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Marvel Takes Down Comics Invasion

Published Sat, 04 Sep 2010 14:10:52 -0500

Last updated Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:46:58 -0500

What were Marvel visiting Google about last week? Putter their comics on the Tab? Well possibly.

But it may also have had something to do with a legal notice issued to Google against the blog Comics Invasion, previously at comicsinvasion.blogspot.com. Running for over two years, it was a prominent blog that distributed links or direct download files of piratedcomics every week, new and old, usually downloadable from the likes of Hotfile and FilePress.

August 26, 2010

Sender Information:
Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Sent by:
Legal Affairs
New York, NY, 10016, USA

Recipient Information:
Google, Inc.
Mountain View, CA, USA

Sent via: email
Re: *RE: DMCA Notice – http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/*

Re: NOTICE AND TAKE DOWN – http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/

Dear Blogger Legal Support:

Marvel Entertainment, LLC ("Marvel") is a character-based entertainment
company with a proprietary library of over 5,000 characters. Marvel owns or
controls the copyrights, trademarks, and other intellectual property rights
in and to the following publications and characters featured in such
publications: Alias, Alpha Flight, Annihilation, Ant-Man, Avengers, Black
Panther, Blade, Cable and Dead Pool, Captain America, Civil War, Daredevil,
Dark Tower, Defenders, Elektra, Excalibur, Exiles, Fantastic Four, Ghost
Rider, Heroes for Hire, Hulk, Iceman, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Ms. Marvel, Nick
Fury, Nova, Punisher, Sabretooth, She-Hulk, Silver Surfer, Spider-Girl,
Spider-Man, Sub-Mariner, The Thing, Thor, Thunderbolts, Ultimate Universe,
Ultimates, Weapon X, What If, Wolverine, X-Factor, and X-Men, among others.

The following permalinks contain images that infringe Marvel's copyrights
and trademarks. Additionally, these links contain access to downloads that
contain complete unauthorized reproductions of Marvel comic book
publications:

http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/2010/08/curse-of-mutants-blade-01.html

http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/2010/08/astonishing-x-men-35.html

http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/2010/08/fantastic-four-582.html

http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/2010/08/thor-613.html

http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/2010/08/deadpool-team-up-890.html

http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/2010/08/captain-america-609.html

http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/2010/08/black-widow-05.html

http://comicsinvasion.blogspot.com/2010/08/shadowland-moon-knight-01.html

I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted material described
above on the allegedly infringing web pages and the linked pages on these
pages is not authorized by Marvel, its agent or the law.

I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in the notification
is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on
behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Please act expeditiously to remove the material identified and contact me at
[redacted], or [redacted]@marvel.com if you have any questions.

Marvel reserves the right to take all available remedies available at law
and in equity to protect its interests, and nothing in this letter shall be
construed as a waiver or relinquishment of any rights or remedies available
to it.

Sincerely,

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Google owns Blogspot as well as Blogger and, days later, the two-year old blog was removed. Job done?

Not really, I understand it has already set itself up as a WordPress blog, and has put up its full list of links going back to 2008… including the below.