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Content Copyrighting
Someone Copied Your Content Online
If you discover someone has stolen your content, you should act quickly to have it removed. Since copyright laws vary from place to place, it is always best to seek professional legal advice from a qualified lawyer before proceeding. Here are some steps to consider
Responding to Plagiarism Checlist
- Look for contact details on the offending site and send a polite message asking for the material to be removed. If there are no contact details available, try emailing
webmaster@the domain. - Use a Whois service to find out the website owner’s name and telephone number and contact them directly. Enter the domain name in the search box and the contact information should appear towards the bottom of the page.
- Contact the web hosting company used by the site and inform them of their customer’s abuse. This information is also available through a Whois search.
- Send a formal ‘Cease and Desist’ letter notifying the offending party that they must remove the stolen content from their site. Some sample letters are available on the web.
- File a notice of Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) infringement with search engines such as Google and others to have the offending site removed from their search results.
- If you need proof of infringement, you can use the Internet Archive to show that the content appeared on your site at an earlier date than it appeared on the offending site.
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Copyscape For Plagiarism Checking
I used http://www.copyscape.com/ premium service to check all the pages in each site I create to ensure non of the content is copyrighted. Generally, SOMETHING on the net will closely match what you have written, even if it was original content straight from the top of your head to the keyboard. Below 8 ‘similar’ instances is a good place to be on the content. Always double check the company that is writing your content and always double check your own content writing for duplicates.
Sometimes, the duplicate content is because someone else is using what you wrote. If they are, you can use the above checklist from Copyscape to help get control over the plagiarism.
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