如果有人复制您的网站或博客内容怎么办？如何举报网站窃取内容？我们大多数人在上网(Internet)时都是创作者。我们思考，并将我们的想法发布在网站、论坛、博客和社交网站上。我们致力于文章、教程、操作方法等等！一旦您将您的想法或研究发布到互联网上(Internet)，它就成为您的财产。您会自动获得材料的版权——无论是博客、电子书还是您的网页。很少有国家要求您注册您的作品以获得版权，并且您的任何作品 - 数字或纸质 - 未经您的书面许可，不得被其他任何人使用。但就像在现实生活中一样，网上(Internet)有人谁会简单地拿起您的作品并将其作为自己的作品发布。这被称为抄袭(Plagiarism)。
剽窃和在线内容盗窃
一个论点是，当那个人——他拿起你的作品在别处使用它——给你的作品提供反向链接时，这不是侵犯版权。但事实并非如此。
如果任何人使用您的任何作品——无论它多么小——为他/她的任何个人利益谋取私利，无论他是否给您署名，除非该人获得您的书面许可，否则属于侵犯版权。
了解版权、专利和商标
《知识产权法》(Intellectual Properties Act)涵盖三个具体领域：
- 任何形式的内容：文本、艺术品、声音和视频，包括动画
- 想法和发明：包括仍在纸面上的发明
- 符号：商业商标
对于符号，您必须将它们注册为商标，以便其他人无法使用它们来谋取利益。商标(Trademarks)通常适用于更具有形性质的产品和服务。想法和发明需要申请专利，它们是注册人的财产。而对于发明（专利）和符号（商标），您需要一些文书工作，您不需要任何文书工作来要求对您创造的任何东西的权利(While for inventions (patents) and symbols (trademarks), you need some paperwork, you do not need any paperwork for claiming rights to anything that YOU created)。一旦您的作品发表 - 无论是在纸质媒体还是数字媒体上 - 您拥有以下独家权利：
- 使用作品，
- 允许重复使用，
- 允许衍生品和
- 允许(Allow)他人从你的工作中获利。
如果您是版权所有者，这意味着只有您(ONLY YOU)可以复制作品并且如果您愿意的话——其他人并且只有您书面许可的人才能使用该作品。
互联网与。公共区域
已经声明，公共领域(Public Domain)中可用的作品可以在未经创作者（版权所有者）明确同意的情况下复制。由于人们可以轻松访问发布到Internet上的任何内容，因此她或他可能会将其与Public Domain混淆。不是这种情况。互联网不是公共领域的同义词(The Internet is not a synonym of Public Domain)。这是一个信息交换发生的地方。人们将他们的独家作品上传到互联网上(Internet)。由于版权法规定创作者对其以数字形式发表的作品拥有版权，因此未经创作者许可，其他人无权使用它。
大多数国家在版权方面都有共同的做法。在这种普遍做法下，作品在以下三种情况下属于公有领域：
- 著作权人通过声明他人可以自由使用而放弃其著作权
- 著作权人逝世50多年
- 如果创建者是政府机构（不适用于非公共流程）
这意味着您可以随心所欲地复制莎士比亚(Shakespeare)，没有人可以起诉您。互联网(Internet)上有许多公共领域(Public Domains)资源可用。公共领域(Public Domains)的例子有CreativeCommons.org和Wikipedia.org。即使在Public Domains的情况下，您也需要查看创作者是否希望您将作品归于他/她。例如，您可以从Wikipedia复制粘贴文本，但您必须提及Wiki作者的姓名，并且可能需要提供指向(Wiki)Wikipedia上原始文章的反向链接。只是(Just)查看页面底部以查看该作品是否可以复制，如果可以，该作品可以复制的条件。
如何保护您的在线内容
虽然不是强制性的，但您可以使用一些步骤来防止人们以任何形式复制您的作品。您一定已经看过版权符号：一个带有C的圆圈和一个带有P的圆圈。两者都表明该作品受版权法保护，其他人在使用作品原样或作为衍生作品之前应征得版权所有者的书面许可。这些符号经常出现在书籍封面、CD/DVD封面甚至某些网站上。
在Internet 上，您可以通过使用来自(Internet)copyscape.com(dmca.com)或dmca.com(copyscape.com)的横幅发出强烈的信号来阻止复制。虽然这可能无法确定，但它至少可以阻止一些人，并表明你认真对待剽窃。两家公司都在检测互联网(Internet)上的抄袭行为，并提供不同大小的免费横幅，暗示复制该网页的内容可能会导致侵犯版权。如果您将横幅和带有版权所有者姓名和电子邮件地址的版权符号放在页脚中，它应该出现在您网站的所有页面上。请记住，圆圈中带有(Remember)P的符号应仅用于音频，因为它表示 phonogram。
但是，以上内容并不能保证人们不会在Internet上窃取您的内容。许多人这样做，以为他们可以摆脱它。他们在万维网(World Wide Web)的早期就有优势。由于互联网(Internet)现在是知识数据，特别是受版权保护的材料的重要场所，因此存在处理剽窃和盗版的组织。
保存您的网页作为它首先出现在 Internet 上的证据。(Save your webpage as proof that it appeared first on the Internet.)
