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Despite taking legal action, Reed College has been unable to remove the website for the “University of Redwood,” an institution that is not known to officially exist and whose website features content that appears to be taken from Reed’s. (Reed jokingly calls the site “Reedwood”). Compare this page with this page, or this page with this page to see the similarities. Reed says it has filed complaints with the Attorneys General of Arizona and California, home to the website's internet provider and to its mail-forwarding company, respectively.
Reed was successful in removing the website for 10 days last year after its lawyers sent Go Daddy, the website’s domain host, a cease and desist letter; however, 10 days after the website’s removal, Go Daddy restored it. Go Daddy says it was acting in good faith and in accordance with the law. "In November, Go Daddy was notified of alleged copyright infringement on specific URLs within the site in question," said Ben Butler, director of network abuse for Go Daddy. "In accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act and our internal procedures, we disabled the website. After receiving proper notice that the allegedly infringing material was removed, Go Daddy re-enabled the site, and we have not received any further communication or infringement notification from the original complainant."
Kevin Myers, a Reed spokesman, said his understanding is that Reed's lawyers had approached Go Daddy a second time. He says Reed will contact Go Daddy again. "It’s good to know what the next step is," said Myers. "Being taken down should mean being taken down forever."
The Redwood website lists one contact, a box number at Shipito, a mail-forwarding company. Shipito suspended the Redwood account in the fall after receiving a complaint from Reed and has not forwarded any mail to the the entity since. Shipito says the account was opened by someone in China with a Western name. Reed, for its part, is still vigilant. “Who knows what the scam really is?” said Myers. “We’re continuing to try to track them down,”
