Someone is threatening to report me for Copyright Violation

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   Richard Ringposted 14 years ago

   Hello,
   
   Today on my Hub: http://hubpages.com/hub/Do-I-have-Chron … s-Symptoms I got this message:
   
   "Treating Tonsillitis with Antibiotic" is a copyrighted articles, you must remove THIS article, otherwise, you will be reported for copyright violations.
   
   by playhomes Inc.
   
   
   I published my article last July! This guy's earliest comment is 2 Months ago?
   
   Am I really in violation of a later coming article? They aren't even related, mine is about a personal experience with Tonsillitis his is about treating it with Antibiotics....
   
   What should I do? Is it something I should ignore?
   
   Thanks,
   Richard

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      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Well, a comment isn't a DMCA notice, and if I Google Playhomes Inc it doesn't come up, so it may just be a rather twisted kind of spam.  Does the name link anywhere? 
      
      If you can find your article copied anywhere else on the net (i.e. by him), you should hit him straight back with your own DMCA.

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         Richard Ringposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Understood. It seems like he's trying to just eliminate the competition.
         
         
         
         I think you misunderstand relache, he posted the comment on MY article saying that my article was in violation of his article so I need to remove mine. Sorry I didn't make that clear.

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      rebekahELLEposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      unless you are a medical professional, I would be very careful about writing an article telling people how to make a diagnosis.
      you might want to put a disclaimer on your hub stating that you are not a doctor and to check with a doctor first. he's probably referring to the content about diagnosing a medical condition.

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         Richard Ringposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Good advice, I'll put the disclaimer in the hub now.
         
         
         
         Whoops! I didn't even think about that I always saw the part in the Hub to add links to other Hubs, never imagined someone would be upset that I linked to them!
         
         
         
         
         Ack! I didn't think about that, I will keep that in mind for next time.
         
         
         SO many lessons learned today. Thanks for all the support! Amazing

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      twuxedoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Richard A Great Big IGNORE they haven't a leg to stand on. Treat anything like this with a grain of salt in future, you could have written an Hub, in the time wasted, on playhome, long and short, they were never worth bothering with.

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   relacheposted 14 years ago

   You're not even the author of the Hub which the person is complaining about.
   
   What are you worried about and why?

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   Richard Ringposted 14 years ago

   Okay, I just sent Playhomes a friendly message suggesting we just forget everything and enjoy providing different sources of information to the community. Let's hope they drop the topic.
   
   Thanks everyone.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I wouldn't have done that, because it reveals your email address to someone who is possibly a spammer. 
      
      Was the name of his article hyperlinked in the comment? Or linked via his username?  If so, the comment was purely an attempt at spam - though why he thought you'd approve it, goodness knows.

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   TerryGlposted 14 years ago

   If you put your hubpage in article checker http://www.articlechecker.com/ the only duplicate content that comes up is either your own hubpage or insignificant terms.
   
   It would appear this person has a hidden agenda, possibly a link building campaign using your dofollow comment area.

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      Richard Ringposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hey cool, that articlechecker site is pretty handy, bookmarked. Thanks for the check, no more panic then.

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   AEvansposted 14 years ago

   After reviewing your hub they are talking about the link toward the bottom . You apparently linked an article that belongs to them, my recommendation is to ask permission to continue using it and apologize letting them know that you were not aware that there were any copyright infringments. Your hub is fine like I said it is simply the link.
   
   
   FYI: http://hubpages.com/hub/Cure-4-Tosilitis playhomes is a hubber let him know that you linked his hub, I believe he thinks you stole it but it is to his/her benefit.
   
   Case solved.
   
   I always ask permission before I use a link or a pic on my hubs it is only a lesson learned.

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      Marisa Wrightposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      AEvans, if a Hubber complained about someone linking to his Hub, he's an idiot!
      
      Richard, you don't have to ask a Hubber's permission to link to their Hub.  You've done him a big favour by linking to his Hub.  It's not a copyright infringement in any way, shape or form.
      
