I was shocked when I had a similar experience not too long ago.  HP was on it fast.  That hubber was banned immediately.

Good work everyone!

I love this place!

tDMg
LdsNana-AskMormon

Congratulations to the Hubpages Team for the quick action taken. This should definitely keep the theives at bay!

I'm very glad quick action was taken- that's lowdown when someone steals your work!! The nerve!
Hubpages is awesome-that response was FAST!  and that was a good idea to put a google alert on your hub- thats a smart suggestion for the rest of us too-
let's catch these word thieves!!

Hmmmmm-- Darbiz's hubs are all gone but his profile is still there, and he even has one fan--acquired 31 hours ago, just after this whole bru ha ha took place. Darbiz's only fan, anbu14,  joined 31 hours ago and immediately became a fan of Darbiz. Quite the coincidence don't you think???.  Here's the profile

http://hubpages.com/profile/anbu14

He's published 17 hubs in the past 31 hours.  Go have a look and see if any of them look familiar to you.  If this is what I think it is, I'm not happy

Brand new here.  Can you please tell me about Google alerts?  I'm not familiar with it.  Thanks.

I just checked one of his pages.  It googles another hubpage that is no longer available. Hmmmm.

I am new to this sort of thing too, but I wouldn't be keen to look at what obviously is the person under a different name, but this changing disguise is useless if they contain the previous information. Beside eveyone's computer has an individual identification number so a person using that computer can easily be tracked. On top of that changing only the name is the brain child of an idiot!

Well, this time he's only stolen from the Reader's Digest so far. I've only read 3 and I won't read any more.

robie2 wrote:

Hmmmmm-- Darbiz's hubs are all gone but his profile is still there, and he even has one fan--acquired 31 hours ago, just after this whole bru ha ha took place. Darbiz's only fan, anbu14,  joined 31 hours ago and immediately became a fan of Darbiz. Quite the coincidence don't you think???.  Here's the profile

http://hubpages.com/profile/anbu14

He's published 17 hubs in the past 31 hours.  Go have a look and see if any of them look familiar to you.  If this is what I think it is, I'm not happy

This was indeed the same user signed up under another account, and he's been banned again.

beeobrien wrote:

Brand new here.  Can you please tell me about Google alerts?  I'm not familiar with it.  Thanks.

I signed up for google alerts under my email address- I typed in what I was interested in then set up an alert ( I can't quite remember what I did because it was so long ago) but I know it was sent directly to my email address- you can probably google on how to set one up. I've been studying about methane gas so everytime there is a news item I get the article in my email.
Hope that helps!

Maddie Ruud wrote:

robie2 wrote:

Hmmmmm-- Darbiz's hubs are all gone but his profile is still there, and he even has one fan--acquired 31 hours ago, just after this whole bru ha ha took place. Darbiz's only fan, anbu14,  joined 31 hours ago and immediately became a fan of Darbiz. Quite the coincidence don't you think???.  Here's the profile

http://hubpages.com/profile/anbu14

He's published 17 hubs in the past 31 hours.  Go have a look and see if any of them look familiar to you.  If this is what I think it is, I'm not happy

This was indeed the same user signed up under another account, and he's been banned again.

Maddie! You're great. You nabbed him again.

Maddie Ruud wrote:

robie2 wrote:

Hmmmmm-- Darbiz's hubs are all gone but his profile is still there, and he even has one fan--acquired 31 hours ago, just after this whole bru ha ha took place. Darbiz's only fan, anbu14,  joined 31 hours ago and immediately became a fan of Darbiz. Quite the coincidence don't you think???.  Here's the profile

http://hubpages.com/profile/anbu14

He's published 17 hubs in the past 31 hours.  Go have a look and see if any of them look familiar to you.  If this is what I think it is, I'm not happy

This was indeed the same user signed up under another account, and he's been banned
again.

Just came back to check and see that  anbu14 is gone--Good Work Maddie(and fast too)  I'm a happy camper again now that justice has been done   But I suppose spammer-boy(orgirl) will be back again in another disguise so we all better stay vigilant

Hi...
You are the clear victim of copyright infringement.  If you are indeed the original author, and the photos in question can be verified as being yours, along with the authored content, you can sue the individual for copyright infringement.  The fact that you originaly authored the material on a certain date and time prior to the duplicate, serves as a "poorman's copyright" to which you hold the rights.  Contact the website that is carrying the stolen material; they usually have a 'contact us' link or something like that.  When they respond provide them with whatever documentation you can provide validating your claim and request that they review and compare the two.  Ask them to do this and get back to you with their independent findings when their investigation is concluded into the matter.  When they do, and rule in your favor (if you're being truthful about this, they will) advise them that you need that material of the countefitter taken down from their site and the individual advised that if it happens again, you have a documented history of their past theft of intellectual property against you and you will sue.  Additionally, if the site finds that you were indeed the victim of this supposed theft and refuses to remove the material, then they are culpable as well and the website hosting the stolen material is also liable and can be sued.  This is why you want them to conduct their own investigation into the matter and provide you with the results of their findings.  If they do, and agree with you that you were the victim of intellectual property theft (copyright infringement), the thief in question AND the site are both responsible.
I hope this helps.
Respectfully,
R. Martin Basso

robie2 wrote:

Maddie Ruud wrote:

This was indeed the same user signed up under another account, and he's been banned
again.

Just came back to check and see that  anbu14 is gone--Good Work Maddie(and fast too)  I'm a happy camper again now that justice has been done   But I suppose spammer-boy(orgirl) will be back again in another disguise so we all better stay vigilant

Maybe this time he will be smart enough not to become his own fan ....

Inspirepub wrote:

robie2 wrote:

Maddie Ruud wrote:

This was indeed the same user signed up under another account, and he's been banned
again.

Just came back to check and see that  anbu14 is gone--Good Work Maddie(and fast too)  I'm a happy camper again now that justice has been done   But I suppose spammer-boy(orgirl) will be back again in another disguise so we all better stay vigilant

Maybe this time he will be smart enough not to become his own fan ....

Yeah--really......LOL

This dude has been here for 12 months and has not displayed a hub.
I bet he has been stealing all along.
No wonder I can not make any money.

flread45,

The actions of any other person on the internet will not increase or decrease your ability to make money.

The internet is one of the best marketplaces in terms of making tiny niches profitable.

Never before has there been a greater opportunity for anyone to make money form their own efforts, with such low entry costs.

If you truly feel that other people's actions are stopping you from making money, then chances are you won't make it - but not because of the other people.

Because of your limiting beliefs.

It's not your fault that you have them (we are all programmed with them in childhood), but it IS your responsibility to let them go, so you can accomplish what you want to accomplish in business.

Jenny

Just to warn everyone I want to let you know I have noticed qassia has not done a very good job with banning people who steal content.  There was one man who took content from a news article, but it was still there a few weeks later after this had been pointed out.  I am glad Hubpages is good at addressing this issue because I found out qassia had some issues.

Zsuzsy Bee wrote:

Wow for the H-Team...and just a quick comment...What a great family to have here on Hubpages. It always makes me feel so great when everyone bands together...to look out for each other. Chantel glad it got worked out so quick for you.
regards Zsuzsy

Your comment and the word  H-Team i like!

SweetiePie wrote:

Just to warn everyone I want to let you know I have noticed qassia has not done a very good job with banning people who steal content.  There was one man who took content from a news article, but it was still there a few weeks later after this had been pointed out.  I am glad Hubpages is good at addressing this issue because I found out qassia had some issues.

Good to know, I haven't done anything much over in qassia yet.