I received the DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice scam email below from arthurdavidsonlegal.com, where the scammers claim they are from Arthur Davidson Attorneys, claiming I have infringed on their client's copyright trademark image and they want me to create a link to a website that has nothing to do with the so-called image. But, the image they are referring to is a copyright-free image from pixabay.com that can be used without asking for permission or giving credit to the artist. Also, the domain name arthurdavidsonlegal.com was created 7 ago days, although it says on the website the company was founded in 2009, more than 10 years ago.
The Arthur Davidson Attorneys DMCA Infringement Scam Email
Subject: DMCA Copyright Infringement Notice
Date: 4/25/22 6:18 AM
From: Ann Swanson | Arthur Davidson Attorneys ann@arthurdavidsonlegal.com
Dear owner of
My name is Ann Swanson, I am a Trademark Attorney of Arthur Davidson Law Firm.
I am reaching out to you as your website features content that has infringed on one copyright image owned by our client, Internet Reputation.
The use of this image - https://i.imgur.com/7HPSzle.png is featured on your web page - (https://www.onlinethreatalerts.com/article/2020/1/29/is-xoaeyu-a-scam-see-the-review-of-the-online-store/),
without proper image credit attribution.
The Wayback Machine - https://web.archive.org/, a permanent public archive of the web, shows the image being used on your website.
Our client, is happy for their image to be used and shared across the internet. However, proper image credit is due for past or ongoing usage.
The image credit to Internet Reputation must be added underneath the image or somewhere appropriate on the offending page with a link to https://www.internetreputation.com/ within 7 days. Otherwise, we are required to take legal action.
I have assigned case ID #9804 to track this dispute, which should be quoted in all correspondence. Once you have added an image credit to the
page, the case against you will be dropped.
This letter is an official notification under Section 512(c) of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (" DMCA"). If this is unresolved immediately
we'll have to proceed with filing a DMCA legal case.
I am providing this notice with authority to act on behalf of the owner of the copyright(s) involved.
Regards
Ann Swanson
Trademark Attorney
Arthur Davidson Legal
177 Huntington Ave 17th floor,
Boston, MA 02115
ann@arthurdavidsonlegal.com
www.arthurdavidsonlegal.com
Arthur Davidson Attorneys Website at arthurdavidsonlegal.com
If you have received the scam email, please do not follow the instructions in it, just delete it.