where do I report stolen articles?

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I just did a search on Yahoo site explorer out of curiosity to see what backlinks I had for one of my sites. In the list I came across a blog that literally stole one of my blog articles, WORD FOR WORD, copied it and pasted it on their blog and claiming it as there own.

So my question is, can anyone here please tell me where I can report this?
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  • Profile picture of the author Raydal
    You report to the blog owner but not much else you can do.

    I had the same thing happen for a couple of my articles and
    you son find out that the fight is not worth it all. You stress
    yourself over something that brings back little in return. If
    you article was banned by an article directory because of
    this then you can prove that the article belongs to you to
    get back in good favors. But spend your energies elsewhere
    is what I would advice.

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    • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
      Yes, you can't stress yourself out over it because it will happen but I don't agree that it's not worth at least attempting to have it taken down. It only takes a few minutes to serve the owner of the blog with a DMCA notice and if that doesn't make them remove it, send notice to their host.

      It may not result in it being removed but I do think that we need to not roll over and make it easy for the dirtbags to do this to us. Often, the notices will be enough to scare off the run-of-the-mill content thieves and at least serves notice that we are monitoring it.

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      • Profile picture of the author Raydal
        Originally Posted by TMG Enterprises View Post

        Yes, you can't stress yourself out over it because it will happen but I don't agree that it's not worth at least attempting to have it taken down. It only takes a few minutes to serve the owner of the blog with a DMCA notice and if that doesn't make them remove it, send notice to their host.

        It may not result in it being removed but I do think that we need to not roll over and make it easy for the dirtbags to do this to us. Often, the notices will be enough to scare off the run-of-the-mill content thieves and at least serves notice that we are monitoring it.

        Tina
        Well, its easy to deal with one blogger, but in my case I had hundreds
        of sites that had posted my stolen articles so you have to still weigh
        the effort vs. the returns.

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        • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
          Originally Posted by Raydal View Post

          Well, its easy to deal with one blogger, but in my case I had hundreds
          of sites that had posted my stolen articles so you have to still weigh
          the effort vs. the returns.

          -Ray Edwards
          Geesh, yeah, time expended would weigh into it...lol. That is sad that there are that many out there that will do it.

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        • Profile picture of the author Floyd Fisher
          Originally Posted by Raydal View Post

          Well, its easy to deal with one blogger, but in my case I had hundreds
          of sites that had posted my stolen articles so you have to still weigh
          the effort vs. the returns.

          -Ray Edwards
          This is why you send DMCA notices to search engines requesting delisting.

          That way, if the hosting doesn't take it down, the search engines cut them off at the knees, solving the problem quickly and efficiently without the expense of lawyers.
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          • Profile picture of the author JeffMitchell
            I have wandered that myself. What can really be done to solve problems as such.


            But one thing that you may want to ask the blog owner is if he was simply wanting to use the content that he should be leaving your signature information in tact.

            Depending on how long he has been in the industry, they may not understand exactly how things work when it comes to syndicating content.

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            • Profile picture of the author Tina Golden
              It's not syndication when you lift it off someone's blog. Syndication is when you get it from an article directory or have the person's permission to reprint.

              Anyone with an ounce of common sense knows better than to simply take someone's content. I just don't buy that this would ever be an honest mistake.

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    • Profile picture of the author rosetrees
      First, email the blog owner and ask them to remove the article. If they don't, see if you can find the whois details and see who their web host is. Then contact the web host. They might be able to help.
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      • Profile picture of the author McBrett
        @dbonline The person that stole your content is a douche bag... no doubt about it.

        But honestly, I would forget about it.

        Unless you've got money to hire a lawyer, there's nothing you can really do about it. And if the blog owner lives abroad it's unlikely a lawyer can even help.

        Plagiarism is a risk to publishing content online. You've got to take the good along with the bad I guess.

        One thing you can do it to add a link back to your homepage at the bottom of each post in your blog. That way if it's a automated content stealing blog at least you'll get a link back to your homepage.

        Keep on keepin' on my man!
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  • Profile picture of the author sbucciarel
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    DMCA notice to the host will do the trick. Normally, I contact the thief first and give them an opportunity to remove it themselves.

    Here's the instructions for that
    http://domainingdiva.com/legal-issues/what-you-can-do-about-paypal-dispute-ripoff-artists/
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  • Profile picture of the author dbonline
    Turns out it's more than just one article, this person has literally stolen several of my articles from one particular blog, word for word. What's really sad is this person's blog has Adsense on it and it appears his blog has been up and running for over 10 months. How do people get away with such nonsense?

    I've managed to find out who his host is through a basic WHOIS search. There is no contact information on the site, how convenient?? His email address is however in the WHOIS search results. When I click on the "About" page it is the default wordpress generated page "This is an example of a WordPress page..." etc...

    I will give the owner a chance to remove my articles within 24 hours and if I get no response or don't see them removed I guess I'll have to take other legal measures.
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  • Profile picture of the author Floyd Fisher
    Originally Posted by dbonline View Post

    I just did a search on Yahoo site explorer out of curiosity to see what backlinks I had for one of my sites. In the list I came across a blog that literally stole one of my blog articles, WORD FOR WORD, copied it and pasted it on their blog and claiming it as there own.

    So my question is, can anyone here please tell me where I can report this?
    What you have to do is file a DMCA takedown notice with the hosting, and the major search engines.

    This way, if the hosting company does not suspend the website, the search engines will delist it. Either way, problem solved.
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  • Profile picture of the author Bellthorpe
    Someone in Russia ripped off the text, almost in its entirety, from the front page of one of my sites.

    DCMA? They would laugh, and I'd likely be the recipient of DoS attacks. I did report them to Google however for having too many ad blocks, and Google made them take some away.

    But I don't lose any sleep over it. It's just not worth it. He has a crappy site, with a PR of 2 (mine is 6). Typical searches show my site as the top entry every time, whereas his don't make the first (or fifth) page.

    I'm over it.
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  • Profile picture of the author enterprisemind
    I just recently had this same problem. Thanks for the information about serving them with a DMCA notice. I will jump on that immediately.
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