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Pirated Article?

by Davey T
13 replies
I was doing some research on one of my niches and found a blog with one of my articles posted. Everything in the article is identical to mine, including the links back to my site. The blog that this article was posted on has nothing to do with my niche. Has anyone else experienced this? should i be concerned or happy for the exposure?

thanks in advance for the replies!
#article #pirated
  • Profile picture of the author joetheseo
    You just got a free backlink... How could that be bad? Article directories encourage people to re-publish content as long as they leave the link attached...
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    • Profile picture of the author Davey T
      That is why I asked. I have not experienced this before...And I am definitely happy about any exposure I can receive!
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      • Profile picture of the author legitam
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        • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
          If your article was posted on an article directory, then it's perfectly legitimate for someone to use it, so long as they preserve the back links. That is actually the main purpose of article directories - at least, I think it is.

          If your article was copied from your own site and backlinks added, then that's really a breach of your copyright - it's up to you if you allow it or ask for it to be taken down.
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          • Profile picture of the author joetheseo
            you could pay $99 for a DMCA take down notice...

            Or just spend 30 minutes writing a new article.

            I guess it depends on how much you like that content!


            (I'd just take the backlink and forget about it)
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            • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
              Originally Posted by joecrupie View Post

              you could pay $99 for a DMCA take down notice...

              )
              They're free.
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            • Profile picture of the author lhhe
              Originally Posted by joecrupie View Post

              you could pay $99 for a DMCA take down notice...
              It doesn't cost $99 for a DCMA notice to be filed, it's just a format for presenting your legitimate complaint to a host (I've done many - in my niches, it seems to be all too common to steal my articles yet conveniently removed the backlinks required for proper usage). I have no idea why you would think it costs $99 fee for complaining within your legit rights. Explain, please! :confused:
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            • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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              Originally Posted by joecrupie View Post

              you could pay $99 for a DMCA take down notice...

              Or just spend 30 minutes writing a new article.

              I guess it depends on how much you like that content!


              (I'd just take the backlink and forget about it)
              DMCA take down notices do not cost anything and they work.

              However, when someone gives me credit or links back, I take it. It's a win win as far as I'm concerned.
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  • Profile picture of the author scorpion
    Davey,
    I think you should be glad you got a backlink. Isn't that what we want? Probably, you have enabled a trackback in your blog posting. Backlinks bring traffic to your website and boost your ranking in the search engine results.
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    • Profile picture of the author joetheseo
      wow I feel like the average Internet user in the early 2000's ...

      I typed in

      DMCA.com - Digital Millennium Copyright Act Content Protection Service

      Lol.
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      • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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        Originally Posted by joecrupie View Post

        wow I feel like the average Internet user in the early 2000's ...

        I typed in

        DMCA.com - Digital Millennium Copyright Act Content Protection Service

        Lol.
        I see .... what a great domain. Worth a fortune, but you don't need a service to do that.

        Just send this to their host

        Subject: Notice of Copyright Infringement

        The copyrighted work at issue is the text that appears on original URL here

        The URLs where our copyrighted material is located is URL of copy

        You can reach me at your email address here for further information or clarification. My phone number is phone number here and my mailing address is address here.

        The email address of the website owner, who has reprinted our content illegally, is their email address here.

        I have a good faith belief that use of the copyrighted materials described above as allegedly infringing is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.

        I swear, under penalty of perjury, that the information in this notification is accurate and that I am the copyright owner or am authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

        Your name here
        Date here
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        • Profile picture of the author iAmJT
          Sounds like someone liked your article and linked back to you....in my opinion, a WIN!
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  • Profile picture of the author tonyleads
    This may also be a case where you used an article spinning service such as Unique Article Wizard where it syndicates your articles that you created and posts them on hundreds of blog sites or inter connected sites that are affiliated to Unique Article Wizard.

    The more the links on your content, the better. If you have not used an article syndication or spinning software it may be a good idea to look into one as they can give you hundreds of good follow anchor text backlinks that will improve your search engine results and send targeted traffic to your site or sites.
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  • Profile picture of the author Kierkegaard
    If your link is still on it that's OK.

    When your ebooks/reports are all over torrent sites it gets more annoying.
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