Thief Alert

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   The following user at the site Papatoto.com has been posting hubpage user content.
   
   ht tp://papatoto.com/article_members-profile_Gelal  (remove the space, I dont give backlinks to thieves)
   
   So far i have only noticed  articles by CMHYPNO  (on apple cider vinegar), myself, MoneyGlitch (butt naked ice swimming)and RCMcCrayne (vegggie burgers)
   
   They seem to all have been the top/hot hubs at one point.
   
   ( http://papatoto.com/article_members-profile_Gelal_5)(nevermind this users lifetime is so short, the backlink wont help)
   
   but every article i checked was stolen from somewhere and i dont expect only 5 of 140 were from hubpages.
   
   
   
   
   The site owners contact email is:
   
   ryanliu@papatoto.com
   
   
   I have emailed and requested complete removal of the user from his site. ( With the suggestion that would be an easier solution than dealing with the dozens of DMCA notices that will come his way for lack of compliance)
   
   If You find your own articles there I suggest you do the same.

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   also an article by wandererh was stolen
   
   and stephhicks68
   
   Thats 7 hubbers with  content stolen and hosted on another site.

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   http://hubpages.com/hub/european-islands-vacation
   
   stolen and rehosted
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Unusual-Ways-To … ney-Online
   
   stolen and rehosted
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Vegetarian-Burg … er-Recipes
   
   stolen and rehosted
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Butt-Naked-Ice-Swimming
   
   (this one has also been copied and reposted by the Hubpage user  Ruanz3 at xomba (its ok, to bookmark any content you like anywhere, but this formerly active hubpage user has copied the content from hubs he has not written which is not kosher)
   
   
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/bestwaytolosebellyfatfast
   
   stolen and rehosted
   
   http://hubpages.com/hub/what-a-good-wif … er-husband
   
   stolen and rehosted

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      dawnMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Thank-you so much or the heads up on this article, just checked it out, even put up the sam pictures...what a joke!

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   There are more, but im done looking.
   
   Take a peek, see if your own or friends work you recognize has been stolen.

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   Dale Nelsonposted 14 years ago

   Heres one of Gaz Cooper or cgull that was cribbed
   http://hubpages.com/hub/Belizes-Great-B … rth-Diving
   
   My 12 belly fat foods was cribbed
   
   and I see there is a 60 dc rss feed hub there too.I thought 60 dc was invented on hubpages.

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   Thats the hub that alerted me to the thief

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   Also this one by JGuant http://hubpages.com/hub/Best-Computer-Monitor-2010

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   Aficionadaposted 14 years ago

   I tried scrolling through her index to check titles, and I could not get past the third page of her articles.  Does that mean anything?

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      sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

      I dont think so, since Im presently looking at them myself - the stolen hubs that I recognized were all posted 100 -110 days ago.

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   sunforgedposted 14 years ago

   and this one by DRBJ  http://hubpages.com/hub/Worlds-Largest- … ip--Review

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    CMHypnoposted 14 years ago

    Thanks for the heads up sunforged.  For some reason the Apple Cider Vinegar hub has been a thief magnet, and it has already been copied on several sites

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    Dale Nelsonposted 14 years ago

    Heres the belly fat one
    http://hubpages.com/hub/12-essential-foods-when-dieting

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    Almost everything is copied there...And also I see that it has been more than 3 months and like Aficionada, I also could not browse through after 3rd page. 
    
    Can I report too even if my hub is not copied(I mean adsense)
    
    Thanks for letting us know!!

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    prettydarkhorseposted 14 years ago

    http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Most-Beauti … en-Over-40
    
    that is from sabreblade here at HP,
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-I-LoveHate-Facebook
    
    and I saw of course SF's RSS hub
    
    
    
    just use the back or previous arrow

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    I find that adsense notification is rarely necessary when the thief is not the site owner. When its this obvious, the site owner just hits delete to avoid a headache.
    
    of course, your welcome to email the site owner, simply to show support and make it very clear that hubpage users dont sit still when stolen from.
    
    ive contacted site owners for theft of content that wasnt my own.

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       englightenedsoulposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       I will also do the same and show my support and solidarity!!
       
       Update: Emailed the site owner.

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    site owner notified me that my stolen article has been removed. That doesnt satisfy me, I want the thief's entire account deleted.
    
    If your hub has been stolen it seems the site owner, is at least willing to delete the stolen content when contacted.

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    dsm091posted 14 years ago

    Check this one out.  Stolen.
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Get-Rid-Of-Think-Point-Virus
    
    http://www.booshnews.com/2010/11/04/thi … int-virus/
    
    I asked the contact to remove.  We will see.

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    Beware Papatoto.com hosts stolen content
    
    Papatoto scam

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    prettydarkhorseposted 14 years ago

    I emailed Money Glitch already! It is funny because her copied hub -- Butt Naked etc -- adsense was disabled here at HP and the one who copied it is earning from it, LOL

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       Money Glitchposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       He's GETTING Adsense off of that hub!!!!
       Now if that's not enough to make me spit fire...
       
