Hello DMCA, I think Etsy's forgotten about you

In May 2007, Sanrio (the people who own the trademark, etc to Hello Kitty) filed a DMCA complaint with Etsy. They specified to Etsy that they must remove all Hello Kitty items or face legal proceedings.

Here, Dillinger, who was an Etsy employee at the time confirms this and calls the removal of Hello Kitty items "Operation: Goodbye, Kitty."

http://www.etsy.com/forums_thread.php?thread_id=5097642&page=10

It is now more than 2 years later and Etsy has still to keep current and comply with the DMCA.

Here are the search results for the HK items on Etsy. There's 3,798 items currently listed with the tag of Hello Kitty. I might be wrong, but that's not a very good job of removing those items, now is it?

Also, Dillinger let it slip that MTV, Nickelodeon and other large companies have filed similar complaints. Here's a search for Spongebob Squarepants - HERE

In this thread, RobWhite said that they FULLY comply with DMCA complaints. Sorry bud, you are WRONG! A DMCA isn't a one time deal, it is a continuous complaint and request to keep their copyrighted characters off of the site!

Therefore, Etsy isn't DMCA compliant in the slightest, especially with Sanrio and most likely Nickelodeon and several other companies.

Come on Etsy! You've had over 2 years! It isn't that hard to put a few of your employees on DMCA duty. Its not like you're using them for anything more than tweeting Etsy favorites every few minutes.