DMCA Complaint was rejected

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   OldRosesposted 3 years ago

   I received an email from a hosting company with whom I had filed a DMCA complaint.  They rejected my complaint claiming that my article was not copyrighted.  I thought that was a bit strange because I am always careful to put a copyright notice on all of my articles
   
   I checked my article and there was no copyright notice at the end of my article.  I kept looking and finally found it sandwiched between the old Q&A and the old comments.  It was difficult to see in all of the verbiage of the Q&A and the comments.
   
   HubPages should really consider placing the copyright notice immediately at the end of our articles where it is readily visible to would-be pirates and their hosting companies.

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      bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Wow. Foiled through no fault of your own. That's terrible, Old Roses! You are so right, if the copyright notice were immediately following the close of your article, you wouldn't have lost the plagiarism battle.
      
      I hope Matt sees this thread and recommends making the change in formatting. Have you emailed HP about this issue? If not, I really think you should. I'm sure you won't be the last to have a DMCA complaint rejected due to the ill-placement of the copyright notice.

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      Matt Wellsposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      It sounds like the hosting company is choosing to ignore your complaint. You should file a complaint with search engines to have the copied content removed from search results. Please visit the FAQ for instructions.

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         OldRosesposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         I'm contesting the issue with the hosting company.  My point to HubPages is that they should reconsider where they place the copyright notice.  If it is more prominent, perhaps fewer people would be copying our articles and hosting companies would be more willing to honor our copyrights. 
         
         I had a whole raft of articles plagiarized this past summer (I write on gardening).  Now I realize it was probably because the plagiarists didn't see the copyright notice and thought they were free to copy my articles.

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            Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

            I'll soon check copyright notice on all my articles if they're properly placed.

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   Rupert Taylorposted 3 years ago

   Truly unfair. If the plagiarist failed to find the copyright notice their action still speaks to a high level of moral turpitude. Regardless of whether it's copyrighted or not it's still outright theft of your work. As Daffy Duck was wont to say "Despicable."

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   Shesabutterflyposted 3 years ago

   This change has caused several issues for me when filing complaints lately as well. I sent screenshots of my whole article to the hosting company to show where they could find the copyright and they finally removed it.

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      theraggededgeposted 3 years agoin reply to this

      I've had to do that with Facebook. They were adamant that it wasn't my work, but in the end they removed the content.

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   PaulGoodman67posted 3 years ago

   Legally, the article is copyrighted regardless of whether the copyright notice is there or not. The copyright notification is just to make it clear. The company are either making excuses or they are idiots.
   
   Unless you've actively taken steps to waive your right to copyright (such as people do sometimes to create public domain images), your work is protected by law.

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   Miebakagh57posted 3 years ago

   It seems to me that if a CMCA complaint fails, sending a screen shoot copy of the original write works better against infrigment.

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      PaulGoodman67posted 3 years agoin reply to this

      Probably better to purse it with search engines if company's being an ass.

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         bravewarriorposted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Yep. That's always my second go-to if the hosting company doesn't comply.

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            Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

            Seems to me the hosting company likely aiding plagiarism, and the theft, for what the company can gain.

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         Miebakagh57posted 3 years agoin reply to this

         Paul, you're welcome. But, I'm sorry for the typo CMCA when it should be DMCA.

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