本节讨论如果您的内容被盗该怎么办。
如果您的在线内容(Online Content)被盗，应采取的措施
- 联系作者(Contact the author)、帮助台或网站公关。最有可能的是，他们可能不知道他们网站上的文字、艺术或音频/视频侵犯了版权。大多数网站都有联系我们(Contact Us)部分，该部分将为您提供电话号码和电子邮件地址。还在他的博客上的相关帖子中发表一些评论。要具体(Be specific)。指向有争议的内容，并带有指向这两个内容的链接。等待(Wait)几天，看看他们是否按照您的要求与您联系或删除您的内容。如果没有，请进行第二步。
- 运行WhoIs 搜索(WhoIs search)以查找(look up the address, email or phone)托管您复制的内容的网站管理员的地址、电子邮件或电话。与管理员联系以提供侵犯版权的详细信息，并为他们设置删除内容的截止日期。必须给所有人一个公平的机会。也许这是无意或错误地发生的。等到(Wait)最后期限到期，如果管理员没有按照您的要求删除复制的内容，请继续执行第三步。
- 利用社交媒体的力量传播信息。如果他不允许评论出现在他的网站上，那么您可以公开讨论。网站所有者可能会试图通过说他不知道或者是他的作者之一在做这件事来逃避。如果只是1或2个案例，您可能会给他怀疑的好处。但是，如果他看起来是惯犯或惯犯，并且如果他拒绝删除内容，则您可能必须进行下一步。(The site owner may try to wriggle out by saying that he was not aware or that it was one of his authors doing it. If it’s just 1 or 2 cases, you may give him the benefit of doubt. But if he appears to be a repeat offender or a habitual one, and if he refuses to take down the content, you may have to proceed to the next step. )但在采取下一个法律步骤之前，请确保您的事实和您的身份。
- 此时，您可以根据DMCA（数字千年版权法案）向(Digital Millennium Copyright Act)Google等搜索引擎提出投诉。数字千年版权法案 (DMCA)(Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA))是美利坚(United) 合众国(States)制定的一项法律，(America)旨在打击网络媒体、软件和其他知识产权的盗版行为。在Google 帮助中(Google Help)了解(Learn)更多信息。
(Report Copyright Infringement)向Google举报版权侵权
作为最大的搜索提供商之一，如果您知道有人涉嫌侵犯版权， Google允许您提出投诉。(Google)即使您不是原始内容的所有者，您也可以提出投诉。如果有人向您发送删除通知并且您认为有问题的内容是您的财产，它还允许您提出诉讼。
对于与文本和艺术品相关的内容，您可以查看Google 的停止和终止问卷调查，(Cease and Desist Questionnaire of Google)该问卷将引导您完成一些步骤来收集与原始和复制内容相关的信息。这是提交DMCA请求的直接链接。(direct link)然后，您将能够在此处的(here)DMCA 仪表板中查看您的(DMCA Dashboard)删除(Removal)请求(Requests)。
选中“网络搜索”(Web Search)选项将确保从 Google 的搜索结果中删除被盗内容。或者，选中AdSense选项意味着内容窃贼正在从您窃取的内容中获利，这甚至可能导致他的AdSense帐户被禁用。这工作很快，因为谷歌(Google)对这些事情非常认真。您也可以写信给[email protected] ，说明他正在从您窃取的内容中赚钱。
对于与YouTube相关的内容，您需要查看YouTube 内容所有者页面(YouTube Content Owners Page)，该页面为您提供了使用单次删除、多次删除以及从受版权保护的视频中获利的选项。
(Report Copyright Infringement)向Bing、Yahoo、AOL报告版权侵权
如果您也有兴趣从其他搜索引擎的数据库中删除盗版内容，您可以使用以下链接：
- 向 AOL 报告版权侵权(Report Copyright Infringement With AOL)
- 使用 Yahoo 举报版权侵权(Report Copyright Infringement With Yahoo)
- 使用 Bing 报告版权侵权(Report Copyright Infringement With Bing)。您还可以使用此表单(this form)向Bing报告内容问题。
