Does Your Work get Stolen?

14 years ago

I guess it's part of the game. And it probably explains why the IM world is not a "find the right product, promote it for a few days/weeks/months, get rich, retire". From the advice we get here at WF, IM is way of life, not a short path to retirement.

I hope I'm wrong, though.

just my 2 cents. I'm looking forward to much better informed people here for their answers.

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Aussie_Al 14 years ago

My first info product was a 2 dvd set and sold pretty well

Imagine my horror when I found one of my customers had added it to a bunch of file sharing sites!

As soon as you put something out in public chances are its going to get stolen or copied, that's just the chance you have to take
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coco28

14 years ago

I would say make your article work for you - meaning, add an anchor text keyword rich link back to your site in your article. So if people copy/paste your article, at least you get a backlink.

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humbledmarket

Banned 14 years ago

With an ebook you can disable copy paste and password protect it however as for content on the web.

You can copyright your content but that won't stop people from copying it. you can however take legal action but it might be quite time intensive and costly.

I personally would occasionally search copyscape for duplicate of your content and then contact the web owners and authority for take down or a proper DMCA form. However usually I wouldn't bother unless it's really ripping off all my content.

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phmoisan

14 years ago

I just remembered some advice I saw somewhere here at WF months ago ( probably end of 2009 ).

Don't waste time trying to stop people from stealing. You probably won't get any good results out of your efforts. Try to keep a positive attitude about. Keep building your business. Your list will follow you, and won't care about those stealing stuff from you. They might now even know, for the most part.

Just my 2 cents.

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Aussie_Al

14 years ago

Originally Posted by phmoisan

I just remembered some advice I saw somewhere here at WF months ago ( probably end of 2009 ).

Don't waste time trying to stop people from stealing. You probably won't get any good results out of your efforts. Try to keep a positive attitude about. Keep building your business. Your list will follow you, and won't care about those stealing stuff from you. They might now even know, for the most part.

Just my 2 cents.

I agree and thats the best way of looking at it

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BPIcash 14 years ago

it sounds unethical, but i "could" be shady like other IM'ers and copy people's work for my free squidoo and link my main site at the bottom.

prob won't because i have over 40 article ideas and i just started brain storming 2 days ago.
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Banned 14 years ago

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BPIcash 14 years ago

Thank you. I love the support and answers im getting here. I appreciate it!
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Rough Outline

14 years ago

Unfortunately it's just part of the game. Nothing you can really do.

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John Durham

14 years ago

Locks are made for thieves... I don't even lock my car doors. Thieves are alot smarter than me about what they do.

Who cares... your authenticity will attract what is yours to you, and their thievery will attract what is coming to them.

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George Wright

14 years ago

I've seen WSOs where some one comes in and says in a post. Why should we pay for this when we can get it free here, then they give the link to where the WSO can be downloaded.

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JesseJames

14 years ago

With squidoo and free blogs you have no protection, and unfortunately its going to happen. With your own website though, I know there is a way to disable copy and paste functions with javascript.

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BPIcash 14 years ago

thanks jesse! my problem is i dont know jack (bad word) about websites, html, or scripts/coding. my goals is purchase domain from go daddy, and host at host gator.

i will then upload the word press software and learn how to play with that...i guess. i donno.

im in the dark but im determined. got my niche, its in something i do daily so writing is very easy. and a 200-400 word article is EASY with my knowledge and experience .

i just need to get my .com or .net .org (what ever!!) set up
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dvduval

14 years ago

People will run our script without a license but we get them taken down and they often lose their hosting or domain name. The penalty can be worse than doing it the right way.

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Steven Carl Kelly

14 years ago

My products get stolen all the time. I don't bother trying to track down the violators, my time is worth more than that. Generally speaking, the people who would snag my stuff for free probably wouldn't pay for it in the first place.

I take the advice of one of my favorite mentors: keep moving. I'd rather concentrate on my next product.

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Broyde

14 years ago

When you put the copyright symbol on your page that copyrights it.

To copyright you can also print the work you want to copyright and mail it to yourself and let the envelope with the postmark remain sealed until you need to use it to take legal action. And if you get to court and it is proved that what you had in the envelope is the older document you will win.

Other than that, you can take you pages to an attorney who will know what to do with it, but mailing it to yourself will do it.

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Steven Carl Kelly

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Broyde

When you put the copyright symbol on your page that copyrights it.

