Rights to a removed hub

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   mollymeadowsposted 10 years ago

   After I remove a hub from Hubpages do all rights to it revert to me?

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      Faith Reaperposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, I believe that is my understand, so long as it has been  removed and unpublished from HubPages, as it is your writing and belongs to you, the author.

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         mollymeadowsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks Faith! I appreciate the help. I removed "Too Many  Gerbils" b/c I might want to do something else with it. :-)

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         Simone Smithposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         Right-o! One maintains copyright of one's work on HubPages- regardless of whether it is published!

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      rose-the plannerposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      I was wondering the same thing.  Thanks for asking the question.

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         mollymeadowsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

         I'm glad that it helped you, Rose!

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      Mark Johannposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Yes, absolutely. You have all the rights. This is why I like Hubpages more.

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   Writer Foxposted 10 years ago

   You always own the rights to anything you publish on HubPages.

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      mollymeadowsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you, Writer Fox!

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   Seafarer Mamaposted 10 years ago

   Yes. This is the beauty of Hub Pages. We own our work and can use it for other purposes, even if we've published it on  HP first. :0)

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   mollymeadowsposted 10 years ago

   Thank you, Seafarer Mama!

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   mollymeadowsposted 10 years ago

   Thanks, Simone!

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   Thelma Albertsposted 10 years ago

   Yes, we have the right to remove our own hubs and use them somewhere else. That is good;-)

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   VictoriaSheffieldposted 10 years ago

   I am so glad the question was asked!

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   Writer Foxposted 10 years ago

   The rights don't "revert" to you, because they always belonged to you to begin with.  You allowed HubPages to publish your Hub under its Terms of Service, not to own any rights to your work.  It's cool.

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   mollymeadowsposted 10 years ago

   Thank you, Writer Fox! I appreciate the help!

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    wildernessposted 10 years ago

    Something I don't think anyone else has mentioned; if you pull your hub you still own it.
    
    If, however, there is a copy of that hub out there and you unpublish yours, that copy is now the original unless you have some definite proof that you wrote it and when.  A signed and notarized statement from President Obama, maybe. 
    
    Should you re-publish, the owner of the copy has every right to file a DMCA against you and have yours taken down.  Make absolutely there are no copies before you unpublish and that you are republished before any copies appear.  It can be a real problem and effectively lose you control over the content you wrote.

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       BlossomSBposted 10 years agoin reply to this

       Wow! That's and interesting point that we really need to remember and take notice of. Thank you for the warning.

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       mollymeadowsposted 10 years agoin reply to this

       I had no idea! Thank you for the heads up!

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       IzzyMposted 10 years agoin reply to this

       But there is the wayback machine to prove the article was originally yours.
       
       http://archive.org/web/web.php
       
       I'm not sure how long it has to be published first, before it gets picked up.
       
       I found myself in that situation not so long ago. I unpublished a hub (after checking for copies on the web) and tried to republish it elsewhere.
       
       I got a duplicate content warning. Someone had stolen it just before I took it down.
       
       I used the wayback machine to file a DMCA, and won

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          wildernessposted 10 years agoin reply to this

          True, and good to know it actually works.  Thanks, Izzy.

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    mollymeadowsposted 10 years ago

    Thank you, Izzy! I had never heard of that! :-)

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