Copied Content - Who is a winner

[varunrupal]

Someone copied the content from my website just I publish the article. So who is the winner? and I am in any problem? What to do? Please check Image.

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[Nigel_Carr]

Hi Varun

This could well cause problems for you especially if they did it quickly. Usually, if there is a reasonable gap, say one month then Google will assign authority to the site who published the content first. The problem comes when the second site is a large one with a higher Domain Authority - it could be that their published copy ranks higher than yours.

Whatever it is simply bad to have two articles with duplicate content so my best advice is to ask Google to take the copied version down.

This is quite a simple process, all you have to do is to tell Google here:

https://support.google.com/legal/answer/3110420?hl=en-GB

Scroll to the bottom: Submit A Legal request and follow the link.

Then choose: Web Search

Then choose: I have a legal issue that is not mentioned above (Bottom one) Then select: I have found content that may violate my copyright Then fill in all of the details and wait for them to come back to you.

You could then send them a legal letter telling them to remove it - Google will remove the duplicated content from the web.

I hope that help

Regards Nigel

[EGOL]

When we find our content on other sites we choose one of a few routes to take.

If the infringing content is on the site of a reputable business, it usually appears there as a result of an employee who does not realize that taking the content of others is an action that can result in civil or criminal action, or it is a result of a dirtbag SEO or marketing service who steals content instead of writing their own.  In these cases we write to an officer of the reputable business and inform them of the problem.  They usually thank us for letting them know, take the content down right away and educate the employee or fire the SEO or marketer who did this.

More often the infringer is simply a spammer.  In those cases we use the DMCA dashboard of our Google Search Console account to file a complaint with Google.  Google usually acts within 48 hours, often the same day.  If the infringer is using Adsense, we then click the "Ad Choices" button on one of their ads, and follow the route to complain about copyright infringement.  When Adsense receives these complaints they often turn off all ads on the infringing page, and if lots of complaints are filed about the website, the turn off all of the ads to that site or close the  adsense account.  Hitting spammers in the wallet or putting fear into them that their adsense account might be turned off is effective and getting the infringer to say away from your sites.

Before you start filing DMCAs or complaining to reputable businesses, it is important to understand fair use and understand the limits of your copyright rights.  A consultation with an intellectual property attorney can help you understand this.  They can also craft complaint letters that you can send, offer to send them for you, and take over if you send an informal complaint and the company does not comply.  I've found that copyright attorneys cost less than I feared and are worth more than I pay them.