TO: [softlayer copytight infringement department] FROM: [jeremy modjeska] RE: Copyright infringement notice for WWW.VIRTISYS.COM -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello. I am writing regarding the website WWW.VIRTISYS.COM that is hosted by your company. This website appears to be using content that is not their own without permission, and without properly crediting the source. My own copyrighted content was used in this way. Per your instructions on your website, here is the relevant information for my claim of copyright infringement: 1: An electronic signature of the copyright owner, or a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive copyright that has allegedly been infringed. This message is digitally signed. 2: Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works on that site. The original copyrighted work is at the following URL: http://j.modjeska.us/?p=20 3: Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit SoftLayer to locate the material. The infringing material is located at the following URL: http://www.virtisys.com/2008/02/29/more-mysql-tricks-drop-all-your-tab les/ 4: Information reasonably sufficient to permit SoftLayer to contact the Complaining Party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the Complaining Party may be contacted. You can contact me using whatever method is most convenient for you: Jeremy Modjeska [removed] [removed] [removed] [removed] 5: A statement that the Complaining Party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law. I am the copyright holder for the material in question. It is all original material that I wrote myself, and I posted it on my own personal weblog on 29 February 2008. The party or parties who posted it on www.virtisys.com did so without my knowledge or permission. I understand that making content available on the web, particularly when I syndicate it using RSS/XML, means that others may easily obtain and republish my work. However the way that they go about doing so must protect my rights as a copyright holder, which means properly crediting me and linking back to the source. Many websites exist for this very purpose - digg.com, del.icio.us, technorati, etc. These sites help syndicate blog content in a way that mutually benefits the publisher/copyright holder and the site performing the syndication. The party or parties at www.virtisys.com are NOT engaging in this type of relationship. They are leveraging other people's content - including mine - as though it were their own. This is not syndication, it is STEALING. I have in no way, implicitly or otherwise, authorized the party or parties at www.virtisys.com to use my copyrighted content without properly crediting me as the source and linking back to my original content. 6: A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the Complaining Party is the owner, or is authorized to act on behalf of the owner, of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. I affirm that the information in this notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the I am the sole owner of the content named above. Thank you in advance for your kind attention to this matter. Please don't hesitate to contact me if you require any additional information or clarification. Regards, Jeremy Modjeska -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP 8.0.3 [removed] -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----