You can see how that portion of the page looked before the takedown:<\/p>\n
Beyond the fact that it is fairly clearly fair use, what is the purpose of hiding people from seeing that on our website?<\/p>\n They also filed a notice against another image. This time it is even more clear to be fair use since in a post discussing how SiteLock is falsely claiming that WordPress installations have vulnerabilities<\/a>, we included the screenshot from their post\u00a0to discuss the fact they were showing vulnerabilities existing in a version of WordPress they didn’t exist in that version.<\/p>\n You can see how that portion of the looked before the takedown:<\/p>\n Worth noting is that the textual content in SiteLock’s screenshot is actually not generated by them, instead copied from other sources.<\/p>\n What makes this even more ridiculous\u00a0is they clearly now know that their post is showing that they lack a basic understanding of WordPress security, but instead of fixing their post, they are trying to hide you from seeing an image on our website.<\/p>\n The only\u00a0reasonable explanation we can think of for them doing this is that they thought they could get the pages\u00a0those images were on removed by filing this, because removing the images alone doesn’t do anything to cover up what they are up to.<\/p>\n Abuse Department,<\/p>\n My name is Logan Kipp, I am contacting you on behalf of my company Content has been taken from our official websites, SiteLock.com and Infringement Instance #1:<\/p>\n ORIGINAL image URL: https:\/\/wpdistrict.sitelock.com\/wp-<\/a> INFRINGING image used in page: INFRINGING image URL: http:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-<\/a> content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sitelock-false-wordpress- Infringement Instance #2:<\/p>\n ORIGINAL content URL: https:\/\/www.sitelock.com<\/a><\/p>\n INFRINGING content used in page: INFRINGING image URL: http:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-<\/a> content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/sitelock-global- This letter is official notification under United States Code Title 17 *Please also be advised that United States Code Title 17 512 I am providing this notice in good faith and with the reasonable Should you wish to discuss this with me please contact me directly.<\/p>\n Logan Kipp Phone: 1-877-257-9263 x 9012<\/p>\n —<\/p>\n *Logan Kipp* Product Evangelist *Mobile: *480-232-4171 *Desk Phone:* <http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SiteLock<\/a>> \u00a0\u00a0<http:\/\/twitter.com\/sitelocksecure<\/a>> CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: The information contained in this email, We have seen a lot of ridiculous stuff from SiteLock recently, but this has to take the cake. They have now filed a DMCA takedown notice against our website for including a screenshot of their homepage on in one our posts. In a post discussing how SiteLock was labeling a website as being “secure” while … Continue reading “SiteLock Filed a DMCA Takedown Notice Against Our Website For A Screenshot of Their Homepage”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[25],"tags":[82,39],"class_list":["post-2867","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-bad-security","tag-dmca","tag-sitelock"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2867"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2888,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2867\/revisions\/2888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2867"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2867"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2867"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"sitelock-dmca-1\"](\"https:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/sitelock-dmca-1.png\")
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<\/a><\/p>\nFull DMCA Takedown Notice<\/h2>\n
\nSiteLock, LLC. A website that your company hosts at IP *66.39.94.41* (
\nWHITEFIRDESIGN.COM) is infringing on at least one copyright owned by
\nSiteLock, LLC.<\/p>\n
\nwpdistrict.sitelock.com, and used without the authorization of
\nSiteLock, LLC on the website WHITEFIRDESIGN.COM.<\/p>\n
\ncontent\/uploads\/2016\/
\n08\/list-900×237.png<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/2016\/<\/a>
\n09\/06\/sitelock-spreading-false-information-about-
\nwordpress-security-to-their-customers-through-their-
\nplatform-scan-for-wordpress\/<\/p>\n
\nvulnerabilities.png<\/p>\n
\nhttp:\/\/www.whitefirdesign.com\/blog\/2016\/<\/a>
\n02\/26\/sitelock-labels-website-as-secure-despite-being-very- dangerous-for-
\nvisitors\/<\/p>\n
\nleader.png<\/p>\n
\nSection 512(c), the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), and
\nI seek the removal of the aforementioned infringing material from your
\nservers. I request that you immediately notify the infringer of this
\nnotice and inform them of their duty to remove the infringing material
\nimmediately, and notify them to cease any further posting of
\ninfringing material to your server in the future.<\/p>\n
\nrequires you, as a service provider, to remove or disable access to
\nthe infringing materials upon receiving this notice.* Under US law a
\nservice provider, such as yourself, enjoys immunity from a copyright
\nlawsuit, provided that you act with deliberate speed to investigate
\nand rectify ongoing copyright infringement. If service providers do
\nnot investigate and remove or disable the infringing material this
\nimmunity is lost. Therefore, in order for you to remain immune from a
\ncopyright infringement action you will need to investigate and
\nultimately remove or otherwise disable the infringing material from
\nyour servers with all due speed should the direct infringer, your
\nclient, not comply immediately.<\/p>\n
\nbelief that rights that SiteLock, LLC owns are being infringed. Under
\npenalty of perjury I certify that the information contained in the
\nnotification is both true and accurate, and I have the authority to
\nact on behalf of the owner of the copyright(s) involved.<\/p>\n
\nSiteLock, LLC
\n8701 E. Hartford Dr.
\nScottsdale, AZ 85255<\/p>\n
\n877.257.9263 ext 9012 *International: *1.415.390.2500 ext 9012 *Email:
\n*Logan@SiteLock.com<\/a> <logan@sitelock.com<\/a>><\/p>\n
\nwww.sitelock.com<\/a><\/p>\n
\nincluding any attachment(s), is confidential information that may be
\nprivileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law, and is
\nintended only for the exclusive use by the person(s) mentioned above
\nas recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby
\nnotified that any disclosure, copying, distribution, or use of the
\ninformation contained herein is strictly prohibited and may be
\nunlawful. If you received this transmission in error, please
\nimmediately contact the sender and destroy the material in its
\nentirety, whether in electronic or hard copy format.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"