Let me tell you..........I got this website and I wrote 100's of majorly unique articles for the niche. My site is like no other of the niche in the world. I made sure of this. It was like 1 hours a day for a year of writing. Now every week I'm finding that sites that copy word for word. Full pages that are identical along with domains that are exactly the same except for a - or something. Its starting to piss me off now. The question is everyone says that unique writing is good, but what the hell do we do when someone is taking everything. How can you defend against this crap?
u should use copyscape premium and contact the host of these guys and suspend their accounts, first try to contact the copycat website owner and ask for the removal of the copied content.
File a DMCA takedown request with the site and its host. Directions here: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2005/09/29/how-to-write-an-effective-dmca-notice/ You can also file a DMCA request with Google, for them to remove the site from their index. Instructions here: http://www.google.com/dmca.html (Follow the directions exactly, including Faxing your signature)
I have to agree with Nonny. If you notify the webhost they have to take action to remedy the infringement or they will lose the immunity from being sued provided to them by US law. -Gene
I once found a site that copied one of mine exactly, the only difference was one letter in the domain name. I contacted them and got no response. I then contacted their host and said look at their site and then look at mine etc etc. The very next day I checked that site and it was just a message saying "this account has been suspended if you are the owner of this site etc etc" Then a few days later I saw that it was back up again but this time it was completely different. Yes, it is a pain in the arse and I too get sick of all the lazy cheaters and thieves out there who can't seem to come up with anything on their own.
I always wondered if one takes one page of another and give the source of where the webmaster got it and a link back to the site - would that count as stealing or not? You are pointing back to the website and acknowledging that this is somebody else's work. Is that good or not? I see it all the time on different sites and blogs.
I've always wondered that myself... I have no idea as to the correct answer but in my mind, I would think if you clearly define the author/source and provide a link to the web site, I don't think it is stealing. I could be wrong but wouldn't stealing be claiming the work as your own knowing full well that it is not? Not to mention, if your site isn't illegal, promote hate, violence, piracy, illegal activities, (things like that) I would think the source website would appreciate a back link to their own site.
It is stealing. Unless you have permission to put up the page, then it is stealing. While you can quote parts of the page in your own page (under fair use), you cannot copy the entire work even if you are providing a link and attributing.
Well, some will be mad about that and others don't. As for myself, I would never argue if the person used my url as the first reference to the article. That is fine. I would not consider that stealing because in order to be really guilty of stealing you have to intend to take it behind someone's back. Giving credit don't not sound rude at all.
Actually, to be guilty of stealing you have to take without intending to give it back However, a lot of people share your view about that grave. I for one am not one of them. Think of it like this, you record a song, someone puts a copy on their website for download for free, but credits you as the maker, what are you going to do? You are loosing a ton of money, but hey, they credited you right? I realize that is a bit different scenario, but, it goes with it at the same time. Now, someone asks me first, and says they will link to my site on that page in a conspicuous place (such as at the beginning of the article) thats a whole different story and I would probably say yes. Merely asking first goes a long way with me lol. IPwatchdog, I agree with you about hosts loosing their little bit of immunity. I got a DMCA in the mail the other day, very first thing I did was hit Suspend. Then emailed the client and told them if they want their account back on they have to remove the content, or get with the person making the complaint and find another sort of resolution. We have a reasonable time to act, however, whats reasonable to me (say I just tell my client to remove it in an email) and whats reasonable to the complainer are 2 different things. And then there is a judge involved, therefor effectively taking my immunity and throwing it out the window. I do not comply with emailed DMCA requests, and I have told 4 people that before, and never received them in the mail. There have been a lot of fraud DMCA's sent through email. Edit: (Off Topic) Grave, I joined that webmaster forum you had in your sig )
In Australia we have the fair usage law for copyright which allows you to take some of an article either for quoting some part of it or you can legally take a whole article as long as you are making comments about the article such as adding more facts to it or putting your own theories/criticisms. I believe most countries with copyright laws have the same loopholes in them.
if it was me i would be pissed of aswell if someone kept stealing my work just like nonny said file an DMCA report and get them take down, hope i helped -twin 08-