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I have dealt with these type of folks before and DMCA threats mean very little to them. What hurts them is getting de-listed/penalized in search engines, particularly Google. I would suggest reporting to Google's web spam team. You can access the Google web spam form through Google webmaster tools.

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I have dealt with these type of folks before and DMCA threats mean very little to them.

You don't send the takedown to the spammer; you send to their hosting company, who has to take action by law.

Good lead. I found this: http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?hl=en...

@calbers it agrees with you, but also states that I should file a DMCA takedown.

"If you believe the content should be removed from Google's index because of a copyright infringement, you should file a DMCA takedown request. Unlike requests to remove spam or personal information, DMCA requests must come from the content owner."

Thanks!

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