ChillingEffects.org
以上所有内容（包括Google）都可能会将您的移除请求的副本发送到ChillingEffects.org。ChillingEffects 是停止和终止或DMCA删除通知的信息门户，由发送或接收它们的个人提交。ChillingEffects.org作为一个数据库，用于检查已由Google和其他互联网(Internet)公司处理的不同Cease 和 Desist 声明。(Cease and Desist claims)它还存储有关个人声称的删除的数据。(takedowns)在ChillingEffects.org上，您会找到有关如何处理涉及侵犯版权的人的良好信息。
您可能希望通过ChillingEffects.org输入您的删除请求，以便所有愿意研究版权问题的人都可以看到它。您的删除请求可以帮助法学院学生和律师助理处理与版权相关的案件。您对该组织的贡献可能有助于制定未来的版权法。
这解释了如果您的内容被盗该怎么办。
抄袭检查器
我们还建议您使用您最喜欢的搜索引擎(search engine )甚至Google Alerts继续检查Internet上可能会在未经您许可的情况下托管您的内容的网站。要检查盗版内容，您可以使用文章中的字符串作为不同搜索引擎中的关键字。
Plagramme Plagiarism Checker是一款功能丰富的免费多语言软件，可让您检查内容复制(Content Copying)和复制(Duplication)。
您还可以订阅 CopyScape(subscribe with CopyScape)或在 DMCA.com注册，(register with DMCA.com)以利用有助于检测盗版的工具。这些是提供一些免费服务和一些付费选项的私人组织。(You may also subscribe with CopyScape or register with DMCA.com to avail of tools that help in detecting piracy. These are private organizations that offer some free services and also some paid options.)
也有一些独立的抄袭检测软件可用。如果您知道更多报告版权侵权的工具，请与我们分享。
如果您作为博主遭受抄袭并看到您的内容被盗，请与我们分享您采取了哪些步骤来删除被盗的网络内容。(If you as a blogger have suffered from plagiarism and seen your content being stolen, please do share with us what steps you took to take down the stolen web content.)
– 与 Arun Kumar 合着
你们中的一些人可能也想查看我关于新博主有用的博客技巧的(Useful blogging tips for new bloggers)帖子。
How to deal with Plagiarism and Online Content Theft
What to do if someone copies your website оr blog content? How to report a website for stealing content? Most of us are creators when on thе Internet. We think, and we post our thoughts on websites, fоrums, blogs and social networking sites. We work on articles, tutorials, how-to’s and more! As soon as you pоst your thoughts or research to the Internet, it becomes your property. You automatically get the copyright to the material – be it a blog, an e-book or your webpage. Very few countrіes require you to regiѕter your work for cоpyright and any work of you – digital or on paper – cannot be used by anyone else without your written permission. But like in real life, there are people on the Internet who will simply pick up yоur work and publiѕh it as thеir own. This is known as Plagiarism.
