What do I do if someone has stolen my work

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   Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years ago

   I wrote a hub and it has been copied word for word. Someone (not on HP) has copied and pasted my work. What do I do?

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   frogdroppingposted 14 years ago

   http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/21503
   
   The above was posted earlier. Read through, you'll find the answer within. Good luck.

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      Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you

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   ryankettposted 14 years ago

   http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Deal-With-Plagiarism

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      Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank you Ryan..I read Frogdroppings link and the user is from the same website as the other user. Buskia.com.

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         Beth100posted 14 years agoin reply to this

         The website name is http://www.bukisa.com   The worrisome part of this site is that there is a box in the right hand margin that allows you to republish the articles.  Just copy and paste.  I would not have thought that a site would encourage that! 

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            Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Beth,
              Thank you for letting me know about my article being stolen. I really appreciate it.

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               Beth100posted 14 years agoin reply to this

               
               
               Useful Knowledge,
               
                 You are most welcome.  Good luck with sorting this out!  Let me know how it resolves.
               
                 Enjoy your day!  Beth

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                  Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  I will let you know.

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   Jane@CMposted 14 years ago

   How did you find out your work was copied, did you get an alert on your Hub Account?

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      frogdroppingposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I imagine that's the usual way. I found out because I stumbled upon flixya and saw an article that had the same title as one of mine. On closer investigation, it was mine. The same account holder also had quite a few other HP'ers articles copied and pasted.

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         Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I contacted Buskia and told them about it. I hope that they will do something about it.

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            frogdroppingposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            They should They have to. Hope you get sorted, I'm sure you will

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               Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               Thank you for your advice.

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                  frogdroppingposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  lol no worries but I didn't give you any, just pointed you in the right direction. and now you know it happens, keep your eyes peeled for the next time. That's the horrible side of online publishing

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      Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Another hubber found it and sent me an email. I went to the link and it was my Farmtown hub. They had copied it word for word. I am so mad.

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   Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years ago

   I just found another article of mine stolen  (word for word ). This is the link-http://ebn.ebonybay.com/templates/?a=4377&z=10
   
   GRRRR

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      Helen Caterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hun I saw yours there mine has been taken too have you reprted it on the site.

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         Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         I reported to Buskia.com. However, I can't find a contact link at the one at EbonyBay.com.

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   Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years ago

   The one at EbonyBay.com says hubpages..but does not link to my page. Does this mean that someone else submitted it? Would the site have to have my permission to publish it? They are getting paid for Google ads from my hub.

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      Helen Caterposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I have just repoted to google now so I think you should do the same on both your articles to make sure something is done. I'm not that great at doing things like this but I just as well start now. https://www.google.com/adsense/support/ … nswer=9894 here is the link.

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         Useful Knowledgeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Thank you Helen. I will do that.

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