WordPress.com Forums » Tag: stolen content - Recent Posts http://en.forums.wordpress.com/tags/stolen-content WordPress.com Forums » Tag: stolen content - Recent Posts en Fri, 24 May 2013 10:48:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.1-alpha-2539 timethief on "Stolen Content" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stolen-content-3#post-1207616 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:40:47 +0000 timethief 1207616@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ To let WordPress.com ToS Staff know that a blog is reproducing your material in an unauthorized manner you will need to file a formal DMCA notice by following the instructions found here: http://automattic.com/dmca.

]]> timethief on "Stolen Content" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stolen-content-3#post-1207612 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:38:38 +0000 timethief 1207612@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Please see http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/

]]> hopefulfuture21 on "Stolen Content" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stolen-content-3#post-1207611 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:38:05 +0000 hopefulfuture21 1207611@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I am posting here because while my own blog is a self-hoste wordpress.org site, the blog I am complaining about is hosted at wordpress.com

]]> hopefulfuture21 on "Stolen Content" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stolen-content-3#post-1207604 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:36:39 +0000 hopefulfuture21 1207604@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Today, I found a blog that is using a post of mine in it's entirety along with a photo of my son, without my consent.

After viewing more pages on their site it is clear that this is ALL that the "blogger" is doing - using content taken from other sites and then adding some spam links at the end of it.

How can I get this taken care of?

http://kivetasuralu.wordpress.com/ is the spam site

this is the post they stole from me
http://kivetasuralu.wordpress.com/2013/04/03/5-ways-to-prepare-your-toddler-to-be-an-older-sibling/
and this is the post on my site (published the day before)
http://www.beautythroughimperfection.com/2013/04/02/5-ways-to-prepare-your-toddler-to-be-an-older-sibling/

]]> supportbot on "Stolen Content" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stolen-content-3#post-1207605 Wed, 03 Apr 2013 17:36:39 +0000 supportbot 1207605@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ The blog you specified at http://www.beautythroughimperfection.com does not appear to be hosted at WordPress.com.

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]]> 1tess on "Reporting abuse and copyright violation" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reporting-abuse-and-copyright-violation#post-1039991 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 16:08:08 +0000 1tess 1039991@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Here is info about copyright infringement:
http://en.support.wordpress.com/prevent-content-theft/
http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dmca

]]> auxclass on "Reporting abuse and copyright violation" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reporting-abuse-and-copyright-violation#post-1039936 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 14:20:58 +0000 auxclass 1039936@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ This is an easy first step

http://en.wordpress.com/report-spam/

Some more info: http://en.support.wordpress.com/report-blogs/

]]> bwilm on "Reporting abuse and copyright violation" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reporting-abuse-and-copyright-violation#post-1039923 Sun, 14 Oct 2012 13:54:36 +0000 bwilm 1039923@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I want report a copyright infringement on this blog. There is no mail address available to contact the user.
My photo is used without permission and I want it to be deleted. Thanks for your help !
http://tatertots.wordpress.com/2010/03/01/via-brbel/#respond

the original is here on my flickr stream:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barb210/4395573716/in/photostream

]]> stanton5 on "Reporting abuse and copyright violation" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/reporting-abuse-and-copyright-violation#post-1000957 Fri, 07 Sep 2012 03:52:43 +0000 stanton5 1000957@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I wish to report that the owner of "Thankyouforyourthyme.wordpress.com" is using one of my pictures without my permission in order to insult me

http://thankyouforyourthyme.wordpress.com/2010/10/06/placoderp/#comment-589
The original picture is here
http://avancna.deviantart.com/art/Galeaspida-35807161
I tried to contact the blog's owner, but he refuses to respond.
Is it possible if I can ask a site administrator to remove the offending blog article?
Blog url: http://thelostmonograph.wordpress.com/

]]> timethief on "Creating Traffic" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/creating-traffic#post-563537 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:27:50 +0000 timethief 563537@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Addendum: The blog linked to your username is not a free hosted blog from and being free hosted by wordpress.COM. We provide support only for those with free hosted blogs from and being free hosted by wordpress.COM on this forum. The correct forum for you to post to is here > http://wordpress.ORG/support/

Note that all I stated above is correct. My advice it to delete all stolen content from your splog before the owners of that content file a DMCA complaint take down notice with your web host.

