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Just recently I found out that an article I had written over two years ago has been active and online. The problem with this is that it was not my article, or at least that’s what the person in question is making others believe. Seems that an business associate I used to work with on article writing has taken my article and passed it off as his own without telling me. To say that I am a but irritated is an understatement.

Unfortunately, this is happening everywhere. People can simply right click, take someone’s writing, and pass it off as their own, even make a nice little profit off of it. I’ve decided to do some research on this topic to try and come up with the best solution to keep this from happening to me, as well as to others.

One thing that many bloggers and article writers do not think about is getting a copyright for their writing, myself included. After doing some research however, I discovered a fact that many people I have spoken with do not know, and certainly not the article stealing crooks. In the USA, after April 1, 1989, anything  that has been created privately or originally is already protected. Since most article snatching jerks may not realize this, it doesn’t hurt to to have the added protection. So go ahead and make sure that “Copyright (dates) by (author) is on all your writings.

Another problem is that many people have no idea if their articles have been stolen. A good measure, at least from what I hear, is to use Copyscape. You simply fill out your URL on the site, and it will tell you where your popular articles are.

Last, another good measure is to make sure that all of your writing is right click disabled. Most article snatchers are lazy ( or they wouldn’t be taking yours in the first place), so when they see its not as easy as cut and paste, they usually go elsewhere.  By adding in a javascript code, you can protect your writing. Of course there are some that can still get around that, but for most novices it is enough to steer them away. I’m not quite sure how the java script codes work yet, but I am in the process of learning.

Back with more later….for now I need to get a little sue happy with my article napper.

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