Kicking Ass and Taking Names—Quit Stealing My Content! | FRxBuzz

Jan Harrigan is 

I know exactly how she feels. Its on of the reason why I link to other people’s content instead of reproducing it whole and I always do my best to give credit.

I’ve had someone leave my name on a 50 tips presentation and present it as their content. John Lowther has sat in a presentation where another partner presented John’s content as their own.

Here’s the thing, my content is available for people to use. I want people to learn about GP but the license does require that you give credit.

To Jan’s point, when you write a book or two you learn way more about copyright law than you ever wanted to. The copyright attached at creation. You don’t have to register it and you don’t have to post a copyright notice. Those two things just make it easier to enforce.

Last thing, Jan, I think public shaming is the best answer here, but don’t forget about the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). If they are stealing your copyrighted content you have a claim there too and may very well be able to get their website taken down if the content isn’t removed. Site admins and ISP tend to do a good job with DCMA requests.

 

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