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By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:34:00 +0000

Yes, you are welcome to. Thanks for asking!

By: Mason Conrad Stanley

Mason Conrad Stanley — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 13:16:00 +0000

Mr. Hyatt,

I’m starting a new blog and would like to use your permission policy. I didn’t know whether a comment or an email would be best, so I took my chances with a comment. Thank you for the consideration of my request.

Mason Staney

By: Michael Hyatt

Michael Hyatt — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:27:00 +0000

Try to find out who hosts the site by using the whois tool. Then contact the hosting service. Usually it is at an email address like abuse@[name of hosting provider].com. File your complaint with them.

By: Shelly

Shelly — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 22:09:00 +0000

Michael, I’m a little late to this post, but the information was still very helpful. I’ve come across a site that posts my blog content word for word without my permission to benefit payment from infolinks. In fact, the entire site looks like stolen content. There is no contact information and when I professionally and politely left comments to remove my content, the comments were then disabled. In this case, I have contacted infolinks regarding the theft (they are investigating). I’m also considering filing a report with google so the site doesn’t show up in the google search engine. In your opinion, am I taking this too far or wasting my time? At the very bottom of the posts, there is a link to my site saying “see the original post”.

By: LanaVaughan

LanaVaughan — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 20:26:00 +0000

I think more bloggers are worried about no one reading their material rather than someone stealing it.

But good to know the steps to take just in case.

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By: jenbeever

jenbeever — Mon, 13 Jun 2011 17:33:00 +0000

Mike, I did have two articles on my site copied by other consultants, one of whom also published my article in an online magazine. The whole thing resulted in a spike in my blood pressure, at least half a day spent on the remedy, and years of telling the story (my therapy). My letters requesting that the site owners take my content down were effective. One said they hired a ghost writer and didn’t know that person copied my article. The other (someone I worked for in the past) just apologized.

By: Allison Hall

Allison Hall — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 22:07:00 +0000

Knowledge is a heck of thing. I love Micheal’s blogs. They are very informative. I share the link with my coworkers, especially as it relates to leadership and productivity. I have always credited the person. It is the ethical, legal and correct thing to do in the sight of God and man. Information is so easy to access and share now with technology. I encourage persons to credit others when they use their information, even though sometimes the information may not be original. Still acknowledge them. Can you imagine if there was no information for you to access or share?

By: Joe Abraham

Joe Abraham — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 06:45:00 +0000

Thank you Michael for this informative post. I consider many bloggers are unaware of their rights and privileges. And some feel shy about exercising their rights. But, I believe, we got to do it right with a graceful heart!

By: Roy Wallen

Roy Wallen — Fri, 04 Mar 2011 01:21:00 +0000

Once again, great advice, as well as assurance.

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By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 21:42:00 +0000

Michael:

My content was used a few times. It was pretty hard to track it down so I let it go. I now have some very concrete steps to follow.

Rob

By: Michael Young

Michael Young — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:58:48 +0000

I do a little graphic design. It’s mostly for fun, I don’t make any money at it, nor do I make stuff for other people (not normally). But I created something that I consider my “masterpiece.” Well, one day on Facebook I see a comment someone left on my friend’s status. The person who posted the comment had his profile picture as my artwork! At first I was a little bitter about it. Then I found out that he had found it on Google Images. This actually made me happy.
But what made me more happy was when one of my graphic desing buddies (the guy who taught me what I know) told me after learning about this said, “You aren’t a real graphic artist, or any other type of artist for that matter, until someone pirates your work.” So I guess it’s official. I’m a graphic artist!
So, as an aspiring author, if someone ever steals my work, I’ll be very happy and pleased. Then I’ll no longer be “aspiring” in my mine, I’ll be a legit author.
Thanks for the post.

By: Ephraiyim

Ephraiyim — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 16:13:39 +0000

I just realized something. You are the folks who copyrighted the Word of God. You are doing to Him the very thing that you claim no one has the right to do to you.
Scripture originates with Him. Even the way you rearranged it came from a study of the original. You plagiarized Gods’ Words. That pretty much dismisses anything you might have to say about the subject as moot.
If I steal something from another that, essentially, renders my opinions on matters of theft as meaningless.

By: Ephraiyim

Ephraiyim — Wed, 17 Nov 2010 15:05:45 +0000

Sorry, but I strongly disagree that the concept of intellectual property is viable. One cannot own a thought. Once expressed that thought belongs to anyone who reads or listens to it.
Personally, when I copy something from another’s site, and I do this frequently, I do it because I want people to have access to those ideas. I do not take credit myself and try to be very careful to give credit to whoever the originator is. This includes pasting their heading to my post, any links to the article as well as the site. This is, in my opinion, a form of flattery.. Any author who would think otherwise has an ego problem.
If an author has made a clear statement on their blog that they prefer that people not copy their blog I respect their request not out of some imagined legal obligation but only as respecting their wishes that have been expressed. I certainly do not do it because of some supposed “right” they may think exists.
I am sorry but you do not own something once you have made it public. The way you happen to have arranged a set of letters and punctuation is not yours once you have expressed it. The primary reason for writing anything is, ultimately, to have some influence upon ones readers. Said influence by it’s nature should cause others to think in similar if not identical terms. Since that is true then one would expect, dare I say, desire, that those readers would express what one has said in as close a way to the original as possible up to and including exact quotation.
This is not stealing ones ideas but flattery in it’s highest sense. Having said this, I will be careful not to copy or even mention anything whatsoever you may say as I would not want to offend you. That is not because I fear what you may do but, merely, respecting your wishes. Of course, that may also mean I do not believe that anything you express has any value worth mentioning.
Blessings.

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