       I argued with and always felt HP was being way too sensitive on that hub, simply because of the words 'butt naked'.
       
       Thanks for the e-mail Maita and SunForged thanks for letting us all know. I'm off to e-mail the site owner now... I'll post my results, later grrrrhhhh!

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    rmcrayneposted 14 years ago

    Thanks sunforged.  I used the email address that you provided for the site owner to ask my article be removed, and inquired why the user Gelal was not removed.  Time I should have been spending to prepare for my peds eval! 

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    dsm091posted 14 years ago

    They removed it already.

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       rmcrayneposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Mine was promptly removed too.

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    kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years ago

    Thank You so much sunforged.  This is insane!

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    Stacie Lposted 14 years ago

    it's great to know someone is watching out for us...
    i checked and didn't find any one mine...
    i guess t pays to be mediocre..LOL
    maybe we shouldn't have numbers showing on each profile or hubs...only have them available on the hubbers control panel...

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    This hub on "Real vampires" has been copied http://hubpages.com/hub/Real-Vampires original writer CrazyHorseGhost on scam site papatoto.com
    
    
    I will be contacting GoDaddy and Adsense - the site owner has had ample warning to deal with the thief, any one with a modicum of net savvy can tell all this users content is stolen and failure to react can only be seen as acceptance of the practice.

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    another stolen hub -
    
    original - crazyhorseghost http://hubpages.com/hub/Best-Chili-Recipe-Ever
    
    copy - ht tp://papatoto.com/article/895979295239/Best_Chili_Recipe_Ever

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    stolen hub
    
    shailinis http://hubpages.com/hub/10-Things-that- … bout-Girls
    
    reposted as:
    
    ht tp://papatoto.com/article/679842177586/10_Things_that_Guys_Love_about_Girls

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    boss number 1's http://hubpages.com/hub/The-Joys-and-Pa … Being-Tall
    
    
    
    stolen and reposted by scam website papatoto.com
    
    ht tp://papatoto.com/article/273648946824/The_Joys_and_Pains_of_Being_Tall

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    CYBERSUPEposted 14 years ago

    Thank You sunforged for protecting we Hubbers from our material being stolen.  I appreciated the time you are giving to this matter.  Again, Thanks.

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    http://hubpages.com/hub/What-are-ways-o … a-Mountain
    
    by Adeline85  stolen by scam website papatoto.com reposted here:
    
    h ttp://papatoto.com/article/396163995594/What_are_ways_of_Climbing_a_Mountain

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Anime-Quotes-Sayings
    
    by anime-nanet
    
    stolen by pirate website papatoto.com
    
    ht tp://papatoto.com/article/183333463713/Anime_Quotes_and_Sayings_-_Best_of_Anime
    
    hmm, you think the theft is at a large enough level that Hubpages corporate should step in?

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       englightenedsoulposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       They should definitely step in.  Infact every article there is copied mostly the ones that were in the "Hot" and "Best" Feed.  I will have to carefully check again if some of my hubs are stolen too.

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Most-Controvers … st-Century
    
    by edweirdo
    
    stolen by theft site papatoto.com
    
    ht tp://papatoto.com/article/283253884835/Most_Controversial_Movies_of_The_21st_Century

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    http://hubpages.com/hub/BidCactus---A-N … of-Auction
    
    by nicomp
    
    stolen by site that hosts stolen content papatoto.com
    
    ht tp://papatoto.com/article/793168126393/BidCactus_-_A_New_and_Different_Type_of_Online_Auction?

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    Hubpages Staff Member Maddie Ruuds Hub
    
    http://hubpages.com/hub/Curio_Shop
    
    stolen and reposted by scam site papatoto.com
    
    ht tp://papatoto.com/article/416654547469/Free_Webkinz_Guide_-_Curio_Shop_and_Gem_Mine_Tips
    
    
    
    
    
    That seems like a direct insult to me, this piddling little site is copying staff members content! They have been notified about the large amount of copied hubpages content they are hosting and failed to respond in a timely manner.
    
    Crush em!

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    K9keystrokesposted 14 years ago

    This may sound novice, but how does a hubber know if an article has been ripped-off other than when a very savvy hubber like you alerts us? By the way, it's nice to know you have a huge amount of integrity Sunforged and a wonderful team spirit.

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       englightenedsoulposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       You can paste a unique para of your hub in google and see the google search results.  Alternatively, you can go to the site that SF mentions and directly search for your hubs by title, these copycats dont even change that!!

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          K9keystrokesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Yikes! They seem very bold. Thank you for the advice englightenedsoul, your response is appreciated.

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    I was notified by the Hubpage feature (the little copyright symbol) , when scanning the users hub titles I noticed many that I recognized.
    
    There really is no surefire way to check for dupes outside of manually searching random strings of your text in google or using a paid service that does such a thing for you.

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       K9keystrokesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you SF. Not that I have any reason to worry about my hubs being used, but over time, this may be a concern. Thanks for everything by the way. You're a good leader here on HP.

