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Last week I discussed about how to file copyright complaint against scrappers for plagiarism . You may read it from here: http://digital-marketing-ashvyasseo.blogspot.in/2014/06/how-to-file-copyright-complaint.html
Today I will share how search engines & web host proceed the plagiarism complaint.
The Working Method of Search Engines on Infringement Complaint?
The Method of Working of Web Host on Infringement Complaint?
The web host company might give a notice to the registrar of the website with certain time limit to down the concerned content. If they don't then the web hosting company will remove the website completely.
All the legislation are on the original content owner's side. The only thing to keep in mind is whenever you are filing a complaint, 1st make sure that it's your content and 2nd fill the form patiently and accurately. The reason is a small mistake in any of those two can harm you. So better to be sure!!
How to Prove ownership of the content?
Collect the evidence which you may show if required. It means if you find someone copied your content, take necessary screenshots.
What else you may do to protect your content?
To protect your content from plagiarism, it is better to follow below steps:
One important thing to keep in mind that if you can't prove your copyright by timestamp then the next person can file a legal case on you and you have to pay the fees of his attorney and compensation if he asks for.
Hope this information helps! Still have confusion? Feel free to ask your questions via comments.
Today I will share how search engines & web host proceed the plagiarism complaint.
The Working Method of Search Engines on Infringement Complaint?
- When you file a complaint, one copy of the complaint might send to chillingeffects.org which takes care of the legal issues of Infringement.
- The search engine will match the timestamp of both the pages.
- The page with the older timestamp will be considered as the original one & the other page will be considered as the copied one.
- As a result the copied page will be removed from the search results. You might have noticed removed pages in Google with a message shown in the image below:
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| Content removed from search engine due to DMCA act |
The web host company might give a notice to the registrar of the website with certain time limit to down the concerned content. If they don't then the web hosting company will remove the website completely.
All the legislation are on the original content owner's side. The only thing to keep in mind is whenever you are filing a complaint, 1st make sure that it's your content and 2nd fill the form patiently and accurately. The reason is a small mistake in any of those two can harm you. So better to be sure!!
How to Prove ownership of the content?
Collect the evidence which you may show if required. It means if you find someone copied your content, take necessary screenshots.
What else you may do to protect your content?
To protect your content from plagiarism, it is better to follow below steps:
- Create alerts so you may get notified as and when content is copied.
- Put logos or watermark to show your ownership like Copyscape or DMCA logo
- Disable text selection and copying
- Watermark your images
One important thing to keep in mind that if you can't prove your copyright by timestamp then the next person can file a legal case on you and you have to pay the fees of his attorney and compensation if he asks for.
Hope this information helps! Still have confusion? Feel free to ask your questions via comments.
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