]]> timethief on "Creating Traffic" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/creating-traffic#post-563536 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 19:22:08 +0000 timethief 563536@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ No! If you do not have the advance written permission of the creators of the content and are bot complying with their terms of use then you are in violation of copyright.

Citing the source is not helpful to those who created the content you stole. In fact it amounts to stealing their content and their traffic too.

Why the heck would anyone click the link and read the whole darn thing on the original sites if they just read it on the splog (spam you created? This very bad stuff you are into and it can have terrible consequences for you. Read the wordpress.com ToS and get with the program please before your blog is reported and deleted.

The convention regarding copyright is the same in cyberspace as it is in the print world. Whether or not the creator posts a copyright notice they own their intellectual work in its entirety. You may post only a brief quote attributing the correct author followed by a link to the original article and that's it. You cannot ever post a whole article without receiving the prior written permission of it's author and complying with their terms of use.

]]> jdrichecky on "Creating Traffic" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/creating-traffic#post-563515 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 18:38:23 +0000 jdrichecky 563515@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Lately, I've been reading a lot of articles in magazines and online then posting them to my blog. Is this an effective way of generating traffic? I don't want to get caught with plagiarism so I cite each article I post appropriately. All I want to do is create a following for my blog. Am I on the right track?

]]> raincoaster on "Stolen Content" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stolen-content-1#post-535636 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 22:54:10 +0000 raincoaster 535636@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Well, we can't say because we don't know where that Copyright infringement button goes, do we? Hover your cursor over it and see where it goes. If it's an email, it won't kill you to fire off an email. But you're better off contacting their web HOST, who will take it up with them.

]]> edwinridout on "Stolen Content" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stolen-content-1#post-535502 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:57:52 +0000 edwinridout 535502@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ If you're not particularly worried, and already don't trust the safety of the button on their website, then just forget about it. Life's too short.

]]> journeyphotographic on "Stolen Content" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/stolen-content-1#post-535474 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:18:19 +0000 journeyphotographic 535474@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've recently become aware that at least one of my blog posts and pictures has been scraped by another site. The site in question (not linked, because I don't particularly feel like sending them more traffic) has a prominent 'copyright infringement? clink here' button at the bottom of the page, which requests the site URL and a comment.

I'm not particularly worried about this, and I'm aware of the general process to follow in these cases (as outlined http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/ etc), but I wanted to pick the collective brains of the volunteers here on the wisdom of using the 'copyright infringement' button to contact them, since I don't trust the site (for obvious reasons). Is contacting them via this form wise? Something just seems (more) fishy about it, and I don't want to inadvertently encourage them or help them generate any revenue from this.

]]> t3ck on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission/page/2#post-336760 Wed, 06 May 2009 02:42:57 +0000 t3ck 336760@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @faelenath

Correct Splogs illegally copy other peoples posts.

]]> faelenath on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission/page/2#post-336759 Wed, 06 May 2009 02:38:03 +0000 faelenath 336759@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ So, are splogs illegally copying your posts?

]]> t3ck on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission/page/2#post-336564 Tue, 05 May 2009 18:04:23 +0000 t3ck 336564@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ @rainbowsoul

I use to get discouraged when I was new here when a splog
would steal my content but now I just look at as a article
promotion since legit readers will find your article through
these splogs. ;)

]]> faelenath on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission/page/2#post-336488 Tue, 05 May 2009 14:00:07 +0000 faelenath 336488@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I have also been stolen from repeatedly recently.

