Has anyone found that the Google agents who handle DMCA takedown requests are dim wits? Either that or the system is automated. I regularly get emails to the effect that they can't find copied content.
Me too. Facebook is the same. I do a Copyscape comparison and attach a screenshot of the results. Works every time.
YES! It's so frustrating. I waste so much time sending screenshots.
Yikes. Judging from the responses, it is concerning to know there is no protection as such for our online content from plagiarism. The only thing we can do is to hope their page doesn't over-rank ours?
Honestly, I've never seen any copied content outrank mine, not even when some A-hole copied/pasted my entire hub on Quora. That said, I have no idea whether it affects the ranking of my originals. (It seemed to have)
The other bright news is that Bing/Yahoo is far less troublesome. They react much faster and without question. I'm hoping removal by them will somehow, affect Google ranking too.
I suspect it's the latter. I've more or less given up on the process. It doesn't seem to have much overall effect on copying, and my views seem unharmed by the plagiarists.
I have given up on filing DMCAs. Firstly I find the entire process completely baffling and, in the end, not worth the bother.
I had a new and unusual response on the last DMCA that I filed that talked about images (and how they remain in the cache) when instead I filed for content (my article copied). Upon clicking on the infringement link it bought me to a picture rather than the article. I chalked it up to the webmaster removing the content, but somehow the DMCA didn't recognize that. Odd!
I've received the "we can't find ..." response several times too. To resolve that, I've prepared various templates in Photoshop to highlight copy text. I also send Copyscape screenshots.
I've streamlined everything as much as I could but it's still a raw pain in the behind, to say the least.
The bigger problem of late, though, is that Google keeps insisting they cannot see how I am the copyright owner for one article. They just keep repeating the same statement no matter what proof I send.
Unlike what someone was asking for lately, Hubpages stepping in doesn't help too. They completely ignore any statement. I suspect this might get worse down the road.
I have had some success contacting the hosting company. They remove the infringing content totally rather than just de-indexing. Only problem is that often it's not easy to find who hosts a website and sometimes hosting companies won't respond.
by Poppy 2 years ago
Hi everyone. I've been writing for HubPages for several years now and enjoyed some success. But the copied articles are getting out of hand. Pretty much all my top earners have that little copyright claim red circle beside them. Recently one of my top earners was pasted into a forum and has cut my...
by Audrey Selig 14 years ago
There is so much of this going on that it may not be worthwhile to mention. Since I know that this site is not cooperative, I sent my DMCA complaint to Google. My hub is copied word for word with all the lovely photographs and even a link to another similar hub. It probably is my best hub with lots...
by Brian Leekley 11 years ago
Long ago I had an exceptionally long hub on 7 rules of creative writing--lots longer than the optimum length of 1,500 words that I've seen recommended by HubPages. I read in various hubs that hubs should not be so long, because people have short attention spans and expect short articles at...
by Rochelle Frank 6 years ago
Yep, it was. I looked up the owner of the blog and sent the suggested dmca info to them , no response.I delved further and found out it was on aTumblr site. I looked around and found a contact that deals with copyright issues. Sent the information. They replied promptly, asked a question or two and...
by Wesman Todd Shaw 13 years ago
Hello,Thanks for reaching out to us.In accordance with the DMCA, we have completed processing yourinfringement complaint and the content in question no longer appears onthe following URL(s):http://most-popular-articles.blogspot.c … nakes.htmlPlease let us know if we can assist you...
by Audrey Selig 13 years ago
I think we need an ongoing thread to discuss sites that are stealing articles. We can compare notes, and see if the website is amenable to taking down articles. It happens all the time, and it would help us and provide a learning experience for those unfamiliar with plagiarism. My article was...
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