Comments on: What To Do When Your Work is Stolen Online

By: Tomas

Tomas — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 09:36:27 +0000

Try to use Google Alert when you do something unique, use specifi symbol in title, or some name.
Google alert helps very much.

By: Jane

Jane — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 14:54:26 +0000

Have you guys heard of this site?:

http://www.digiprove.com

if you’re worried about your work getting stolen online, these guys provide a service for proving ownership of any type of creative work…worth taking a look at anyway!

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By: Sunita

Sunita — Sat, 29 Nov 2008 10:01:10 +0000

its very difficult to monitor millions of Authors and trillions of pages.

Sunita

By: Keral Patel

Keral Patel — Fri, 28 Nov 2008 09:23:53 +0000

Plagiarism is a nuisance and with more and more scraping scripts out there it is getting worse.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 26 Nov 2008 14:06:45 +0000

I’ve had my work stolen a couple of times by teenagers-yes-and had to remind myself to be gentle with them first and not to take them down publicly. I’m not going to be responsible for ruining the lives of some kids. They corrected the problem right away and everyone was better off for me not flipping completely out.

Thanks for bringing this up.

By: A. Acevedo

A. Acevedo — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:15:37 +0000

Your article is a good reminder that it’s every web developer’s responsibilty to review “fair use” copyright laws.

By: thisismyurl

thisismyurl — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 15:00:46 +0000

Great article thanks!

A few months back I had an RSS tool running that picked up a story and reran it without checking with the original author. He tried to contact me but the email he has was invalid so he sent a DMCA email to my hosting company who promptly took down my web site … powerful stuff.

The point is, taking the time to read about your options is important.

By: John Mayson

John Mayson — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 02:16:42 +0000

This article brought back memories of a series of very bizarre events about a decade ago.

I received an email from a woman claiming I had nude photos of her, stolen from her website, on mine. I figured it was some weird form of spam and ignored it. The next day I had another message this one asking for my attorney’s contact information as I failed to take down the photos. Just to be sure I checked my paltry website. No nude photos. I emailed her back saying she had the wrong person.

The next day I had an email from someone else who claimed to be this woman’s attorney. I so wish I had saved this email. Imagine if a gynecologist and a lawyer got together and wrote an email describing to the Nth detail every image. I’ll keep this family-friendly, but from the descriptions it was a very raunchy site. And the strict use of medical terms made the email even more humorous.

My response was short. I didn’t appreciate the email and unless he could connect me to the website in question I would consider the matter closed. I never heard from either again.

Strange.

By: Julie

Julie — Mon, 24 Nov 2008 21:58:37 +0000

I’m dealing with it right now. Only my work was not plagarized by an online entity, but by my local, community newspaper. Shame on them…this is a professional newspaper and they most certainly know better. I have drafted a letter and will be sending it out by certified mail.