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Copying Ezine Articles.

by walesfootball
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I've recently found one of my ezine articles has been copied onto a personalised/retail website, it doesn't contain any of my credits or links and has been edited very slightly, its about 99% of the original article.
I Just wondered if this is allowed, I'm not interested in a protracted argument, and I would have been happy to have any articles reproduced if they contained my link or credits.
I Just wondered what was the deal when this kind of thing happens.
Thanks for your help.
#articles #copying #ezine
  • Profile picture of the author thebitbotdotcom
    Start by contacting them and asking them to take it down nicely referencing the DMCA. This usually works.
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  • Profile picture of the author peter.max
    It is interesting what you sometimes find when you take a paragraph of your article and put it into Google. Amazing what pops up. I do that every now and again
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    • Profile picture of the author walesfootball
      Yes, I was more surprised than anything else, especially when I noticed someone else had claimed to be the author, but I guess it happens all the time.
      I just wondered what the general rules were regarding articles and copyright.
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      • Profile picture of the author leclaims
        I would try and contact the webmaster of the site that has your content posted and request that they remove it. This works more often than not.
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      • Profile picture of the author Alexa Smith
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        Originally Posted by walesfootball View Post

        I just wondered what the general rules were regarding articles and copyright.
        That's a huge and very different question from your original one. (I'm "just saying"!).

        But it's perfectly clear, in this specific instance, that your copyright has been violated, and (at least in theory) you have legal remedies available.

        It may well be, as suggested above, that initially a polite but firm email requesting the addition of your resource-box but alluding to the possibility of a DMCA notice with copies to his ISP, host and Google, is the way forward.

        (I'm not a lawyer, nor even willing to play one on TV - but will consider judicial roles for an appropriate fee).
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  • Profile picture of the author mookinman
    I've had whole catalogues of products (t-shirt designs) ripped off by numerous websites. All I get when i contact them is no response, and I have no time to visit them in person to let them know my thoughts & feelings on the subject!
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