Suggestions For When Someone Copies Your WSO...

was whatever you were teaching 100% unique? Alot of WSO's are a mix and match of other wso's.

How "copied" is it?

If yours is a PDF, and their's is a video course, and it doesn't seem to be read from your pdf, then I don't think there is much you can do about it.

A lot of what is sold in the WSO forum is similar to one another.

I mean, how many way's can you say:

1. Find a market.
2. Find what they need.
3. Give it to them.

There are all kinds of aspects of it, of course.

So unless it is downright copy theft, then you can't do anything.

Otherwise, go to the helpdesk and report the WSO. That's all you can do.

Rob

Not sure there is much you can do unless they are copying the text word for word. It's a matter of pride and ethics; Some people have none. There are those who look for good selling WSOs and will try to knock them off almost immediately.

The fact is that some people, (not all by any means) do not have the creativity or experience to create a quality product of their own and they make a WSO business of hacking out substandard WSOs imitating others and foisting them off on newbies week after week.

The best thing to do is to create very high quality products that will be the very best on the topic. Remember, two can play at that game. While ideas can't be copyrighted, if you find people are coming very close to word for wording your material... well, be creative. They are bottom feeders and like I said, it's a matter of pride and they have none.

Some people will think I am being harsh and giving people hell. I'm not, they just think it's hell because they know the shoe fits. --Mike

Well if it's that unique, then report it to the helpdesk.

Send them a copy of your PDF and then buy a copy of the other guys PDF and send them that as well.

That will get them shut down if it's worded similarly enough.

But people in this thread are correct - you cannot patent/copyright/trademark idea's. If he takes your idea and rewords it completely until it's his own, then I'm afraid there isn't anything you can do about it.

Rob

"Based on" your WSO means that your unlikely to be able to respond hugely to this. As ccmusicman says there is very little copyright law that you can successfully uphold when it comes to the internet. Although if you can get an address (not email) you can send some pretty scary legal letters that might make them think twice.

I'm not sure you're going to be able to do much with this, most IM products are simply a rehash of another product these days. It all becomes very jumbled, and short of someone copying you word for word....

Copyright applies only to the created work, not ideas.

If the work is copied it's a problem, if the idea is copied...not much you can do.

Forget US Copyright laws... I am talking about here on the Warrior forum.

Are you guys newbies here?

Don't answer that...

Sorry but I've been here longer than you and know how the mods treat these issues.

We'll see how this turns out now, won't we? My ticket is open.
And lol @ "what if you're lying".. really?
LOL.

Congrats on losing your credibility and making my ignore list.

If you don't know that the point of a thread is to ask for suggestions, then maybe you shouldn't make threads.

I got the suggestion I need. I had forgotten about the helpdesk, so while the other comments were forgettable, at least that one was useful.

But I'm glad that you are okay with people suggesting that people who create threads might be "lying". I guess if people post that they think you might be lying, it might not bother you in the least. Right?

Hope some of you never find a WSO of your duplicated and ever have to ask for advice or make a complaint......