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    englightenedsoulposted 14 years ago

    k9keystrokes you can also visit http://www.hubdefender.com/ and type in the url of your hubs to see if they are copied elsewhere.
    
    I think Edweirdo(a 60dc participant) is now providing basic account for free.  May certainly help.

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       K9keystrokesposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Outstanding! I will surely pop over to see what the deal may be. Thanks again.

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       Edweirdoposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Yes, there are still free memberships available at HubDefender!

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    Money Glitchposted 14 years ago

    Hhhmmm, that was fast mine has been removed.  I guess the owner is beginning to feel the heat.  But, I agree with SF, the member should be shut down obviously they've copied a lot of work done by others...
    
    Thanks again, SF, if I haven't told you lately, "I really appreciate all the help you've given me as well as others"  

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       SiddSinghposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       +1

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       sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Thank you MG - Im glad your content was removed

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    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    WAR HAS BEEN DECLARED!!!
    
    Article of War posted directly on Offender's Site!!
    
    Read and comment....
    
    http://papatoto.com/article/56264829851 … cle_Sites?
    
    Interesting Author.... Detective IW Kickurarse

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       kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       done
       
       Nice.

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       Pearldiverposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Your comments will ensure that these guys think twice about doing this BS again.... And will also give Defective KickButt a vastly improved web presence! I think he's a Great Commodity for us here!

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       sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       Hilarious

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    Toby Hansenposted 14 years ago

    Thank you SF!
    
    I have just signed up with HubDefender (got a free account!) and ran a search on some of my Hubs.
    
    A couple come back as having been used by someone else... Me.
    
    A few weeks ago I shut down a HubPages account and opened a new one as myself, slightly renaming some Hubs and taking them to the new account.
    
    I was told in the forums that when an account is removed, the Hubs are deleted. Luckily it is only me copying my work, but is there anything I can do to fix this?
    
    Thanks again for the heads up on the bogus site and on HubDefender.
    
    An elephant stamp for your efforts!
    
    
    
    
    
    Edit... Have since found that my old Hubs are gone, but URL of some remain. Any ideas anyone?

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       IzzyMposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       They'll disappear shortly when they move out of google's cache. It can take a few weeks I believe, but it'll go so don't worry.

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          Toby Hansenposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          Phew! Thanks Izzy.

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    CMHypnoposted 14 years ago

    Thanks for all your great information Sunforged - I have just got an email from the site saying that the article has been removed.

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    Pearldiverposted 14 years ago

    Yep.... Good Boy Sunforged
    Love that KickButt move

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    IzzyMposted 14 years ago

    Good work SF! I commented on the site too, but I really really didn't like given them traffic and exposure. If you read their front pages, each article lists how many times they had been read, and most of them were single figures.
    The site owner probably thought it was Christmas when he saw the stats from our visits. (there are always a lot more people visit sites listed here than there are commenters).

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    Hmrjmr1posted 14 years ago

    Dittos to all of the above Great Work Folks!

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    http://hubpages.com/hub/How-To-Get-My-K … e-Services
    
    This one has been copied -it was written by Mark Daniels - I'll send him an email but he doesn't look to active on HP anymore.

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    Spacey Graceyposted 14 years ago

    And the Tsunami one - pretty sure they are all copied.

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    Susan Ngposted 14 years ago

    Thanks for the heads up. I signed up for HubDefender after reading this forum thread and found a handful of my hubs copied on other sites and even made into video presentations without my permission. Now I'm wondering if I should add a copyright statement at the end of each of my hubs.

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    rebekahELLEposted 14 years ago

    you can, but it doesn't deter them if they want it. a few weeks ago I found one of my personal accounts of my time in Paris was stolen and the guy had changed pronouns to the feminine when talking about his romantic partner! I felt so violated!! I contacted the owner and it was removed. some of these jerks simply go to the front page or the best hubs and steal them, and yes, some of them have accounts here!
    
    good work Detective Kickbutt!!

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    dawnMposted 14 years ago

    Thank-you prettydark horse for letting me know, this is the second one of mine that has been stolen that I am aware of and another hubber told me about the first so, thank-you all for looking out for each other...

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    Victoria Stephensposted 14 years ago

    Good on you for letting us all know!  Thanks.xxx

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    kimberlyslyricsposted 14 years ago

    OK, is it lame that nothing of mine was worth stealing?   

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    sunforgedposted 14 years ago

    The thief had 140 stolen articles...now only 7 remain!
    
    Good Job hubpages! you not only defended your own work - but also the work of another 100 authors who may never have known they were stolen from.
    
    
    to bad, we already ranked this thread for "papatoto scam" .. guess, admin should have done the right thing a little bit quicker?
    
    Death to pirates and thieves

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       sunforgedposted 14 years agoin reply to this

       looks like only one stolen article remains for that user! (the other 6 are about nepal where the user claims to hail from)

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          lakeerieartistsposted 14 years agoin reply to this

          How did you find out about this anyway?

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             Pearldiverposted 14 years agoin reply to this

             He has a NOSE for BS!

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