| Should Hypnotherapy Organizations Do More To Stop Plagiarism |
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Gandalf
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 Posted: Sun Mar 02, 2008 7:59 pm Post subject: |
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They took it down from their site. Well it was either that or a trip to the courts, and no one really wants that! |
Was it someone that you know? |
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hypno-therapist
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| Posted: Mon Mar 31, 2008 11:33 am Post subject: |
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| Gandalf wrote: | | Was it someone that you know? |
No I didn't know them.
I have had two people quite close to me steal content. One of which was actually a business partner.
It is deplorable behavior, but unfortunately it just seems to get worse. |
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Gandalf
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:35 am Post subject: |
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| hypno-therapist wrote: | | Gandalf wrote: | | Was it someone that you know? |
No I didn't know them.
I have had two people quite close to me steal content. One of which was actually a business partner.
It is deplorable behavior, but unfortunately it just seems to get worse. |
Well at least your not bitter.. |
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hypno-therapist
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| Posted: Wed Apr 02, 2008 8:47 am Post subject: |
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| Gandalf wrote: | | Well at least your not bitter.. |
Trust me it is a battle not too.
I have to keep reminding myself that it is only a business. But it is annoying when people steal your hard work and claim credit, then make you google rankings plummet! |
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markd
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| Posted: Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:08 pm Post subject: use COPYSCAPE and contact host |
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Hi Richard
I've had the same issue with my website.
Don't expect the hypnotherapy orgs to do anything... i) they are mostly useless! ii) it is a waste of resources because you don't need them.
Here is correct procedure of quick and easy resolution:
i) Check your content isn't being copied with www.copyscape.com
ii) Send both website owner AND the website hosting company a firm letter with evidence/proof of copyright abuse
- it is usually good to go through the web hosts terms of service - usually they have procedures for reporting abuse. They are legally liable and basically will remove any site that shows evidence of abuse and do that proactively - i.e. it is upto the owner to prove why their site isn't abusing copyright. Webhosts get about £5/month for hosting a site and could get sued thousands. So they just pull the site.
www.fasthosts.com took down a site I complained about within 7 days.
We want the hypnotherapy orgs to be doing something proactive to raise standards and profile - they could post up information on how to protect copyright though!
Hope this helps
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hypno-therapist
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| Posted: Mon Jun 30, 2008 12:52 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the reply Mark.
This is pretty much how I deal with it now as well. |
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