What happens to the content thieves after we report them?
Posted: Tue Jul 28, 2009 11:36 pm
Lately I had 3 articles stolen and posted elsewhere with the thief's name in the byline. Two were on AC and one was on some random pet website. I reported them, as well as a couple of articles I could see had been stolen from other CC authors, and Support was fantastic about getting the stolen content removed immediately. No worries there. My question is about what happens next.
- If an AC author steals work from CC or elsewhere, are they automatically banned by AC? What's to prevent them from signing up under another name?
- Do they have to return the money they made off of our stolen content, or does AC confiscate any unpaid balance from their account?
- Is there any way of forcing thieves to pay us for the content? (I am guessing the answer to this one is no, but I have to ask...)
Apart from using google alerts and notifying Support, is there anything else we as authors can do to discourage thieves?
- If an AC author steals work from CC or elsewhere, are they automatically banned by AC? What's to prevent them from signing up under another name?
- Do they have to return the money they made off of our stolen content, or does AC confiscate any unpaid balance from their account?
- Is there any way of forcing thieves to pay us for the content? (I am guessing the answer to this one is no, but I have to ask...)
Apart from using google alerts and notifying Support, is there anything else we as authors can do to discourage thieves?