EladChai said
Support does nothing!They just tell you to send a DMCA by yourself and that’s about it.
I think this is wrong. I’m selling my items here and I think Envato should take care of the authors instead of leting you fight for your own.
Also, when I see an item with a single sale published for free on a warez site, this means we know for sure who the Envato member is, and should be blocked!
But like I said, support does nothing. That’s a shame.
Only the copyright owner or someone specifically authorized to act on behalf of the copyright owner may submit a DMCA notice under the DMCA .
Who holds the copyright of the item created by the authors on Envato? The authors. Would they be willing to transfer their copyrights to Envato? No because then they will have no control over managing the file. Also Envato will never represent you i.e. all the authors, because Envato does not know for itself as to which party is certainly infringing whose rights(Though this mainly applies to the cases where authors infringe on the copyrights of other designers by copying their designs and selling them here).
Thus, Envato cannot send DMCA on your behalf.
Also, when I see an item with a single sale published for free on a warez site, this means we know for sure who the Envato member is, and should be blocked!
Although, I do not know how Envato handles this but in AT LEAST some legal systems, there would be two persons who might have distributed the item for free. The author and the buyer. Now it doesn’t make sense why the author would do that but, “Law doesn’t have to be logical!” You need to prove it with evidence that the buyer uploaded your file to piracy sites. As lame as it may sound, but that’s how this whole thing works.
Other than that I don’t find any problem unless a single individual tries to flood the homepage in shadows of multiple accounts. That would be a real problem because then the rule of one item per author on front page will be rendered useless.
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