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Hall of Shame
Did you know that there are actually people who are thinking of using our checklists and other content on My ParenTime's Family Community of Websites without our permission? We hope you're not one of them, but if you are thinking of copying our checklists or other content and using them on your own website, or reprinting them in your print publication without permission...we encourage you to please think again :/.
Much time, effort and research goes into creating our checklists and other information (including parenting and child safety information), and once published, every single checklist, article, etc. that has been created by us, is protected by Copyright Law. There are many people who aren't familiar with Internet Copyright Law - then there are those who are familiar with it, and just choose to ignore it. Please do not reproduce our copyrighted checklists on your website, or reprint them in any other media without permission. If you have reproduced any of our checklists or copied any of our copyrighted works, you will eventually be found, and appropriate procedures will be followed. We respond to each and every incident of copyright infringement and report them as such. If a satisfactory solution is not reached within one month's time, we reserve the right to list your infringement here, along with your domain and link to the infringing page. Copyright infringement is against the law -- we thank you for respecting and supporting Internet Copyright Law, and the original works of website owners.
Please help us by reporting a copyright infringement incident.
We would be pleased if you chose to link to any of our checklists, but if you do, please link to our main page, or the main pages of the checklists -- not the actual page that is printed out. Many checklists have specifications that should be read first.
Unresolved copyright infringement incidents:
- October 21, 2004 - Infringement: 2 checklists (condensed versions of) were copied and added to another organizing website. Status: DMCA-compliant email sent to website owner on 10/21/04. 10/21/04: Reply received - changes will be made to the checklists. 10/27/04: Received email saying changes have been made. Review in progress.
Copyright infringement incidents POH (put on hold):
- None.
Resolved copyright infringement incidents (began online documenting in 2001):
- December 21, 2004 - Infringement: 1 checklists (slightly altered) was copied and added to another woman's website. Status: DMCA-compliant email sent to website owner & webhosting company on 12/21/04. 12/22/04 Received replies. Website owner removed infringing webpage. ISSUE CLOSED.
- August 20, 2004 - Infringement: Minimum of 3 checklist images from printablechecklists.com were saved and uploaded to a popular fertility forum server, for members to download. Status: DMCA-compliant email sent to website owner on 8/20/04. Received satisfactory reply and results on 8/21/04. ISSUE CLOSED.
- August 18, 2004 - Infringement: The majority of "Babysitter's Checklist" was copied from printablechecklists.com. Status: DMCA-compliant email sent to website owner on 8/19/04. 8/20/04: Reply received - changes will be made to their own checklist. 10/04: Infringing page was removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- August 7, 2004 - Infringement: "Questions to Ask a Prospective Babysitter" were copied from stopsexoffenders.com. Status: DMCA-compliant email sent to Executive Director of website on 8/7/04. No reply as of 8/16/04, so email was sent to website's server admin (4 university contacts). 8/23/04: Email sent to ISP - received reply from a university admin -infringing page was removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- August 4, 2004 - Infringement: 16 paragraphs of senior safety information copied from stopsexoffenders.com. Status: DMCA-compliant email sent to webmaster of police website and website owner on 8/4/04. No reply as of 8/12/04, so email was sent to website's server admin. No reply as of 8/19/04, so email was sent to ISP. 8/20/04: received reply from ISP - asked to confirm that infringing material was removed. It was not. Sent follow-up email to ISP with status. 8/25/04: received a phone call from ISP's legal department claiming again that the website's server admin had removed the infringing page. I told her that I would check again and send an email to confirm. Unfortunately, the infringing page is still online. Email sent to ISP's legal department. 8/27/04: Received a call from ISP's legal department and took part in a 3-way call from admin of city website. Infringing material was reviewed, and we were promised removal by today or Monday. 8/27/04: Confirmed removal of infringing page. ISSUE CLOSED.
- March 26, 2004 - Women's consultant website. Infringement: 2 checklists stolen from printablechecklists.com and reprinted online without permission; direct linking to images on myparentime.com's server (after 1st contact, these images were promptly removed). Status: Notification sent 3/26/04 to owner and webhosting company. After communication, some changes were made to infringing pages. Not resolved completely to satisfaction, and website owner refused to acknowledge that they had incriminating evidence on their website. In addition, they had an alleged attorney follow up with less than pleasant contact and no knowledge of copyright law. Status: I decided the infringing checklists were discernably different than my own. ISSUE CLOSED.
- December 24, 2003 - Popular website directory. Infringement: Information taken directly from stopsexoffenders.com's pages. Status: Sent email to website contact. Further email sent to website administrator. Infringing information was removed after phone contact. ISSUE CLOSED.
