Should we put a copyright message on our hubs?
I know that when we submit work, there is an automatic copyright. But there are people on other sites who do steal our work from time to time, claiming it as their own. Does just writing a simple copyright message on the hub help to prevent thieves from messing with our stuff? I've noticed that some people do have copyrights on theirs. What do you think?
ALWAYS. ALWAYS LIST THE COPYRIGHT. It will give you more leverage when engaging these copy pirates.
Placing such a notice does not prevent large-scale "theft." But I think it could make some individuals think twice before posting the contents to their blog etc.. There is no harm in placing a copyright notice.
It doesn't make a difference. I was on that new site yesterday that is stealing Hubs from us. I saw one that still had the "Copyright, All Rights Reserved" and the Hubber's name. It might cause a casual reader to refrain but someone bold enough to stael and clain credit on the internet does not care. It makes me so mad.
First of all, HubPages includes a copyright statement on the Hubs already, so if you were to write on into each Hub, you could actually accidentally trip the filter that scans for duplicate content. (Some users have had this happen to them)
Secondly, a written statement isn't actually going to deter content thieves, as any longtime member of the site will undoubtedly have experienced.
The best way to protect your copyrights is to put in your own effort in defending them, or to have enough money to hire a lawyer to do it for you. On this site, most people take the first option.
I don't know if it makes any difference. I got one of my hubs copied on another website. I think that if our hubs already have a copyright, then it won't make much difference whether we put it or not.
It is always good to do so. I also write copyright message on my Hubs. But there are some they do not restrain from stealing our work. I wrote a Hub couple of days ago and today I got a comment on that hub, that is has been copied has been copied, and also link was also provided. When I visited the site, I was shocked to see that my Hub was copied same as it is(including the copyright message). Hope we get some good solutions to to deal with these kind of issues.
I do, but the site I am going through right now is copying that also. I don't think it really matters.
I always do. I don't use the copyright symbol, just say "All text copyright Marisa Wright".
I have a blog in my own name, where I have links to all my articles online. So I make "Marisa Wright" a hyperlink to http://marisawright.com.
That way, if the Hub is plagiarized, at least my name gets mentioned as the author - and if they forget to disable the links, I also get a free backlink.
Some people add a sentence something like, "This article is published on HubPages.com. If you are reading this on another site, it has been stolen. Please report theft to.....
It wont stop many people from copying your article but some people would stop from doing so or at least think twice from doing so. But just putting a statement wont stop all the people as one of ten people will be bold enough to to copy your article and take the credit for it.
but what is to stop the thieves from simply deleting any message, like a copyright or saying where the hub originates or anything else, before they publish it?
Claiming authorship with Google may help. It makes it clear what is your own creation. Many Hubbers are doing that now, as I have.
I agree with what relache says. To put in your own effort would be the best possible way. Hiring a lawyer is too expensive and the copyright statement will not stop them copying.
by Ronald E Franklin 7 years ago
I just ran across a site, radikewl dot com, that had copied another hubber's hub that I had a comment on. The entire hub, including comments, is translated into Spanish. No author is named. That led me to do a search for my own hubs on that site, and I found many of them, also translated into...
by dellea 10 years ago
I haven't been in HP for a spell because work has kept me so busy for the past few weeks. Upon my return to publish a new hub, I finished my work and included my usual (and short) copyright notice in a text capsule. When I went to publish my hub I saw the style notice which indicated that HP added...
by chet thomas 9 years ago
After reading the other forums on copied hubs, I ran a check on several of mine. I found two at:http://the-alps (dot) us/and I suspect there are lots of other hubbers' hubs there. A quick search found a hub by Admiral Murrah, but there are many articles on the site, obviously copied. Also one hub...
by Crystal Tatum 10 years ago
Do you include a copyright notice in your articles? Why or why not?I never do this, but I see that a lot of folks on here do. Just wondering what the opinions are out there.
by Chitrangada Sharan 10 years ago
Found two my hubs on another site. What should I do?I found two of my recipe hubs, exactly the same, may be copy, pasted, on another site. But they have given a link to my original hub at the bottom. But they have used a different photo. What should I do? Should I report it? How?
by Hubalicious 15 years ago
http://xhubpages.wordpress.com/ with a user name of rayskd2000 is stealing content from hubpages and linking back to the original articles with their own signup token in the link.I guess if people sign up after coming from that site the person will make money from additional ad views...
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