Last week I discovered that my post, "
New Patterns! - Which One to Sew First?" had been copied and re-posted by another blog without permission. My text, pictures, everything word for word. I tried contacting this blog twice to have my pictures and text removed and nothing happened. I also contacted two other bloggers who had material I discovered had been copied and re-posted by the same blog.
None of us should ever have to make this same discovery. However, if this does happen know that you can do something about it. Under Blogger Polices there is something called
Blogger Copyright Tips and
Blogger Copyright Policy.
These links will help explain the basics of copyright infringement as
it applies to bloggers. For a more in depth look at copyright laws visit
the
U.S. Copyright Office.
I reported the offending blog and today learned that the blog has been removed from the web entirely! Hooray, little happy dance!! :) I was surprised at how easy it was to file a complaint concerning copyright infringements. If you use Blogger simply follow
this link and fill our the form provided. You will be asked to describe the text or photos you believe have been copied and provide links to where both the original and copied contend can be found.
I'm glad it was resolved! Hopefully it doesn't happen again!!
ReplyDeleteSo happy for you! Glad it ended up being simple to resolve - he he he - I am secretly pleased that their entire blog got shut down!
ReplyDeleteThank you ladies. I'm glad the issue is resolved too!
ReplyDelete-Emily
I'm so sorry that you had to go through this unpleasant experience, dear Emily. Thank goodness it was able to resolved (in your favour) and that offending blog is no more. Fingers firmly crossed that you never have anything like this happen again.
ReplyDelete♥ Jessica
I'm glad you got it figured out! And I was wondering, how did you find out your content had been copied? Is there some way that I could be checking for this?
ReplyDeleteHi Emileigh,
ReplyDeleteOddly enough I discovered it on a blog that I had been following. It would appear that the blog had been taken over by a spammer - either real or human, not sure. There were a couple posts from other peoples blogs as well.
-Emily