I’ve done the same early this year. The reason why was a client who had very courius ideas about the quantity of images which he could claiming from a photoshooting for free.

He had pressure and threating me. So I had to think about what to do. Because we are in need to protect our reputation…

I’ve done the same like you did. I’ve wrote an article which are leaving no doubt that I’ve had acting in accordance to the law and the usual procedure.

In the following months I’ve checked my reputation via dialogue with a lot of poeple in my hometown: it works. No slander.

Your article collateral to copyright protection is well done.

If you’re using straight HTML, try setting up a few Google Alerts (google.com/alerts) to catch those who don’t copy and paste your HTML, just your text, has worked wonders for me over the years with my poetry.

Hope this helps!

I stand corrected, so I corrected the post.

My personal site is not on a blog platform, or any CMS for that matter. It is straight up HTML and CSS documents. This is why I signed up for StatCounter to catch this sort of activity.

Thanks for the comment!

First off, I’m glad that this was resolved amicably and that Myows was able to help. I’m fond of the system as well.

I do want to add first that you may want to see about registering your sites with FairShare (fairshare.cc) as they can track your blog’s content as it moves across the Web, letting you know about more cases. You can also use Copyscape to help track more static works or Google Alerts if you are willing to spend the time to find a good unique phrase.

Also, the USPTO doesn’t handle copyright matters, that’s the U.S. Copyright Office (copyright.gov). You can find information about how to register your Web site there.

Finally, if you do encounter any cases that you can’t handle quickly and easily, feel free to drop me a line and I’ll see what I can do. I’ve resolved over a thousand of these cases including 700 involving my own content.

Eager to help if I can!