Sphinn abounds with rumors that Google is updating backlinks. So, naturally I visited WebmasterTools. I had a rude surprise:
Lots of links to my blog because someone is copying articles in their entirety.
And guess what? If you read my blog, they are probably copying yours: You might want to check out the “All Things Marketing group at ClipClip.org. Click “Show Clip”; the duplicate content isn’t just your feeds. They copied the front page on some day back in September, including in many cases sidebars, ads, images, footers, and pretty much everything. In most cases, you can see your content displayed using your theme!
Page one reveals they are copying 5 Star Affiliate Marketing Blogs, Niche Marketing - Andy Beard, No Nofollow | I Follow | DoFollow community @ BUMPzee!, More Than Scratch The Surface, Blog Strokes (but only a little bit) , Make Money Blog, and article from The Cayman Host. (But don’t feel left out Maurice; they copied your whole blog on a later page!)
You may also want to check your backlinks. I estimate that I have “on bajillion” backlinks from clip-clip.org, nearly all duplicating my content in ways that clearly do not fall under the fair use provisions of copyright.
My question to everyone
To whom do I send the DMAC for this sort of thing? Other than knowing that there is a process for issuing take down notices, I’m rather clueless about the process.
Any tips would be welcome.
I run across full posts copied with a link, or copied except for the last few lines, from another blog in my niche. I’ve notified the blog author, who seems unconcerned/overwhelmed.
On ClipClip.org, their “parade” example is an item from Amazon.com. Now Amazon exists for people to buy things, and the more spread, and the easier the click through, the better. So they would not be concerned about DMCA. The same might be the case for Chamber of Commerce statements about a holiday destination site/sight.
BUT they have a knitting group, with a number of knitting patterns in full, with pictures, from knitting blogs, though not yours. And of course the “Big Bucks Blogger” and clips from kindred blogs are copyrighted.
It’s probably covered by Eaglehawk’s post, but I can refer those interested to posts on the Bloggers Forum at AbsoluteWrite.com/forums for about July 8th, where I had searched on “copyright desist.”
The standard steps are to send a “cease and desist” letter to the owner of the web site, giving a time limit, and once the time limit passes without the removal of the objectionable content, one can and should send the history of the problem to the Hosting Company. For every hosting company around the world (of any size) their TOS provides for closing down any site that violates copyright-international copyright law.
Do you mean to say my content is copied illegally and accessible to everyone?
Oh my god! thats bad, Do you know how can i report it?
btw, your article on wordpress to blogger was great for a newbie to wordpress. appreciate it!
Do you know, how i can work with my wordpress code? i don’t just mean the themes, i want to get into the CMS. Possible?
Hey! Fantastic post, thanks for sharing it. I absolutely loved the book. Quilting has been a hobby for me now for quite a while. I’ve been looking around for some knitting patterns for babies and came across a few nice websites too.
Keep up the fantastic work. I’m going to add your blog to my favorites. Thanks!
I loves this post. Thanks for sharing. Tanya