Mark. After getting over my initial reaction, I came to the same conclusion as you. Google has no clue who I am, and so of course they cannot simply remove content because I say so. You're absolutely right about that. I had hoped to resolve the whole affair more informally with the person behind the blog. I much prefer the informal approach. So far though, I've had no response to my email to that person. And so today I will fax off my first DMCA takedown request. Best regards, Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx Wednesday, May 31, 2006, 8:29:24 AM, Bobak, Mark (Mark.Bobak@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: BM> Hi Jonathan, BM> I agree, that is a pain....but could you imagine the BM> chaos that could ensue if they simply honored all email BM> requests, without verification? Now, a rational adult BM> is not going to make take down requests of material he BM> doesn't own, but, the world is full of trolls..... BM> -Mark BM> -- BM> Mark J. Bobak BM> Senior Oracle Architect BM> ProQuest Information & Learning BM> For a successful technology, reality must take BM> precedence over public relations, for Nature cannot be BM> fooled. --Richard P. Feynman, 1918-1988 BM> -----Original Message----- BM> From: oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx BM> [mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jonathan Gennick BM> Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 8:49 PM BM> To: Mogens Nørrgaard BM> Cc: gogala@xxxxxxxxxxxxx; oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx BM> Subject: [SPAM] Re[2]: Who is behind quickdba.blogspot.com? BM> Importance: Low BM> I just now heard back from Blogger. I've got to file a BM> formal, in writing, on paper, DMCA takedown request in BM> order for them to do anything. I even have to swear BM> under penalty of purjury that the article is mine. What a PITA. BM> Best regards, BM> Jonathan Gennick --- Brighten the corner where you are BM> http://Gennick.com * 906.387.1698 * mailto:jonathan@xxxxxxxxxxx BM> Tuesday, May 30, 2006, 3:54:14 PM, Mogens Nørrgaard (mln@xxxxxxxxxxxx) wrote: MN>> Amen. What a coyote. And what useless stuff he'll put on there now MN>> and then - "put bitmap indexes on fact tables". Ah, so there's a MN>> good and general rule. MN>> Let's just hope the guy behind it is not someone trying to make MN>> claims about anything technical in the Oracle World - like RAC... MN>> Hahahahahahahahahaha. MN>> Mogens MN>> Mladen Gogala wrote: >>>I don't know who is that, but the guy is spamming >>>[comp.databases.oracle.server] as well. I normally do not read no-name >>>blogs. For a blog to make sense, it helps to know whose opinion it is: >>>Tom Kyte's, Tim Hall's, Niall Litchfield's, or Howard Rogers. Those >>>blogs I read regularly. Having a blog and not letting people know who are >>>you, doesn't make much sense. >>> >>> BM> -- BM> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l BM> -- BM> //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l -- //www.freelists.org/webpage/oracle-l