You don't even have to do that in the US. Since 1978 there has been no formal requirement to use the copyright mark on your works.

Originally Posted by Broyde

To copyright you can also print the work you want to copyright and mail it to yourself and let the envelope with the postmark remain sealed until you need to use it to take legal action. And if you get to court and it is proved that what you had in the envelope is the older document you will win.

This is INCORRECT. It's called the "poor man's copyright" and it is a MYTH.

In the United States, your work MUST be registered in order to sue over it. You can still send a C&D because the work is, indeed, copyrighted once it is set in a fixed medium -- but you can't recover anything in the way of damages UNLESS the work is registered.

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1960Texan

14 years ago

Originally Posted by Broyde

To copyright you can also print the work you want to copyright and mail it to yourself and let the envelope with the postmark remain sealed until you need to use it to take legal action. And if you get to court and it is proved that what you had in the envelope is the older document you will win.

Originally Posted by Steven Carl Kelly

This is INCORRECT. It's called the "poor man's copyright" and it is a MYTH.

In the United States, your work MUST be registered in order to sue over it. You can still send a C&D because the work is, indeed, copyrighted once it is set in a fixed medium -- but you can't recover anything in the way of damages UNLESS the work is registered.

I'm surprised at how many people still believe in the envelope myth. I'm a songwriter, and remember having this conversation over twenty-five years ago with an older, more experienced writer who believed in that myth. His eyes widened in recognition of the truth when I asked

"What's to keep you from mailing an unsealed envelope to yourself? By that reasoning I could do that today, and a few years from now when someone wins a Grammy for best song, all I have to do is write down the lyrics, seal the envelope and steal their song!"

Will

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sbucciarel

Banned 14 years ago

You can't prevent people from ripping off your content but you don't have to tolerate it either.

Just file a DMCA notice with their host if they steal your content. Instructions and sample DMCA here:

http://domainingdiva.com/legal-issue...ipoff-artists/

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Steven Fullman

14 years ago

Short answer: yes.

Longer answer: yes, but I find out who's "sharing" my stuff.

Longest answer: I *hate* the resignation here...yes, stuff gets shared (bad)...and, yes, sometimes that can be a *good* thing (think:viral)...but it's neither difficult nor time consuming to find the culprit (it's usually one)

In my experience, "sharing" doesn't affect bottom line...it may even increase it...but that's my experience...don't take it as gospel truth.

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BPIcash

14 years ago

thanks for all the helpful info. i wouldnt want to sue anyone. all they could do is copy my writing and post it on their site. im not creating a product so im not worried. my site is for affiliate marketing.

so it would feel nice to just email the host and google adsense letting em know a clients website is hosting my stolen content. that would suffice.

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sbucciarel

Banned 14 years ago

Originally Posted by BPIcash

thanks for all the helpful info. i wouldnt want to sue anyone. all they could do is copy my writing and post it on their site. im not creating a product so im not worried. my site is for affiliate marketing.

so it would feel nice to just email the host and google adsense letting em know a clients website is hosting my stolen content. that would suffice.

You cannot just email the host. Unless you file the DMCA notice, the host will not take down the material. A DMCA is not the same as sueing but is very effective at getting copyrighted material removed.

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BPIcash 14 years ago

exactly. thats what i meant. i have your link/site up now . so thats what i meant. so thank you!!
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Istvan Horvath 14 years ago

Originally Posted by BPIcash

i wouldnt want to sue anyone. all they could do is copy my writing and post it on their site.

Since you have mentioned article marketing, which means submitting your existing and future articles to article directories - it might be worth to clarify a VERY IMPORTANT thing:

Anybody can take your articles from article directories and publish it on their site, provided they keep the "toolbox". It is called syndication. It is not stealing. By offering your articles to directories, practically, you are asking for syndication
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- SledgeHammer 14 years ago
  
  And also when we are submitting to article directories the ownership lies with the article directories. Losing your ownership is equivalent to theft.
  
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xiaoayuan

14 years ago

Using copyscape checker, I just found my article was posted on some other’s website, all my anchor links were removed. I feel a little angry. But as you mentioned, it happens. So I just let it go.

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1960Texan

14 years ago

Back to the original question, Re: Does Your Work get Stolen?

All the time, unfortunately. There will always be people who think nothing of stealing your work, your money, your possessions, or your life. We call these people evil a$$h0les.

Will

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