
http://crazyfunwildworld.blogspot.com/2007/08/team-setting-record-straight.html

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