We shot/produced/own a low budget feature film called " BAD SPIRITS", which we shot in 2007. It has TWO copyright notices on it...at beginning and end...we are listed as the copyright holders on IMDB as well. Here's the point: We did not officially copyright the film, under the "work in progress" clause. BUT, our copyright intention is clearly marked on the film. We have no copyright "certificate".
Someone who calls himself "Film Guerillas" has posted our feature film on the Dailymotion site without our permission. I just found out about it even though it was posted on Dailymotion two years ago. Since I have had this film for sale on Amazon and VHX for eight years, I am not happy about the "free" daily motion listing because it potentially "steals" from my rental/sales on Amazon.
Here's the problem: I have asked Dailymotion to take the film off of their website, or to at least notify "Film Guerillas" that there is an ownership problem, but Dailymotion refuses to do ANYTHING without a volume of legal paperwork from me. Essentially, I have become the "bad guy" even though it is "Film Guerillas" who are pirating our film...and Dailymotion has turned their back on it for their own profit.
There is no way to notify "Film Guerillas" to take down my film, as there is no "comment" or "contact" form for them. Dailymotion will not contact "Film Guerillas", nor will they cooperate in any way unless I start the conversation with official "paperwork" of ownership...despite the fact that my "ownership" is clearly indicated on the film itself.
I have given Dailymotion our IMDB page (which lists us as copyright owners), our Amazon sales page, our company website, and the "Bad Spirits" website, PLUS (most importantly) the location of our "copyright notices" on our film...but they refuse to even look at it.
This all sounds like a big fraud on the part of Dailymotion. If they do not investigate copyright infringement, there is never a copyright violation...right? There must be a class action copyright suit here somewhere. The Dailymotion website must be FULL of copyrighted material that Dailymotion refuses to investigate...maybe even YOUR film.
Do any of you have comments, questions, legal opinions, suggestions, or similar experiences with Dailymotion. Yes, I could sue them, but I suspect that the lawyer is the only one who would make money... Our "BAD SPIRITS" is just a crappy little low budget film, but it's OURS, and it means a lot to us. I'm pissed, hurt, and deflated.
Someone who calls himself "Film Guerillas" has posted our feature film on the Dailymotion site without our permission. I just found out about it even though it was posted on Dailymotion two years ago. Since I have had this film for sale on Amazon and VHX for eight years, I am not happy about the "free" daily motion listing because it potentially "steals" from my rental/sales on Amazon.
Here's the problem: I have asked Dailymotion to take the film off of their website, or to at least notify "Film Guerillas" that there is an ownership problem, but Dailymotion refuses to do ANYTHING without a volume of legal paperwork from me. Essentially, I have become the "bad guy" even though it is "Film Guerillas" who are pirating our film...and Dailymotion has turned their back on it for their own profit.
There is no way to notify "Film Guerillas" to take down my film, as there is no "comment" or "contact" form for them. Dailymotion will not contact "Film Guerillas", nor will they cooperate in any way unless I start the conversation with official "paperwork" of ownership...despite the fact that my "ownership" is clearly indicated on the film itself.
I have given Dailymotion our IMDB page (which lists us as copyright owners), our Amazon sales page, our company website, and the "Bad Spirits" website, PLUS (most importantly) the location of our "copyright notices" on our film...but they refuse to even look at it.
This all sounds like a big fraud on the part of Dailymotion. If they do not investigate copyright infringement, there is never a copyright violation...right? There must be a class action copyright suit here somewhere. The Dailymotion website must be FULL of copyrighted material that Dailymotion refuses to investigate...maybe even YOUR film.
Do any of you have comments, questions, legal opinions, suggestions, or similar experiences with Dailymotion. Yes, I could sue them, but I suspect that the lawyer is the only one who would make money... Our "BAD SPIRITS" is just a crappy little low budget film, but it's OURS, and it means a lot to us. I'm pissed, hurt, and deflated.
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