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   davrowpotposted 3 weeks ago

   So this is annoying, it seems that some "writers" in the Network Sites (Owlcation, Hobbylark, etc.) whether real or AI, are "stealing" some of our articles by making a derivative form of them.
   
   Are the HP team aware of this? Maybe they already are and are ignorant about it because they may be getting a cut from the article mining lol
   
   So much for moving our articles to Discover, it's lesser popular lesser quality counterpart.
   
   I've deleted and moved 2 of my articles that had been made derivative and transferred them to  HPs competitors out of spite.
   
   Sample 1
   
   https://owlcation.com/humanities/facts- … even-moons 
   The Owlcation Editors
   https://owlcation.com/curiosities/eerie … f-biringan 
   Hunter Ponder
   
   Sample 2
   https://owlcation.com/humanities/analyz … n-of-greed "by" Sara Campbell
   
   https://discover.hubpages.com/literatur … busterismo by me
   
   Just because I'm inactive here doesn't mean I'm not aware.
   
   If anything, please keep a look out for your articles that may have also been derivatively written in these network sites

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      davrowpotposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

      Oh great and this has been happening in a long time too!
      
      https://hubpages.com/community/forum/36 … m-discover

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         CYong74posted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

         You can send a DMCA notice to Arena (the company that owns Hubpages) for removal of the content. Doesn't matter whether you have deleted your originals, or not. Arena takes its responsibilities under the DMCA provisions of the U.S. Copyright Act seriously.
         
         dmca@thearenagroup.net
         
         A usable template: https://library.georgetown.edu/copyright/dmca-takedown

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            Kenna McHughposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

            For those who have had their content stolen by TAG, please file a DMCA for copyright infringement. If enough of us do this, it will set a precedent for preventing future websites from stealing content from writers like ourselves, and it will put an end to this flagrant behavior.

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         theraggededgeposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

         Many people have saved and deleted their articles. I deleted over 200.

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            SerenityHaloposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

            Unfortunately, there have been some cases where deleted content has shown up on the TAG sites. For anyone curious, DMCA still works in that situation.

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               Genna Eastposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

               Unfortunately, deleting articles doesn't appear to save them at all.

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               Genna Eastposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

               I meant to state that "doesn't save them," means that deleteing them doesn't prevent them from popping up on one of TAGS' platform sites.

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         SerenityHaloposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

         Hello! A few of us are having conversations about the mined content and related issues. I have an email group if you want to talk more openly. AndreaLawrenceWriting@gmail.com.
         
         Ced and Kenna are right about DMCA takedowns.

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      davrowpotposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

      I just created another way just to spite: after migrating your articles, edit your existing one here by hiding ALL the elements but one, a text element that states that you have moved your article to a different platform.
      
      That would redirect a chunk of that traffic to your migrated platform, at least.
      
      Sample: https://discover.hubpages.com/entertain … o-for-love <3

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         Patty Inglish, MSposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

         Interesting!

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            Genna Eastposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

            I agree!

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         Kenna McHughposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

         I like this!

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   littlethingposted 3 weeks ago

   I've been moving and deleting my articles away from Hubpages because of this

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      CYong74posted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

      Doesn't prevent it.

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         theraggededgeposted 3 weeks agoin reply to this

         No, but HP can't earn from them being on Discover any more. Especially as staff are not transparent about the revenue cut HP takes.

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   CYong74posted 2 weeks ago

   The Owlcation version seems to have been removed.

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      Kenna McHughposted 2 weeks agoin reply to this

      Yes. The more writers who file DMCA against TAG for what appears to be stealing our content, the better for everyone.

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