- December 24, 2003 - Group website on MSN Communities server. Infringement: Full checklist copied from printablechecklists.com. Status: No reply from group leader. Follow-up email sent to MSN Abuse team directly. 1/04: Sent snail mail letter directly to Microsoft. Infringing page was removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- December 24, 2003 - Website. Infringement: Bandwidth theft (image) from myparentime.com. Outcome: After notification, we received a reply stating that infringing image was removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- May 28, 2003 Non-profit website. Infringement: Copying, changing and usage of Stopsexoffenders.com's Babysitter FAQ. First email sent to website administrator. Awaiting response. June 26, spoke to contact at non-profit org - page will be pulled. Update: Page Removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- February 12, 2003 - Credit card and loan website. Infringement: 2 copyrighted checklists copied and reprinted online without permission. Status: Notification sent 2/12/03; we have received a reply promising removal of said checklists. Update 2/26/03: Website is accessible with infringing material. After follow-up email sent, infringing pages were removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- February 12, 2003 - Credit card and loan website. Infringement: 2 "generic-type" checklists copied word-for-word and reprinted online without permission. Status: Notification sent 2/12/03. Update 2/26/03: Information was reworded to our satisfaction. ISSUE CLOSED.
- February 12, 2003 - A women in business website. Infringement: 2 checklists copied and reprinted online without permission. Status: Notification sent 2/12/03, owner replied. Awaiting action. Website is accessible with infringing material. Update 2/26/03: infringing pages removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- July 22, 2002 - Personal Website, 2 pages. Infringement: Grocery Checklist from printablechecklists.com. Included our copyright line and logo image (bandwidth theft). Outcome: After notification, the offending page was removed.
- August 7, 2004 - Infringement: "Questions to Ask a Prospective Babysitter" were copied from stopsexoffenders.com. Status: DMCA-compliant email sent to Executive Director of website on 8/7/04. No reply as of 8/16/04, so email was sent to website's server admin (4 university contacts). 8/23/04: Email sent to ISP - received reply from a university admin - infringing page was removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- July 22, 2002 - Freight forwarding company: Infringement: Resume Submittal Checklist, unauthorized use of images and design. Status: After notifying webhosting company, our images and links were removed from the infringing page. Unfortunately, our checklist is still being used by this website without permission. Numerous follow-up emails were sent, but no responses have been received. Further email is planned. Update: Page appears to be removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- July 12, 2002 - Personal Website. Infringement: Multiple full-page checklists (including source code) copied and pasted into one large file on the Angelfire/Lycos Network. Outcome: After notification, this page was removed from the Angelfire server. ISSUE CLOSED.
- March 14, 2002 - Merchant Directory. Infringement: 2 pages copied from stopsexoffenders.com's Texas statelistings; source code and bandwidth theft from stopsexoffenders.com. Outcome: After notification, we changed image name. Website owner removed image and entire infringing page. ISSUE CLOSED.
- February 19, 2002 - Webhosting Company. Infringement: Webmaster's Byte Converter - accompanying text from myparentime.com's calculators. Outcome: After notification, text was removed by website owner, and color of calculator's border was changed as to not infringe on our copyright. ISSUE CLOSED.
- January 28, 2002 - Tsubasa's Universe (simonetti.ch/~mattia/solitaire.html). Infringement: Source code, bandwidth theft (game images) from myparentime.com. Status: No email found. Still linking to myparentime.com's image directory, although .htaccess prevents any display. Site appears to be removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- January 28, 2002 - Personal website on MSN Communities server. Infringement: Full page of text copied from stopsexoffenders.com. Outcome: After notification and verification to MSN, infringing page was removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- January 16, 2002 - Urdu Service of Pakwatan (pakwatan.com/main/urdu/child_world/games.php3). Infringement: Source code and bandwidth theft (webpage code, game and background images) from jupiterparents.com's game "tic-tac-toe." Status: Notification email sent January 16, 2002 - no response received to date. January 19, 2002 - changed names of images. Infringing page removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- January 3, 2002 - Adult-oriented website. Infringement: Implied association of stopsexoffenders.com with adult material. Status: Notification sent to Yahoo/Geocities 4 or more times, with no response. After 1½ years of communications, this infringing website was finally removed!! ISSUE CLOSED.
- November 26, 2001 Infringement has returned. - Personal website on Yahoo/Geocities server. Infringement: Banner layout from stopsexoffenders.com, and misrepresentation of name association. Outcome: After notification and verification to webhosting company, infringing page was taken offline on November 29, 2001. On August 15, 2002, noticed the infringing image was back online. Awaiting response from Yahoo/Geocities Copyright Agent. Sent another email in October, 2003 - no reply. 8/22/04: Infringing image still online. Email sent to Yahoo Copyright Agent & Time Warner Telecom Abuse Department. 8/30/04: Received an email from Yahoo's Legal Department - Infringing page was removed. ISSUE CLOSED.
- October 2, 2000 - Website Design & Hosting Company. Infringement: Exact duplicate of one of myparentime.com's previous homepages (included source code, bandwidth theft and changed copyright lines). Outcome: After notification, we renamed our images with public "Bandwidth Theft" notices. Infringing website was then disabled by webhosting company, due to nonresponsive owner. ISSUE CLOSED.
