
Hi,
I just noticed that a user, 'Piotrmak Marko' (@piotrmak) has copied and published my article on the Medium website!
What can I do?
Also, the 'Medium' article is higher in the search results than my 'Hubpages' article!
This is the (my) article in question. https://discover.hubpages.com/education … le-Mislead
The image is of his profile page.
Send a DMCA directly to Medium.
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To Whom It May Concern,
I am writing to notify you of copyright infringement in accordance with the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), 17 U.S.C. § 512.
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