How do I deal with someone who copied my content?

Discussion in 'Legal Issues' started by powwka, Jun 5, 2007.

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    powwka, Jun 5, 2007 IP
  2. Cypherus

    Cypherus Peon

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    Since he hotlinked you, have some fun with him.

    Make a crazy picture that says something like "This blog is gay! FUCK THIS SITE" etc etc. Replace it with the picture they hotlinked!

    Anyways, it's a board. People don't really think that much when they write posts on boards..
     
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  3. powwka

    powwka Peon

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    I guess I could change the picture, but I would just have to remember to rename the original one and edit that page on my site, so my visitors aren't offended.
    It probably wouldn't do much good anyways since it looks like nobody visits his site.
     
    powwka, Jun 5, 2007 IP
  4. Slacker

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    If his site is inactive, I wouldn't worry too much about it
     
    Slacker, Jun 5, 2007 IP
  5. powwka

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    It would be nice not to worry about duplicate content penalties though...
     
    powwka, Jun 5, 2007 IP
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    Raisin Active Member

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    #6
    You won't receive any penalties since you were the first to post the content.
     
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    Really? Is that how it works? That would be great :D
     
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  8. Cypherus

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    #8
    If he was indexed with it first, of course..
     
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    chant Well-Known Member

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    Find out where he lives, go knock on his door, tell him who you are and then say "Be seeing you real soon."

    He won't sleep soundly for a long time after that.
     
    chant, Jun 6, 2007 IP
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    ansi Well-Known Member

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    #10
    replace the hotlinked images with goatse or tubgirl :)
     
    ansi, Jun 6, 2007 IP
  11. mulbane

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    #11
    do a whois look up and find out who the hosting company is. It's simple to claim copyright infringement and get a hosting company to force the site owner into compliance.

    Cheers!
     
    mulbane, Jun 6, 2007 IP
  12. sweetfunny

    sweetfunny Banned

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    Who had it first has nothing to do with it, its the more authorative site that will rank and the other will most likely go supplemential.

    I'd definately swap images.
     
    sweetfunny, Jun 9, 2007 IP
  13. Igloo

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    #13
    This has been removed off our site. The post you can see is an old site that is going off line in a few days after being inactive for a few months.

    This guide was given to us by someone else, we were unaware that this was copyrighted material. If we had of recieved the email, (which we didn't), the content would have been removed immediately.

    We are sorry for any inconvience.
     
    Igloo, Jul 21, 2007 IP
  14. powwka

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    Yeah I got an error when I tried to email you, so I just dropped it. Thanks for taking it down.
     
    powwka, Jul 21, 2007 IP
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    Best thing to do when that situation arises from what my lawyers told me is first try to contact the owner to take it down and give them one week if it is not taken down send them 2 cease and desist letters one about the exact content and the second about stealing your content in general. This usually scares most people into not touching your sites content again.
     
    primeelite, Jul 22, 2007 IP
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    #16
    Very noble gesture Igloo, and very decent of you to signup and post in this manner. If only everyone were like that on the internet!


    :D
     
    krispy1812, Jul 23, 2007 IP
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    #17
    Not to worry just be cool :)
     
    lhaizza, Sep 22, 2007 IP
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    Bad idea.. its funny but it also brings down the quality of your site.. I remember seeing those kind of hotlinked images and I got disgusted by the site that was behind it.
     
    Nora, Sep 23, 2007 IP
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    tushardhoot1 Active Member

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    #19
    This, and people will also report your site to google saying you host images like that. It has, and will happen if you do that.
     
    tushardhoot1, Sep 23, 2007 IP
  20. TroyM

    TroyM Well-Known Member

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    #20
    Contact the Content Thief
    Contact Advertisers
    Request a Ban from Search Engines
    Finding Stolen Content and Copyright Infringements
     
    TroyM, Oct 13, 2007 IP