Mega_Man
Posts : 148
Join date : 2016-01-23
 | | Subject: I have a quick question about Mediafire copyright and MUGEN June 22nd 2016, 2:20 pm | |
| So I hosted a file on a MUGEN site, someone decided to reupload it without my conscent as well as using it to harass/make fun of me and I would like to take it down. Would it be okay to file a DMCA claim on it? If so, what do I say considering it's a file that is a zip folder with contents that may be confusing to those who don't know MUGEN? | |
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Mistah Jorge
Posts : 2356
Join date : 2013-07-04
Age : 26
Location : Portugal
| | Subject: Re: I have a quick question about Mediafire copyright and MUGEN June 22nd 2016, 4:28 pm | |
| what do you mean by to harass you?
Have you got strong enough reasons to do it take it down?
confusing to those who don't know about mugen? of course it is, but no one cares about that, mugen's characters, stages, screenpack, etc are meant for people who know about mugen and know how to implement them in the engine | |
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Mega_Man
Posts : 148
Join date : 2016-01-23
| | Subject: Re: I have a quick question about Mediafire copyright and MUGEN June 22nd 2016, 6:10 pm | |
| Yes. The original upload was reuploaded on another site in Mediafire without my permission. That's pretty much copyright.
Harassment involves drama from another community. So I am not gonna reveal that. It's also in a chat so yeah. Can't show proof. | |
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Werewood
Posts : 5691
Join date : 2014-08-11
| | Subject: Re: I have a quick question about Mediafire copyright and MUGEN July 8th 2016, 7:49 am | |
| Well, similar thing once happened to me in 2015-11 too..........  ...........but not working..........  In 2015-11 I made and released a "Custom_Experimental_TRF2_Greed" MUGEN character, the download file size was big because I included a lot of IMPORTANT information. Yet, some MUGEN dude from another MUGEN forum tried to delete all IMPORTANT information and re-uploaded his unauthorized butchered version to MediaFire as a MUGEN news item for his MUGEN forum. Everybody using that unauthorized butchered version just missed all the IMPORTANT information about my "Custom_Experimental_TRF2_Greed" MUGEN character because of this.  I tried to send a reporting e-mail to MediaFire but MediaFire's reply e-mail was not useful.......  - My reporting e-mail to MediaFire...:
"To Whom It May Concern,
I am Borewood and I have a valid mediafire.com account. I am writing to report an abuse that may be considered a misuse of my recently uploaded file that is about my hobby.
Recently I compiled a ZIP file and uploaded to mediafire.com:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/xmzymc54p2qbsf7/Custom_Experimental_TRF2_Greed_2015-11-17.zip
And I am sharing this ZIP file with my fellow hobbyists.
Later I found out that some unauthorized person tried to modify my recently uploaded ZIP file to mediafire.com yet in which he/she deleted and altered some important parts in my original uploaded ZIP file:
http://www.mediafire.com/download/uncay20hai0efno/Custom_Greed.rar
Therefore, I am sending a request to see if you can help me by disabling or deleting the above "uncay20hai0efno/Custom_Greed.rar" by some unauthorized person.
Thank you very much for your help and time.
Borewood"
- MediaFire's (not useful) reply e-mail...:
"For MediaFire to be legally compliant, we must have a completed DMCA Take Down Notice
RESOLVING THE PROBLEM
Please send us a proper notification. All notices should comply with the notification requirements of the DMCA. You MUST provide the complete set of information below. Once your request is re-submitted with the proper information we will process it in a timely fashion.
1. Identify yourself as either: (a) The owner of a copyrighted work(s), or (b) A person "authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed."
2. Identify the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed. Please be advised that we are unable to remove link(s) submitted that are not a specific file location but instead a shared folder(s). We are unable to verify you are the copyright holder or representative of the copyright holder for every file in the folder. In order for us to comply with your request, please identify the specific files you are representing. The MediaFire links are in the form http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?xxxxxxxxxxx, http://www.mediafire.com/?xxxxxxxxxx, or http://www.mediafire.com/file/xxxxxxxxxxx/filename.filetype.
3. Identify the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of the infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, as well as information reasonably sufficient to permit MediaFire to locate the material
4. Provide contact information that is reasonably sufficient to permit us to contact you, such as an address, telephone number, and a valid electronic mail address.
5. State that you have a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agents, or the law.
6. State that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
A proper notification MUST contain the information above, or it may not be properly processed.
(For more details on the information required for valid notification, see 17 U.S.C. 512(c)(3).)
ABOUT US AND OUR ABUSE POLICIES
Please understand that MediaFire is only a file and image hosting platform for any user to upload and download files. As a hosting service provider, we do not actively monitor the content being transferred by our users; however, any file that is in violation of our Terms of Service will be restricted from being distributed by our service once a verifiable abuse report is submitted.
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You should be aware that, under the DMCA, claimants who make misrepresentations concerning copyright infringement may be liable for damages incurred as a result of the removal or blocking of the material in addition to court costs, and attorneys fees.
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