Several times (at least 5 times) here: http://art-investment.demo-research.com
Once here: http://www.wmspace.net/

I've sent away two letters of infringement - it clearly says in each of my posts and at the top of the site that my work is strictly not to be used by others. I suppose it's time to play the waiting game now.

]]> raincoaster on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission/page/2#post-336440 Tue, 05 May 2009 11:49:43 +0000 raincoaster 336440@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Of course there's something you can do. You can find out where the site is hosted and have it taken down, you can report it to the site supplying the ads; if it's Google Adsense, they'll lose their account, including their money.

Check out http://stolen.wordpress.com and http://onecoolsite.wordpress.com for suggestions.

]]> ogawamiya on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-336434 Tue, 05 May 2009 10:58:04 +0000 ogawamiya 336434@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ I've had two blog entries stolen by this website.

http://food.demo-research.com/chai/
and
http://fashion.demo-research.com/mary-magdalene/

the odd thing is, I found out that my blog entries were stolen because whoever did it, posted a comment on them with the links, which strangely enough actually link back to my original blog entries. It looks like they are completely automated, but they are purely there to make money because the pages are plastered in ads. There's nothing I can really do, because there are no contacts, but it's kind of annoying!

]]> carocat on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333142 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 22:08:09 +0000 carocat 333142@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Also keep in mind that many are automated and automatically add things from RSS feeds. Splogs are annoying, but it's what we've got to put up with.

@lorawow - Couple of days. :)

]]> lorawow on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333076 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 17:56:04 +0000 lorawow 333076@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You're welcome.

]]> rainbowsoul on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333049 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 16:03:36 +0000 rainbowsoul 333049@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ lorawow...thank you...you have been very helpful, as you all have...the only problem is that now i'm nervous about adding any new postings!! But as they say, you have to get straight back on the horse, so i shall try later...Thank you everyone, it's good to know you are so helpful to newbies, making it a bit less daunting!!

]]> lorawow on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333043 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 15:49:42 +0000 lorawow 333043@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ You can also take a look at the copyscape guides:
Prevent: http://copyscape.com/prevent.php?PHPSESSID=a7d388a44b060fe4219ba9c51488b7b4
Respong: http://copyscape.com/respond.php?PHPSESSID=a7d388a44b060fe4219ba9c51488b7b4

The internet is indeed like the harsh reality, if not worse.

]]> rainbowsoul on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333024 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:55:42 +0000 rainbowsoul 333024@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Once again thank you...yes i see your point about it being my job to deal with it, as it's my content, but i would never steal from anyone, and i guess being new i have a lot to learn as i am still very naiive and i realise now the internet world is just like reality...harsh!!

]]> thesacredpath on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333022 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:50:19 +0000 thesacredpath 333022@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ Sadly, there are those out there that simply don't care (or don't understand) about copyright and feel anything on the web is theirs for the taking. Welcome to the reality that is the internet. It is up to the copyright owner to do the searching and such to make sure that their stuff is not being stolen.

]]> lorawow on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333020 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:48:53 +0000 lorawow 333020@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ It is not allowed, but it's like driving through a red light. It's "allowed" until someone tells you that you have to pay a fee.

]]> rainbowsoul on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333011 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:30:40 +0000 rainbowsoul 333011@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ What i don't understand is why this is allowed until the copyright owner finds it and then has to go to all the bother of getting it removed...that's infuriating...At least now i know what a splog is!!!...thank you for all your help you've been very patient with a newbie.

]]> lorawow on "Postings used witout permission" http://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic/postings-used-witout-permission#post-333005 Sun, 26 Apr 2009 14:26:25 +0000 lorawow 333005@http://en.forums.wordpress.com/ http://www.networksolutions.com/whois-search/demo-research.com

Hosted by HostGator, a splog hosted by hostgator stole my content before, hostgator requires you to send them a DCMA via fax or letter.

The DCMA format can be found here: http://support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/

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