Copyright | Finding the Rip-Off Artists

How to Find the Story Thieves

Site scrapers, plagiarists, “article spinners”…none of them are entitled to your hard work, unless you sell or license your words to them

Photo by Clay Banks on Unsplash

After I wrote my previous story, I realized that I had glossed over an important point, and the question started coming in: “Yes, but how do we find these thieves? How can we even know when our content has been stolen?”

Criminals are Stealing Your Words: Stop Letting Them!

I’d addressed only the “what can I do to stop them?” but not “how do I even know they’re out there?” part of the equation. I was responding to the frustration of writers who already knew who was ripping them off.

So, today’s story deals with how to find the copyright infringers in the first place.

First, bookmark this site — it’s not mine, but it’s run by a friend I met over a decade ago while frustratedly fighting the good fight, all by myself, and losing: