Plagiarism

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by Zafar Ahmed, Dec 26, 2007.

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    Zafar Ahmed Active Member

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    Even worst, look what I got from Ezine.

     
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    That does suck. First of all, contact whoever stole your article and demand that it is removed. Be polite and reasonable, but be assertive. Secondly, contact EzineArticles and show them that YOU were the original writer of that piece, and show them where it is published on your site and where it's published on the copycat's site - show them that, according to the date and time, it was on your site first.

    I'm not quite sure, but I have people copying and scraping my content on a daily basis. I usually just contact the copycats, explain the situation and tell them that what they're doing is illegal, and they'll remove it.
     
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    I have sent E-mail to Ezine and explained everything :) - this has caused me a lot of inconvenience.
     
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    That sucks big time.. Happens to everyone.
     
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    I hope the owner of that website is on DP. Does anyone knows him?
     
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    Thank you Chetan.


    I have PM'ed him.
     
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    Nothing worse than having your content used and no credit for it...hmmmm
     
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    Indeed yes, I have put the copyscape sign on www.howdatingworks.net - I am not sure if this helps get rid of plagiarism.
     
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    vnairp11 Well-Known Member

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    so wat would you like me to do remove it or give credit to the post, i didn't know sorry. Im not responsible for what my members post on my site, I don't know where they accquire it from unless it is me posting it. So i can delete that thread for you or pur ur website and give credit. just let me know.
     
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    rules of the forum before registering.. so u can't take any action against me for this.. I can only help you edit or remove it :).

    "Although the administrators and moderators of The Tech Life will attempt to keep all objectionable messages off this forum, it is impossible for us to review all messages. All messages express the views of the author, and neither the owners of The Tech Life, nor Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd. (developers of vBulletin) will be held responsible for the content of any message.

    By agreeing to these rules, you warrant that you will not post any messages that are obscene, vulgar, sexually-oriented, hateful, threatening, or otherwise violative of any laws.

    The owners of The Tech Life reserve the right to remove, edit, move or close any thread for any reason."
     
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    Obviously, yours is the original simply by looking at the date of posts. You post your article on 21st December, while the copycat posted the article on the 24th.

    That's very rude indeed.
     
    bluewriter, Dec 28, 2007 IP
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    yes i noticed that.. awaiting to take appropriate action after ur response
     
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    The person who has posted our article on your forum is a administrator, she/he is not a random member.

    I would appreciate if you can give credit to howdatingworks.net. If not, please remove it ASAP.
     
    Zafar Ahmed, Dec 28, 2007 IP
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    this is the power of communication, problems can be resolve through it.
     
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    it doesn't matter if the person is an admin or not it is still a user and you are contacting me (a different user) about it. I gave credit to the site hyper linked as well as text. you have to be logged into see hyperlinked text.

    I apologize on the user's behalf.
     
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    If the admins of your forum are posting content that they have no rights to, that is your liability. You may not be responsible for regular members but the admins represent your site, you are responsible for their actions, because you have appointed them
     
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    Personally I don't think he copied it. I think it was done through means of an autoblog. Many people in the BUY/SELL/TRADE subforum offer creations of autoblogs and they do this by using others feeds. I myself have gotten into a few problems because of people creating autoblogs for me that were stealing content. I then contacted the websites and told them I was sorry and removed them from the feeds.
    This being said , even if they do use it they should get your approval first (it could be useful to you as it might get you more traffic if they have a linkback in the post...thats what I do.)
     
    Subesh, Dec 29, 2007 IP