dmcainjury.com
A smart lawyer could make quite a nice living out of such a site, by getting a "routine" in place and repeatedly bidding for work with a high certainty of a win.
Over time, the site might add features to help bidding lawyers to win cases, such as offering timestamp/archiving/forensic services.
I live outside the jurisdiction covered by the DMCA, so I don't have the required sustained level of interest to get involved. In this case, the best I can offer is moral support and a sincere wish that a vibrant US based community gathers around the project.
IMO, it lacks the legitimacy to attract any users. I personally would feel in better hands calling one of those skeezy personal injury law-firms that advertises on daytime TV than submitting my information to a random web form.
Looking forward to seeing improvements//
But I actually laughed when I started reading the first sentence. You sound like a law firm fishing for an asbestos-related class action suit.
Are you advertising this to everyone or the hacker community? And are you going to try to monetize it?
If I could narrow this down - I like the idea, but perhaps improve the "bedside manner" - while it is a serious subject, add some more passion at the least. You sound somber and unengaged about this topic on the website.
I really hope that helps. It looks like a good idea. Let's hope you don't run into the same obstacles the Medical Retraction team did recently.
Personally, I'm not trying to monetize it (IANAL), but I'd love to make some lawyers rich suing lame companies who deliberately issue fake takedowns. I was a plaintiff in OPG v Diebold (the first 512f case!) but didn't personally financially benefit even with a six figure judgement.
Would love your thoughts on how to reword the copy.
1. Make it more personal. Who are you? Why do you care? Why are you NOT just a suit looking to represent someone and earn an income?
2. Don't ask questions to make your point per se; e.g. instead of "Are you..." & "Have you...", begin with a short description of what your website is. In fact, the last two sentences are the most compelling, not the first two.
3. Show passion. You just described experience with victimization. Translate that into passion and sympathy for other people.
You're not a lawyer. But I could have confused you for one. Lawyers are not generally trusted as a identity group - individual lawyers have to prove themselves competent and trustworthy. But before that, they are very often treated with suspicion by the public.
That's too much work for you or a startup. You don't have much to go on right this second - secure user trust by playing to emotion with your experience. That's front page worthy.
I hope that helps, David.
>We may be able to help by putting you in touch with a lawyer who can help prosecute your case.
People can generally do this themselves, but if you get enough related claims together, I imagine you could potentially file a class action.
I ask because I see how your database can be abused as well.
I have personally experienced this scenario, and without a ton of cash to retain an experienced IP attorney, I am powerless (and this database could add another layer of 'insult').