The last couple of days, many bloggers I follow complained about this site. I had heard about websites stealing content from bloggers, but I never thought I’d find my posts used without my permission.
ALL my latest posts have been copied on that site. And I wouldn’t be surprised to see yours there too. This is frustrating to say the least.
You can report the abuse here. And I hope we all will, because even if our blogs are not businesses, they are our voices, and ours only!
Teresa, at The Haunted Wordsmith, wrote out a post a few days ago about a website that is harvesting the blog posts of many WordPress bloggers. That is, this site, tygpress.com, is likely posting on its site your posts without your authorization, approval, or permission. You can check to see if this is happening to your […]
Wholly shit! There is a ton of my writing there… How & what do we do about this?
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I would recommend asking Fandango or Rory, they probably know more than me about it… I am trying to report this on the link above, but I have no copyright, so I am not sure what I can do… But I WILL complain one way or another!
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I don’t have a copyright either. Just my little (BC 2019)…
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I am reading about copyrights, and from what I went through this far, it doesn’t seem to be necessary to apply for copyright to have a certain level of protection….
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What a f’ing dsigrace! WP is worthless, and we have to fight our own battles.
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In a way, I understand that they can’t do anything to stop people from copying our words… But if they get complaints from many bloggers, they should at least contact the other hosting company to help close down this site. I mean, it’s not only your blog and mine… I’ve checked at least 10 of my favorite bloggers and all of them had posts there… Almost as if this site was a searching app for WP posts!
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I’ve already heard from 7 others that have had their site stolen. I agree, if everyone bands together and complains to WP idiots, “Maybe” they’ll help us.
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If we all complain to both WP and Digital Ocean, we might have a chance to get things moving…
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I sure a hell hope so. Did you get a ticket number from Digital Ocean? Teresa and I filed through email and never got one.
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No, I have no confirmation so far… I’ll let you know if I get one!
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Please do. Thanks!
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yes you do..it is assumed to be copyrited if it is your personal blog.
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Really? Even though I’m just writing at the end of a post (BC 2019)?
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i just posted a link to where it is reported and a brief explanation on how to report.
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Hey there, Suze… Yeah, several of us are filing complaints. But, if you read Ashley’s blog or what I reblogged, there isn’t a darn thing we can truly do about it.
However, I plan on leaving Tygpress.com a msessage at the end of each post in bright red. It won’t be pleasant either. Deviant, aren’t I. Heeheehee!
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OMG! I’m having a fit over here. I filed a complaint, but God only knows how long that will take. I’m so livid. Shocked , stunned, and appalled.
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I’ve filed my complaint too… I am shocked to see how many people’s work has been blatantly stolen.
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Read my latest post…
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Went to the site and did a search for me, and some of mine are there too. What is this site anyway? I’ve never heard of it. My posts looked just like they always do, with no apparent attempt to claim them as their own. But how’d they end up there to begin with?
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Probably some robot site, gathering posts from WP…. Really annoying, if you ask me. I filed a complaint to have my content taken off their site. I don’t like the idea of all my work being copied like that without any notice…
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I agree. I filed a complaint too. We’ll see. 😏
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While they are not claiming to own your content, when someone clicks on a link on their site to your article, they remain on their site to read up to 1,249 words of your article before they reach the “read more” button. It makes unaware readers think you have submitted that post on their site. It does not matter if they have a citation or not, their use does not fall under fair-use and is a copyright violation. Some people think it’s a search engine, but the fact they generate the post on their site negates that fact (and cover for it not being a violation).
When people on WP reblog a post (as one could argue that’s all they’re doing) the original owner is notified of the intent to republish and has the right to decline. The owners of that site are not requesting permission from anyone to repost their material.
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I’ve filed a complaint. I’m planning to bash them on every post I make too. Not much else I can do, it seems. Maybe they’ll finally get sick of me calling them out all the time. Doubt it though. 😡
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Chances are there is not even a real person monitoring their site. They have five registered sites and all appear to be like this one but covering different topics. This particular site gets over 2k hits a month. Not a great amount, but it’s about the principle of the thing. I think many would have approved their reblog. I know my visits from India have increased in the last two weeks which was strange but now I know it’s their bot collecting my posts and it makes me mad.
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Turds. 😡
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Wow! Thievery of the highest order. I even had seen a #vpub hashtag.
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It is really pissing me off! I was so shocked to see all my posts there… My words, my thoughts… Displayed and used behind my back!! It is appalling, and I hope people will join in and fight back, even if we can’t do much about it… As a community, I believe we can make a difference.
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Oh my! Some of my posts appear there too. I’ve complained via the Digital Ocean link provided.
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I’m glad you did, Candice… It might seem like a lost cause to some people but reporting the stealing of our words and thoughts only takes a few minutes, as you know. I hope a lot of people will take the time. Together we can make a difference 🙂
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Thanks Cyranny. I reported too.
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Thank you, Irene! Every single report of their abuse is important, and I am glad you took the time to do it 🙂 xx
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Since you plan on publishing your work you need to look into this seriously.🥰
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It is one of the things that went through my mind, when I noticed all the posts they had copied from The Cove… I am disgusted to see that if we don’t get authorities to shut this site down, even if I take my posts offline to work on the book, the words will remain online anyway!! Grrrrrrr!
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they have monetized all their sites, so the more they steal from us the more money they make each month. this single site seems to make about 2000.00 a month.
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Yup… this is absolutely disgusting! Stealing someone’s words is already appalling, but making money off their backs is even worse! I really hope we’ll show them that the WordPress community is not one you mess with!
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Gee …. I would have taken it as a compliment … but no such luck – my stuff is not worth stealing, it seems.
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I don’t think they were aiming at ”quality”… They seem to have stolen blogs that post on a very regular basis. Probably to be sure to have more and more content to rob. It stinks… When I think that they are making money out of it, I feel like they are milking my creativity!
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wanna bet? gimme ten minutes and I bet I find your lovely words all over this smarmy site!
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andddddd, one and one half minute later……..https://tygpress.com/post/154075180-1030-East-London-30719
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LOOOOOOL you’re the best, Suze 🙂
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I still can’t see it. I have slipped under the radar. Rejected by somebody who accepts everybody. I’m mortified.
But I’m used to it.
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Thanks so much for this article. During a link audit I just found several of my stories copied in full. Yes, there is an attribution, but they are making money of MY copy. Have reported via the link you shared
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Thank you for joining in, Lesley! It is absolutely disgusting to see people trying to make money off our backs, taking our words and thoughts and thinking we won’t be able to stop them… WordPress is a strong community, and I am glad to see more and more people standing up to tell them we will not take the abuse!
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From what I’ve learned today, they harvested our content from the wordpress feed
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