- December 19, 2000 - Website Design & Hosting Company. Infringement: Use of Blue Stream Designs' banner sample designs. Outcome: All infringing images were removed. The website owner was not aware that graphic designer had copied our images by mistake.
- February 2, 2001 - Large personal website. Infringement: Bandwidth theft from myparentime.com. Outcome: After notification, we renamed our image with public "Bandwidth Theft" notice. of our checklist from a website visitor, and was unaware that it was infringing on our copyright. Upon notice, the website owner revised the information as to not infringe on our copyright. ISSUE CLOSED.
- February 7, 2001 - Personal website. Infringement: Bandwidth theft from myparentime.com (logo banner). Outcome: After notification, website owner saved image to their own server. ISSUE CLOSED.
- February 19, 2001 - Large website. Infringement: Bandwidth theft from myparentime.com (award icons). Outcome: After notification, website owner saved images to their own server. ISSUE CLOSED.
- March 2, 2001 - Small personal website. Infringement: Bandwidth theft from myparentime.com. Outcome: Owner was not aware of copyright law. After notification, we renamed our image with a public "Bandwidth Theft" notice. Infringing image was then removed from website. ISSUE CLOSED.
- March 10, 2001 - Non-profit Mission website. Infringement: Source code and bandwidth theft from two funinternetgames.com's games. Outcome: After notification, we renamed our images with public "Bandwidth Theft" notices. All infringing code was then removed from website. ISSUE CLOSED.
- March 11, 2001 - Parenting website. Infringement: Babysitter's Checklist. Outcome: Infringing information was revised on infringing website. ISSUE CLOSED.
- March 12, 2001 - 3 Adult websites on same server. Infringement: Bandwidth theft, use of site name implying association, source code, text content, design, and graphics from stopsexoffenders.com. Same information located on 5 different pages. Outcome: After 2 months of communications, webhosting company finally removed all infringing pages. ISSUE CLOSED.
- April 6, 2001 - Personal website. Infringement: Bandwidth theft from myparentime.com. Outcome: After receiving an unsatisfactory response from website owner, the webhosting company was contacted. After notification, we renamed our images with public "Bandwidth Theft" notices. Infringing page was then removed from website. ISSUE CLOSED.
- July 24, 2001 - Personal website on MSN Communities server. Infringement: Multiple checklists re-posted in a message forum. Outcome: Website owner was not aware of infringement. After notification, all posts containing reprinted checklists were deleted by website owner. ISSUE CLOSED.
- July 29, 2001 - Personal website on Angelfire/Lycos server. Infringement: Sign Language Checklist. Outcome: After notification, the infringing website was removed by Terra Lycos Copyright Agent. ISSUE CLOSED.
- August 2, 2001 - Personal website. Infringement: Babysitter's Checklist. Outcome: Website owner received a copy of our checklist from a website visitor, and was unaware that it was infringing on our copyright. Upon notice, the website owner revised the information as to not infringe on our copyright. ISSUE CLOSED.
- August 29, 2001 - 2 pages on a Yahoo Group server. Infringement: Holiday Card Checklist, bandwidth theft. Outcome: After notification, Yahoo removed 2 infringing pages. ISSUE CLOSED.
- October 29, 2001 - Personal website on Yahoo/Geocities server. Infringement: Bandwidth theft. Outcome: After notification, we renamed our image with a public "Bandwidth Theft" notice. Within one week, a Yahoo Copyright Agent removed the infringing webpage. ISSUE CLOSED.
- November 6, 2001 - Business website. Infringement: Source code, text and layout from stopsexoffenders.com's statelistings page. Outcome: After notification to webhosting company, we received response from website owner...who revised his page layout as to not infringe on our copyright. ISSUE CLOSED.
- November 6, 2001 - Personal website for Monroe County, Michigan. Infringement: Source code, text and layout from U. S. Presidents' Checklist. Outcome: After notification and verification to webhosting company, infringing page was taken offline. ISSUE CLOSED.
- November 5, 2001 - Non-profit Pet Organization. Infringement: Bandwidth theft from jupiterparents.com's Pet Love book area. Theft issue was resolved. Outcome: After notification, we received a less-than-pleasant response from the graphic designer, who denied ever having linked directly to the images on our website (bandwidth theft). Simply, this designer viewed our source code, copied exact-sized book images that we have chosen (saved them from our website), including our chosen list of pet books. Phone messages left for the organization's owner went unanswered. Fortunately, we always make hard copies and take screen shots of every single infringement. So...we do have proof of their wrongdoing. In response, the "less-than-pleasant" designer quickly saved all the images to his own server. But he didn't change the names of the images, which just happen to be exactly the same as the names of our own images. Since the theft issue was resolved, this issue has been closed. Any further communication proved a waste of time -- there is just no way to deal with thieves in denial. ISSUE CLOSED.
Visitors may print out our checklists for personal use only - no reproductions are allowed. Unless otherwise stated, our checklists are Copyrighted © My ParenTime's Family Community and are not for use on other websites without expressed written permission. Please be assured that Copyright infringement will not be tolerated.
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