Online Harassment?

[Kessler]

An ex of mine created a website about me with which he posted nude pics, a horrible story, and added a comments section about the pictures. It is even titled similar to nude(me).com... He then sent e-mails from the website to the e-mail addresses of the company i used to work for as well as any contact he could find in the current city i live containing horrible material as well as referring them back to his website to comment. To top it off, he created actual paper mail and sent stacks of similar trash to people who were important in my life.. It is extremely hard to find legal scenarios online referring to this kind of thing, and the ones I do find usually result in a slap on the hand. Help please!

Few details, He did not have permission to post pictures, and I am over 18.

 

[zanne6955]

I found a newsletter online regarding Health Violations in my neighborhood. Several pictures were posted showing various sizes of dog feces that were left by the owners of the dogs. I scrolled though the online photos and saw myself walking my dogs. These photos were taken and posted online without my prior knowledge. I feel violated and want to know what recourse I have.

 

[Michael Wechsler]

If you want unauthorized materials to be taken down, send a DMCA takedown notice. Typically it looks like the following: With regard to the prosecution, that's probably going to be costly and easier to have a DA prosecute if it involves commission of a crime of some sort.

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