Regarding the WPCOM site that is pushing a copyright-violating Theme, I would direct such inquiries to the folks at Automattic directly.<div><br></div><div>Regarding WPORG Themes that potentially or allegedly violate copyright: this is probably a DMCA issue, and <b><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#CC0000">WPORG very likely needs to have a published DMCA policy</font></b>. Note that enforcement of this policy is the purvey of Matt (or his designee) as owner of the WPORG resources, and not the Theme Review team.</div>
<div><br></div><div>In lieu of a published DMCA policy, I fully support using the Suspension Hammer if a DMCA takedown notice (as which I would qualify the OP in this thread) is submitted to the Theme Review team.</div><div>
<br></div><div>Ideally, though, such requests need to go to another email address entirely - one specifically set up for Theme legal matters in general, or copyright/DMCA matters specifically. It's really outside the scope of Theme Review.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Chip<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 11:43 AM, Edward Caissie <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:edward.caissie@gmail.com">edward.caissie@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
Johan -<br><br>The theme's availability outside of the WordPress servers is beyond any possible control we could have, especially as Theme Reviewers. If you would like the link removed from the WPCOM blog then I would suggest contacting: <a href="http://support.wordpress.com/" target="_blank">http://support.wordpress.com/</a> to see if they can help.<br>
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