      Having said that, I would remove the link if I were you, since he's been so ungracious.  Anyway, you want visitors to leave your Hub by clicking on your ads, not by going to another Hub and clicking on their ads!
      
      It's good practice to provide links to other relevant Hubs and websites, but put the links at the bottom of the Hub, below the comments.

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         AEvansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         YOu had to read farther into my comment at the beginning I ran with what all of you were saying and then I did my research and it was another hubber. Everyone was ranting about what should be done, yada, yada, yada but I looked into it, silly you ran with the first half of my comment too! loloolo **sigh** all of us do it.
         
         The links I was refering to based on everyone's comments were outside links not internal.

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   Richard Ringposted 14 years ago

   To avoid the fuss I just decided to remove his/her link. I've already sent one message to no reply; would rather not provoke things.

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      AEvansposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      You did fine none of us normally ask permission to use internal links but if some of the hubbers do not understand they get a little sassy, lololo don't worry you did not do anything wrong and I also e-mailed them and explained that to them too. It was a good hub by the way and you also noted a disclaimer which was perfect!

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   mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years ago

   Sound like this Hubber "Playhomes" is a bit of an idiot. Firstly he should be delighted that you have linked to his hub as it should help to increase his traffic. Secondly you have not infringed any copright by using a link to his hub without stealing his text. Thirdly, his hubscore is so low (71) that his sheer ignorance of what gets traffic to his hubs is obvious by his complete lack of hubscore, (not to mention he only has 1 fan).
   I would ignore it if I were you as I am sure the team at hubpages will soon point out to him how beneficial your link to his hub can be if he complains, plus you have done nothing wrong as far as I can tell!

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   mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years ago

   PS. posted on that guy's hub too and tried to expain to him why he is missing the point as to how beneficial a link to his hub can be, plus what a compliment being linked to is, not to mention the potential income this can encourage. He may well delete my comment, but at least he will have to read it first and see that I actually have made very good arguments for him not throwing a strop over an internal link back to his hub from another hubber.

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      mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Actually, just in case this person does delete the comment I left on his hub, this is what I wrote:
      
      "It is also worth mentioning that if another hubber links to your hub on their own hub (based on it being on the same, or a similar subject), it can be very beneficial to your hubpage traffic, and therefore potentially very lucrative, as well as encouraging further followers/fans to join your club.
      
      
      It is a huge compliment to be linked to on another's hub as it shows they appreciated your work as high quality. They have also not infringed on any copyright by simply adding your link to their links capsule, as it isn't as if they stole your text.
      
      
      I am sure you know where I am coming from on this and hope you can see that your hub was clearly recognised by a fellow hubber as being of a caliber worth being associated with. I hope this helps to earn BOTH of you more income, as it should do if Hubpages works as it normally does when fellow hubbers link to other hubber's hubs.
      
      
      Happy New Year"

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   AEvansposted 14 years ago

   @ Misty that was a wonderful thing to do! Hopefully my e-mail and your comment will make them understand and just like Marissa said they would be an idiot if they did not want another hubber to link to their hub. Happy New Year Misty!

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      mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks AEvans, it needed to be said, and I am sure you too covered this in your email, otherwise, how else do these newbies learn "what works". Anyway, Richard did this guy a favour and didn't deserve a slap in the face for it, (I would be grateful if a hubber linked to one of my hubs).
      
      Happy New Year to you too

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    Richard Ringposted 14 years ago

    Misty and AEVans, very kind of you to help him out. In fact, this whole thing has renewed my own interest in HubPages and hopefully he will continue to build his account further as well! Thanks again everyone.

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       mistyhorizon2003posted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You are welcome Richard, you did nothing wrong and didn't deserve that reaction. This is probably why you have a hubscore of over 90 and 77 followers, and his score is just over 70 with 1 follower!!!

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    thisisoliposted 14 years ago

    Ask where they think youn stole it from, check the dates, if it as after yours, threaten him back, and file a DMCA complaint against their ISP1

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