my content being stolen
By snm7520
@snm7520 (263)
India
December 4, 2011 7:57am CST
guys i host a blog where i share some images to my visitors through a image hosting site which pays for every view
i was getting some reasonable visits for a few days and earned some good points in that image hosting site
but later i found that a guy is downloading my content reuploading it to the same hosting site and sharing my images in his blog
i was shocked to see that his blog's view count(42,000) was more than mine(12,000) and also has good visibility in search engines
since i m just a rookie in net i donno what to do pls help me guys this guy is stealing all my content, traffic and earnings
thank you
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3 responses
@LaDeBoheme (2004)
• United States
4 Dec 11
Are the images yours? Did you create them? If so, report him to the blog host IMMEDIATELY! You own the copyright. By posting them, you did not relinquish ownership. You retain all rights and may be eligible for royalties. If this guy has downloaded your material and reposted it as his own, it is theft and that is illegal in any country.
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@LaDeBoheme (2004)
• United States
5 Dec 11
In the US, any content is automatically protected by copyright the minute it is created. A writer maintains all rights to any original content published by her/him including blogs.
Do a search on copyright law for your country. I am sure there are similar rights for artists/writers/photographers.
Unfortunately the internet makes it easier to steal, but it still is illegal.
@mariab2000 (740)
• Canada
13 Feb 12
Do the photos belong to you or to someone else. If the photos are yours and belong to you then you have the copyright on them so basically the guy stealing your pictures is taking copyrighted material. That means that you should report him to the owner of the hosting site so they can take an action against him and close his blog. I hope this helps...
@airkulet (2700)
• Philippines
4 Dec 11
well I guess that's the prize you get for hosting your photos in them, they pay you but in return you had no right on the picture that you uploaded to them. I suggest that you hosted it in your own and put some watermark in it so that if somebody downloaded it they cannot edited the watermark you put in the picture, and so the other have no choice but to give you the credits for the picture of yours.
