Plagiarist!

Plagiarism can not be tolerated. At least Helium has those time markers. Make sure you email the techies there and tell them about the stolen article. Check his profile tomorrow and see if he is still on AC. If he is, make sure you leave comments on his articles about the stolen article. I think AC should credit you the amount that he earned off of the stolen article, even if it is only a few pennies. It is your work and you should get paid for it. I write for Helium as well. I feel your pain and completely agree with you on his punishment.

Aren't there time, or at least date markers on those articles? If it comes to having to prove that it is your article, this might be a bit of proof on your side, right?

oh spike I'm sorry you had to experience this first hand! To think that people can't even take the time to come up with original thoughts of thier own for a few cents ~ they rather take your work....just makes me crazy!! So sorry this happened and I wish his genitalia rots too!!! :)

You should contact the administration at Associated Content and let them know that this has happened. Search for the article on their site and provide them with the link and then provide them with your link (I'd also send them an attachment so they can see exactly when you published your article) I don't believe either Helium or AC tolerates this type of behavior and I wouldn't be surprised to see AC remove the offender, or perhaps allow you to keep the article on their site, under your name. There's nothing wrong with earning money from two sites on the same piece of work. Sorry this has happened to you!

Yikes! Vicious words there. However I think that is horrible to try to profiteer off another person's work regardless if it is over the internet. I hope whatever happens turns out to benefit you. However I can kind of see the natural aspect of taking advantage of such a situation because of their own feelings of subservience. Keep up your good articles and just destroy the plagiarists while you can.

That actually worries me because I just publisehd 2 articles on Helium myself and now I can't remove them. I haven't even made any earnings and it's unsettling to know that has happened. Since you might be more familiar with Helium is there a way to remove an article once you have posted it?

This has only happened to me a couple of times on Associated Content. Honestly, I haven’t checked any of my articles lately. I should do that know. It bugs the heck out of me when people still other’s work. The first time I found an article I wrote on someone’s website, I was so angry I don’t even know how to describe it. I sent a message through the contact section and told them to either take the article down, pay me $15 for the article and leave my name attached with a link back to my Associated Content page or pay me $50 for the article and leave it on their website. They ended up taking it down. But, I can’t believe someone has the nerve to turn around and tell you that you stole the article. That is really low.

I can loan you a pair of vice-grip pliers to use on him to accelerate that rotting process, if you'd like.

thats not good. sorry to hear that yea it makes me sick too that people are like that or could be that fake. but if the proof is on your side dont worry about it. i would just remember im the bigger person and they arent worth getting pissed off over because they are the ones that are going to look bad if everybody knows its yours. it will all come back to them i think i believe in that carma stuff lol. but good luck anyways