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7:19 pm
March 30, 2011
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Thanks to Jason at Live Real Now, I was able to find out how a little about getting Credit Wise Info to stop stealing my posts:
I submitted a complaint ticket to Host Gator via this link: http://www.hostgator.com/dmca.php
I received an email from Host Gator saying that Credit Wise Info took down the offending material. Since I hope that does the trick but I am not 100% sure it will, I will monitor my spam folder for more Credit Wise Info rip-offs. I’d suggest that everybody who is annoyed by them file a ticket. Either Host Gator will shut them down or they will at least be forced to stop ripping off those who take the time to complain. The complaint ticket only takes a few minutes to fill out and having to do it once or twice may be the key to getting to keep our content to ourselves.
Good luck!
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7:24 pm
March 30, 2011
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Great tip Crystal – thanks. I'm not sure our stuff has been stolen but it is good to keep an eye out.
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8:10 pm
March 30, 2011
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GREAT work, Crystal (and Jason). Bravo!
I've been annoyed with them as well. They truly stink. I'll do the same thing as you did, and hopefully this will have a similar impact.
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8:53 pm
March 30, 2011
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Good job Crystal… I know the they ripped off one of the round ups you did because I was included, and they also ripped off a round up that Barb Friedberg did… it seemed suspicious when "the" was replaced each time with "a" on their posts. Im new so I didnt want to call them out until I knew for sure.
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9:12 pm
March 30, 2011
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Glad you got that taken care of!
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9:18 pm
March 30, 2011
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Crystal - the link didn't work for me. Can you repost? I'm set to report these guys, as they've ripped off some of my stuff. Thanks.
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11:58 pm
March 30, 2011
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Thanks Crystal, I saw some of my stuff there too! I filed a ticket tonight!
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3:56 am
March 31, 2011
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Thanks for the info Crystal. I noticed that they were stealing my content as well. I'll take action as you suggested. Thanks again!
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5:39 am
March 31, 2011
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If this link doesn't work http://www.hostgator.com/dmca.php (I can click it but Squirrelers can't), you can also go to Host Gator and search for DMCA complaint. Or contact their chat or phone support and they'll hook you up too. They are very helpful! Or write them a quick regular email about it (like I did) and they'll send you back a long letter on why you have to use the official complaint form and it will have a link. :-)
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5:45 am
March 31, 2011
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Man–I have lots of sites ripping off my content right now. I guess I better get to work on that.
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6:49 am
March 31, 2011
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I get a lot of pingbacks from them when they rip off other people's carnivals but I ignore. What you can do is put affiliate links in your posts and internal links so if they do rip you off then there's a side benefit to it as well.
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6:59 am
March 31, 2011
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I don't read their site. How do you find out if they are ripping you off?
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8:27 am
March 31, 2011
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Nice work Crystal! How did you find out they were ripping you off? Pingbacks?
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3:27 pm
March 31, 2011
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Yep, pingbacks and a few of my readers were getting pingbacks from them and telling me when they reposted my Weekly Favorites list.
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3:29 pm
March 31, 2011
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Post edited 3:30 pm – March 31, 2011 by Budgeting in the Fun Stuff
Stupid accidental second posts…
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12:21 pm
April 4, 2011
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Invest It Wisely said:
I get a lot of pingbacks from them when they rip off other people's carnivals but I ignore. What you can do is put affiliate links in your posts and internal links so if they do rip you off then there's a side benefit to it as well.
Yeah, great idea, I always put at least 1 link to another page on my site in each article, just so when my content gets spread around the web, there's a link back to me.
The problem with affiliate links, is that most programs don't allow your affiliate links to be placed on unapproved URLs, so if somebody steals your content and post it with your affiliate links included on another URL, the affiliate programs can demand you remove it or remove you from their program for doing so. I've had these issues in the past.
Honestly, I'm tried hunting down so many content stealers, and it usually just takes lots of time with little results. I don't even know if it's worth it, but I'll usually just send a legal-type email demanding they stop or face lawsuits and leave it at that.
It looks like you found a way to stop them here, so that's good.
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11:18 am
April 7, 2011
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Post edited 11:19 am – April 7, 2011 by Sustainable PF
How do I figure out who hosts a site? And how do I contact them? The best I can find is hosted by: SourceDNS but I can't figure out how to contact that company.
I just discovered some of our content, stolen:
http://thecheapproperty.info/b…..l-finance/
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12:04 pm
April 7, 2011
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@SPF
They have a dedicated box. The information isn't listed on the whois, but an IP check reveals that it traces back to http://www.liquidweb.com/ Send that company an email, tell them they are ripping off your content (they have a whole network of ripped content, it appears), and they'll take care of it.
If anyone needs help in getting bums off their content, let me know. Nothing I hate more than pure and simple theft.
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12:07 pm
April 7, 2011
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Here's a direct link to the info: http://www.liquidweb.com/about/dmca.html
LiquidWeb is a FANTASTIC company. So in that regard, at least be happy that the thieves are using a company that won't tolerate it.
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12:43 pm
April 7, 2011
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Thanks JT. I'll write a non-snobbish-actually-makes-sense-to-be-green post, in your honour.
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