My Hub Has Been Copied Again

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   blondepoetposted 14 years ago

   I am irate yet again. Another of my hubs has been copied on another site. Some limauais news has copied it on their site. The darn thieves even used my pics as well.
   Anyway what I was going to ask you guys is for advice on approaching this. HP have told me they cannot locate a mailing address on that site to file my DMCA to. I couldn't see it anywhere either. I cannot even leave a comment on the story to tell them if they don't remove it I am going to sling their butts high and low.
   HP's suggested I could try Whois or write a letter to Google Adsense, however I have never done this before, I was hoping some-one who has been in the same situation could tell me which way is best to go from here. If any-one has complained through Adsense what channel do I go through there, etc.
   From a very cranky nurse BP.

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      ruanz3posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Damn that sux BP. Ive had some people copy blog posts of mine so i know what it feels like. As for what you can do i cant offer much advice unfortunately. But i think google knows what is the original content most of the time. I wouldnt give it too much attention if i were you. Dont give them the satisfaction!

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         blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Good morning Ruan yes I know where you are coming from. I had two copied in August last year, they are still up on the site. I gave up lol.
         I hate these dodgy websites which offer no email address for the website or are so spammy, you are scared to stay on their longer than 5 min.

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      politicsdayleeposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      well immatation is a form of flatery

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         ryankettposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         But flattery can still suck!

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            blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Unless some-one is flattering you, as well as courting you with a kilo of prawns ROFL.

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         blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         LMAO Politics when you look at it that way I guess you are right.

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      ryankettposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      This is what I do.... http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Deal-With-Plagiarism
      
      Hope that helps

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      drej2522posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Dammit BP! You gotta stop finding where I copy them!
      
      No seriously, that sucks BP! ((HUGS))
      
      You just tell me who this person is (crack knuckles) and I'll knock their brains out!!

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         blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Haha Dre you going to take your knuckle busters. I am coming with you. I will wear my boots with spurs.
         Just shows you got to stay positive and happy even when things like this happen.

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            drej2522posted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Correct, keep your chin up, blondie! Let's see one those bright smiles of yours.

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   MyWebsposted 14 years ago

   With the domain name in hand its usually not to hard to figure out who is hosting the web site. I would go complain to them. Any reputable web host is going to have a rule in their TOS against copyright infringement.
   
   Getting their host to enforce their TOS against their own customer would probably be the easiest approach since you have no way to contact this person.
   
   This is what I would do.
   
   Post the domain name and I'll attempt to figure it out.

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      Cagsilposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I'll agree.

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         blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Good morning Cags.

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      blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank-you my webs I went straight to the site first up.
      However there is nothing there at all, with a contact or email or any-thing on this site.Hubpages also said they cannot locate anything. So there is no way I can complain there. It seems to have some pretty saucy content on there as well, I don't know how safe it is.

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         MyWebsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         Post the domain name here, in plain text, or site email it to me and I'll try and figure it out. Normally its not too hard if you know how. Often a trace route or looking at NS, Name Servers, information in the A records will reveal who the host is.

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            ryankettposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            Best not to give them a free backlink buddy...
            
            PS. Vegas.... Jealous

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            blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

            http://.........after the slash comes news.limauais.com
            I really appreciate your offer to help out, you are a gem, thank-you.

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               MyWebsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

               ok I'm working on it now. I'll post when I have the info for you.

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                  blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

                  Awww that is fantastic MyWebs, so much appreciated.

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   Iðunnposted 14 years ago

   BP, sorry to read this.  Hope you get it straightened out.

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      blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Hi Iounn, thanks heaps I guess we can only do our best. Gee some people in this world are so un-original aren't they?

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         Iðunnposted 14 years agoin reply to this

         yeah, it's a real bummer. 
         
         you have my best wishes and the upside is that you are an original and that trait cannot be stolen.

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   relacheposted 14 years ago

   Here's what I wrote about defending your copyright,
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Fine-Tuning-You … gs_4915593
   
   I have to do it fairly regularly myself.

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      blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank-you so much Realache I will go read the link.

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   MyWebsposted 14 years ago

   hostgator.com is the web hosting provider. They offer live chat and a 1-800 phone number.
   
   
   Retrieving DNS records for limauais.com...
   DNS servers
   ns1746.hostgator.com
   ns1745.hostgator.com
   
   Answer records
   limauais.com        TXT    v=spf1 a mx include:websitewelcome.com ~all    14400s
   limauais.com        MX   
   preference:    0
   exchange:    limauais.com
   14400s
   limauais.com        SOA   
   server:    ns1745.hostgator.com
   email:    root@gator873.hostgator.com
   serial:    2010032605
   refresh:    86400
   retry:    7200
   expire:    3600000
   minimum ttl:    86400
   86400s
   limauais.com        NS    ns1745.hostgator.com    86400s
   limauais.com        NS    ns1746.hostgator.com    86400s
   limauais.com        A    174.120.29.99    14400s
   
   Authority records
   
   Additional records
   limauais.com        A    174.120.29.99    14400s
   ns1745.hostgator.com        A    174.120.29.98    14400s
   ns1746.hostgator.com        A    174.120.29.99    14400s

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      blondepoetposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Yahoo brilliant. Will go lodge my complaint now. Thanks a million, you guys with all the know how, you make life so much easier. Thanks to every-one who helped out. )

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   MyWebsposted 14 years ago

   If by chance Hostgator does nothing you can then go to hostgator.com's web hosting provider which is theplanet.com
   
   I doubt this will happen though.

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   thisisoliposted 14 years ago

   Hey!
   
   Host gator want DMCA complaints in writing, however if I sent you a draft letter could you sign it with my authorisation and bang it in the same envelope, some b*****d on a hostgator account has stolen one of my best Hubs!

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