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		<title>By: TopAffiliate</title>
		<link>http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/628/amazon-affiliates-dcma.html/comment-page-1#comment-635</link>
		<dc:creator>TopAffiliate</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 28 Jun 2006 23:14:11 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>WoW.  I would be livid if my site was taken down without &quot;real&quot; justification.  This is absurd.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>WoW.  I would be livid if my site was taken down without &#8220;real&#8221; justification.  This is absurd.</p>
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		<title>By: e-marketing news &#187; Amazon Affiliate Sites Shutdown in Massive DCMA Hoax</title>
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		<dc:creator>e-marketing news &#187; Amazon Affiliate Sites Shutdown in Massive DCMA Hoax</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Jun 2006 00:15:19 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>By: Linda Buquet</title>
		<link>http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/628/amazon-affiliates-dcma.html/comment-page-1#comment-608</link>
		<dc:creator>Linda Buquet</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 17:36:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Thanks for weighing in Carsten.  I fixed that quote problem and deleted 2nd commment as not needed.  

Good summary of the issue!  Anyone else have thoughts?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Thanks for weighing in Carsten.  I fixed that quote problem and deleted 2nd commment as not needed.  </p>
<p>Good summary of the issue!  Anyone else have thoughts?</p>
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		<title>By: cumbrowski</title>
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		<dc:creator>cumbrowski</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Jun 2006 10:55:53 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Hey Linda, first of all kudos for the elegant solution with the WordPress log-in to be able to comment. That&#039;s a standard feature, isn&#039;t it?

The first thing that needs to be determined is what orders did the Trademark owner give to Netenforcers.com? 

Did Netenforcers.com just do what their clients ask them to do or was Netenforcers.com making some of the &quot;calls&quot; themselves? 

Since the ISP got a notification, you have no choice but to remove the content first or you will be shut down by the ISP with almost absolute certainty.

After that would I contact Amazon AND the Trademark owner and explain the situation. 

I would ask the Trademark owner, if the actions Netenforcers.com took against you was ordered specifically by the TM owner or if he was entrusting Netenforcers.com to take care of the monitoring and the decision who is considered a violator and who is not for the TM owner without providing specific guidelines. 

In the first case is the TM owner to blame and in the second one Netenforcers.com. 

Case two cries for legal action against Netenforcers.com  since they are supposed to be the online experts. They should know much better than the average joe shmoe who is infringing the Trademark and who is not.

Only two reasons can exist for this failure. Deliberate performed steps being fully aware that their action is &quot;dirty&quot;  or a complete F**k-Up by somebody who might be an ex-employee of Netenforcers.com already or will be.

The trigger for the whole thing that makes people and companies fear that they get issues with Google, if their content is flying around on the Internet.  fear about is  actually something else.
I quote myself from my post at an private forum I can not link to:

&lt;blockquote&gt;&lt;i&gt;&quot;This is because of Google and the fear to get hit by a penalty because of duplicate content. I can tell you, Google is creating quite a mess at the moment... 

No real information, only indirect comments that are creating more confusion, fear and confrontation. 

Duplicate Content, 301/302 redirects, Affiliate Site Penalties, nofollow or no-nofollow, paying for a link at a place where it makes sense yes/no blah blah blah ... it&#039;s not even funny.&quot;
&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt;

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		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Hey Linda, first of all kudos for the elegant solution with the WordPress log-in to be able to comment. That&#8217;s a standard feature, isn&#8217;t it?</p>
<p>The first thing that needs to be determined is what orders did the Trademark owner give to Netenforcers.com? </p>
<p>Did Netenforcers.com just do what their clients ask them to do or was Netenforcers.com making some of the &#8220;calls&#8221; themselves? </p>
<p>Since the ISP got a notification, you have no choice but to remove the content first or you will be shut down by the ISP with almost absolute certainty.</p>
<p>After that would I contact Amazon AND the Trademark owner and explain the situation. </p>
<p>I would ask the Trademark owner, if the actions Netenforcers.com took against you was ordered specifically by the TM owner or if he was entrusting Netenforcers.com to take care of the monitoring and the decision who is considered a violator and who is not for the TM owner without providing specific guidelines. </p>
<p>In the first case is the TM owner to blame and in the second one Netenforcers.com. </p>
<p>Case two cries for legal action against Netenforcers.com  since they are supposed to be the online experts. They should know much better than the average joe shmoe who is infringing the Trademark and who is not.</p>
<p>Only two reasons can exist for this failure. Deliberate performed steps being fully aware that their action is &#8220;dirty&#8221;  or a complete F**k-Up by somebody who might be an ex-employee of Netenforcers.com already or will be.</p>
<p>The trigger for the whole thing that makes people and companies fear that they get issues with Google, if their content is flying around on the Internet.  fear about is  actually something else.<br />
I quote myself from my post at an private forum I can not link to:</p>
<blockquote><p><i>&#8220;This is because of Google and the fear to get hit by a penalty because of duplicate content. I can tell you, Google is creating quite a mess at the moment&#8230; </p>
<p>No real information, only indirect comments that are creating more confusion, fear and confrontation. </p>
<p>Duplicate Content, 301/302 redirects, Affiliate Site Penalties, nofollow or no-nofollow, paying for a link at a place where it makes sense yes/no blah blah blah &#8230; it&#8217;s not even funny.&#8221;<br />
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		<title>By: Marktd.com</title>
		<link>http://affiliate-blogs.5staraffiliateprograms.com/628/amazon-affiliates-dcma.html/comment-page-1#comment-596</link>
		<dc:creator>Marktd.com</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jun 2006 19:29:26 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>&lt;strong&gt;Amazon Affiliate Sites Shutdown in Massive DCMA Hoax&lt;/strong&gt;

Numerous Amazon associates have had their sites shut down and have lost income. Why? For displaying product info on their sites that is provided to them by Amazon in the AWS datafeed. Big merchants like Sony and Crutchfield, are involved. Class action ...</description>
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<p>Numerous Amazon associates have had their sites shut down and have lost income. Why? For displaying product info on their sites that is provided to them by Amazon in the AWS datafeed. Big merchants like Sony and Crutchfield, are involved. Class action &#8230;</p>
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