Plagiarism and Online Content Theft
An argument arises that when the person – who picked up your work to use it elsewhere – is giving a backlink to your work, it is not copyright infringement. But it is not the case.
If any person uses any of your work – no matter how small it is – for any of his/her personal benefits irrespective of whether or not he gives you the attribution, it is copyright infringement unless that person has written permission from you.
Understanding Copyrights, Patents And Trademarks
The Intellectual Properties Act covers three specific areas:
- Content in any form: text, artwork, sound, and video including animations
- Ideas and Inventions: Includes inventions that are still on paper
- Symbols: Business trademarks
For symbols, you have to get them registered as trademarks so that others cannot use them for their profit. Trademarks generally apply to products and services that are more of a tangible nature. Ideas and inventions need to be patented, and they are the property of the person who gets them registered. While for inventions (patents) and symbols (trademarks), you need some paperwork, you do not need any paperwork for claiming rights to anything that YOU created. Once your work is published – irrespective of whether on paper or digital media – you own the sole rights to:
- Use the work,
- Allow reuse,
- Allow derivatives and
- Allow others to make profits out of your work.
If you are the copyright holder, it means that ONLY YOU are allowed to make copies of the work and should you wish – others and only the ones to whom you give written permission can use the work.
Internet Vs. Public Domain
It has been stated, that the works available in Public Domain can be reproduced without the explicit consent of the creator (copyright holder). Since one can easily access anything posted to the Internet, she or he may confuse it with Public Domain. This is not the case. The Internet is not a synonym of Public Domain. It is a place where an exchange of information happens. People upload their exclusive works to the Internet. Since the copyright act says that creators hold the copyright to their work published in digital form, others do not have the right to use it without the creator’s permission.
Most of the countries have common practices when it comes to copyrights. Under this common practice, a work belongs to the public domain under three cases:
- The copyright holder gives up his/her copyright by stating that others can use it freely
- More than 50 years have passed since the death of copyright holder
- If the creator is government agency (not applicable to non-public processes)
This means that you can copy as much Shakespeare as you want and no one can sue you for it. There are many Public Domains resources available on the Internet. Examples of Public Domains are CreativeCommons.org and Wikipedia.org. Even in cases of Public Domains, you need to see if the creator wants you to attribute the work to him/her. For example, you can copy-paste text from Wikipedia, but you will have to mention the Wiki author’s name and maybe a backlink to the original article on Wikipedia. Just check out the bottom of the pages to see if the work is available for copy and if yes, the conditions on which the work is available for copying.
How To Protect Your Online Content
Though not mandatory, you can use some steps to prevent people from copying your work in any form. You must have already seen the copyright symbol: a circle with C in it and a circle with P in it. Both convey that the work is protected by copyright act and others should ask the copyright holder for written permission before using the work as it is or as a derivative. Such symbols are regular on book-covers, CD/DVD covers and even on some websites.
On the Internet, you can send out strong signals to deter copying by using a banner from either copyscape.com or dmca.com. While this may not work for sure, it may at least deter some, and show that you take plagiarism seriously. Both companies are into detection of plagiarism on the Internet and provide free banners of different sizes that suggest that copying the contents of that web page may lead to copyright infringement. If you put the banner and the copyright symbol with copyright holders’ name and email address in the footer, it should appear on all the pages of your website. Remember that the symbol with P in a circle should be used only for audio as it denotes phonogram.
The above, however, does not guarantee that people will not steal your content on the Internet. Many people do it thinking that they can get away with it. They had the advantage in the early days of the World Wide Web. Since the Internet is now an important place for intellectual data, especially copyrighted material, there are organizations that deal with plagiarism and piracy.
Save your webpage as proof that it appeared first on the Internet.
This section talks about what to do if your content is stolen.
Steps To Take If Your Online Content Is Stolen
- Contact the author, helpdesk or website PR. Most probably, they may not know that the piece of writing or art or audio/video on their site is copyright infringement. Most websites have a Contact Us section that will provide you with a telephone number and e-mail address. Also post a few comments on his blog, in the concerned posts. Be specific. Point to the disputed content, with links pointing to both the contents. Wait for a couple of days to see if they contact you or take down your content as you may have requested. If not, proceed to step two.
