What to do about people who plagiarize your site content?

Hi,
 
I do not know for sure, and this might be an even bigger issue, if, for example, you use a program and take their "pre-sets" and then that person uses the same program and pre-sets.
 
I remember Front Page (still use it ... simpler to just type!!!!!) and it was nice to see all those frames, but navigating through them and setting them up was a huge arpthenic pain. I still don't use frames!!!! I might get someone to clean things up, but all in all, I just want it to be me, and I'm not the slick type to show off anyway!
 
This is the "internet" and everyone takes and grabs and steals something. I'm not sure that any "legal" solution is going to help, while also making it worse ... think of musicians using the same set of 10 notes and Big Shot Schmue suing for royalties! Or Petty Sam Boy! Or Marvin the Somebody! or worse, some rap this or other that uses guns instead of a legal system!
 
Careful what you ask for? I don't know ... I have had a screen play stolen, but it will never be used in my time ... and the bigger issue? They are not me! They will never make that film work. It will be a curse that they will regret to the end of time!

Did a quick search for 'website plagiarism' and this came up, don't know if it'll help;
 
http://www.copyscape.com/plagiarism.php

When I used to do web design this came up a lot. Legally it is plagiarism but hard to enforce, especially internationally. We typically resorted to public shaming, and the more extreme colleagues resorted to hacking.

Wordpress or any other CMS that allows dynamic content update is definitely the way to go. Makes redesign so much easier, especially for large sites.

You have stumbled upon the weak link in the intellectual property chain. Unless you are a major player, like a movie studio, recording company, or Fortune 500 software developer, no one will enforce your rights unless you do. Even the leviathans in the intellectual property business often have to do their own diligence and investigations and present a complaint on a silver platter to the FBI before anything will happen. You have the right to fly to the moon, but do you have the resources?
 
The Digital Millennium Copyright Act actually gives you a low cost opportunity to pursue illegal copying on the internet, and if this is a serious issue, you have the same right as Sony Pictures to issue a takedown notice, assuming that the infringing site is under its jurisdiction. If someone were recording your songs to CD and selling them, you would have a much harder (more expensive) time doing anything. 
 
http://copyrightalliance.org/2012/03/in-plain-english-a-quick-guide-to-dmca-takedown-notices
 
Although the original content of a website is copyrighted when it is created in tangible form, if you are going to get involved in litigation in the US, it will need to be registered.  The takedown notice or cease and desist letter probably, does not require registration, although it may be taken more seriously if you can cite your registration. And if the infringer contests the takedown, you will need to actually file suit within two weeks in order to prevent the Website from just putting it back up. If you need to litigate, it is probably not going to be economically feasible. So this action can be seen as mostly a more or less convincing bluff.
 
http://copyright.gov/circs/circ66.pdf
 
https://www.venable.com/dmca-takedown--not-without-a-registration/
 
 

I have a friend who is a very talented tattoo artist who specializes in extremely intricate geometric and Escher-esque designs. He used to upload flat, overhead photos of the design on paper to his Facebook page until he noticed that a couple of other tattoo artists were copying them outright and passing them off as their own. Now he takes the photos from a sharp angle looking across the paper so they can't be copied as easily. It's a shame but some people really don't have any pride in themselves whatsoever. 

ampfixer
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The internet was made for fraud.
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What a crock of Fred this is!
 
 
 
But you would have to live in a censored environment to appreciate it a bit more. The internet is a godsend, and it has its good sides and bad sides, like you or I, or Fred!