So I found out today that someone is copying all of my blog posts onto their website. They do post links to mine but they are still copying all of my content. I have sent them an email to take everything down. If they don't comply what are my options? Do I contact the host of the website or the registrar? Can I get them to take down the site? Please help. Thanks a lot. Sean
Sean, I wrote a blog post awhile back that answers your question exactly. Here it is: http://www.explodethenet.com/a-6-st...le-from-stealing-your-website-content-10.html Hope that helps!
Simply report that guy to google through webmaster tools. and then hi shosting to take his site down.
No, if he provides links, and the content has no copyright, he has every right to do that. Make sure to add a free copyright, or you can't tell him to take it down. All of the posts that he has already copied, you can do nothing about.
show your blog content here, also show who copy your site... i mean url... so we can take a look for that...
Sorry, but that is incorrect. In the US and many other countries, content is automatically copyrighted the instant it is published, unless otherwise noted.
If it is just your average spam blog IMO it is not worth your time to try and deal with it. Another 10 are bound to pop up where the other left off and soon you will be spending all your time sending DMCA's notices and none of it blogging. You are definitely within your rights though to get them to remove the content.
He is just going to make money off him, that's the whole point. As well as re-writing articles, I know how it would feel and it sucks. If you really wanted to you could contact the host, and i'm sure they would at least suspend the account. You can also contact some sort of small claims agency if you really wanted. Good luck, it sucks doesn't it?
Add the following code in <head> : <SCRIPT language=JavaScript> var msg="Copyright Protected"; function disableIE() {if (document.all) {alert(msg);return false;} } function disableNS(e) { if (document.layers||(document.getElementById&&!document.all)) { if (e.which==2||e.which==3) {alert(msg);return false;} } } if (document.layers) { document.captureEvents(Event.MOUSEDOWN);document.onmousedown=disableNS; } else { document.onmouseup=disableNS;document.oncontextmenu=disableIE; } document.oncontextmenu=new Function("alert(msg);return false") </SCRIPT> <script> <!-- if (window!= top) top.location.href=location.href // --> </script> <script language="JavaScript1.2"> function disabletextselect(i){ return false } function renabletextselect(){ return true } //if IE4+ document.onselectstart=new Function ("return false") //if NS6+ if (window.sidebar){ document.onmousedown=disabletextselect document.onclick=renabletextselect } </script> Code (markup): and thats it: no more problems. It works in firefox and IE! (havent tried in other browsers)