- Run a WhoIs search to look up the address, email or phone of the website administrators who are hosting your copied content. Contact the administrators with details of copyright infringement and set them a deadline for taking down the content. All must be given a fair chance. Maybe this has happened inadvertently or by mistake. Wait till the deadline expires and if the admins did not act on your request to take down the copied content, proceed to step three.
- Use the power of social media to spread the word. If he does not allow comments to appear on his sites, then you can bring the conversation out in the open. The site owner may try to wriggle out by saying that he was not aware or that it was one of his authors doing it. If it’s just 1 or 2 cases, you may give him the benefit of doubt. But if he appears to be a repeat offender or a habitual one, and if he refuses to take down the content, you may have to proceed to the next step. But be sure of your facts and your standing before you take the next legal steps.
- At this point, you can file a complaint under DMCA (Digital Millennium Copyright Act) with search engines like Google. The Digital Millenium Copyright Act (DMCA) is a law put in place by the United States of America, in order to crack down on the piracy of online media, software and other intellectual property. Learn more on this at Google Help.
Report Copyright Infringement With Google
Being one of the largest search providers, Google allows you to file complaints in case you know someone is involved in copyright infringement. You can also file a complaint even if you are not the owner of original content. It also provides for you to make a case if someone sends you a takedown notice and you believe that the content in question is your property.
For content related to text and artwork, you check out the Cease and Desist Questionnaire of Google that will walk you through some steps to collect information related to original and copied content. Here is the direct link to file the DMCA request. You will then be able to see your Removal Requests in your DMCA Dashboard here.
Checking the Web Search option will ensure that the stolen content is removed from Google’s search results. Alternatively, checking the AdSense option will mean that the content thief is making money from your stolen content, and this can even result in his AdSense account being disabled. This works fast, as Google is quite serious about these things. You can also write to [email protected] stating that he is making money from content stolen from you.
For content related to YouTube, you need to check out the YouTube Content Owners Page that offers you options to use a single takedown, multiple takedowns and to make money out of the copyrighted videos.
Report Copyright Infringement to Bing, Yahoo, AOL
In case you are interested in getting the pirated content removed from other search engines’ database also, you may use the following links:
- Report Copyright Infringement With AOL
- Report Copyright Infringement With Yahoo
- Report Copyright Infringement With Bing. You can also use this form to report content concerns to Bing.
ChillingEffects.org
All the above, including Google, may send a copy of your takedown request to ChillingEffects.org. ChillingEffects is an information portal of cease-and-desist or DMCA takedown notices, submitted by individuals who send or receive them. ChillingEffects.org serves as a database for checking out different Cease and Desist claims that have been processed by Google and other Internet companies. It also stores data about takedowns claimed by individuals. At ChillingEffects.org, you will find good information on how to deal with people involved in copyright infringement.
You may want to enter your takedown request with ChillingEffects.org so that it is visible to everyone who is willing to study copyright issues. Your takedown requests can help law students and paralegals in dealing with cases related to copyright. Your contribution to this organization may help in framing copyright laws for the future.
This explains what to do if your content is stolen.
Plagiarism Checker
We also recommend you to keep on checking the Internet for websites that may be hosting your content without your permission, using your favorite search engine or even Google Alerts. To check for pirated content, you may use strings from your articles as keywords in different search engines.
Plagramme Plagiarism Checker is a feature-rich free multilingual software that lets you check Content Copying & Duplication.
You may also subscribe with CopyScape or register with DMCA.com to avail of tools that help in detecting piracy. These are private organizations that offer some free services and also some paid options.
There are also some standalone plagiarism detecting software available too. If you know about more tools to report copyright infringement, please share them with us.
If you as a blogger have suffered from plagiarism and seen your content being stolen, please do share with us what steps you took to take down the stolen web content.
– Co-authored with Arun Kumar
Some of you might want to check out my post on Useful blogging tips for new bloggers too.
