Protecting Content

[ThePokerBank]

I had a thought the other day about protecting content on websites and so would like to ask a few questions.

1) What measures do you take to stop people from stealing your content?

2) If someone does indeed steal your content and refuse to give you credit, what action can you take?

3) Has anyone ever had any trouble with other people stealing their content?


I would be very interested in hearing some answers to those questions, as I am relatively new to the affiliate business.

[DealerDan]

I generally just check http://www.copyscape.com/ every so often. And I'll either contact the person who is stealing the content, or just contact my affiliate manager directly, and they can usually get them to change it real fast.

[losercore]

Yea in the poker affiliate industry it's pretty easy to stop this stuff qquick. If you notice it AND can prove it, just contact your AM and most sites will warn them about it and then the good sites will, after a warning, stop affiliating with them. unless they are bringing in huge numbers. But the sites bringing in huge nimbers are not worried about copying content.

[Knuder12]

holy sh*t... i just checked that website and my site's pretty new so i didn't think there would be any sites copying mine yet... but sure enough there is! It's literally the exact same site, stolen, and with a new domain...
My site: www.bonus-center.com
Stolen Version: www.universalpokers.com

So what actions can i take regarding this? Is there anything I can do to stop this in the future?

Wow, i'm kind of in shock that someone would copy an entire website so blatantly. That's ridiculous.

[PartyForFree]

Originally Posted by Knuder12

holy sh*t... i just checked that website and my site's pretty new so i didn't think there would be any sites copying mine yet... but sure enough there is! It's literally the exact same site, stolen, and with a new domain...
My site: www.bonus-center.com
Stolen Version: www.universalpokers.com

So what actions can i take regarding this? Is there anything I can do to stop this in the future?

Wow, i'm kind of in shock that someone would copy an entire website so blatantly. That's ridiculous.

Ah, irony is great...isn't it....

You stole your images from PokerListings, and that guy re-stole them from you.

Granted, his blatant rip off of your entire site is ridiculous, but to a lesser extent you're guilty of the same thing.

[Brandon]

Originally Posted by PartyForFree

Ah, irony is great...isn't it....

You stole your images from PokerListings, and that guy re-stole them from you.

Granted, his blatant rip off of your entire site is ridiculous, but to a lesser extent you're guilty of the same thing.

and then you copied partypokers design

[PartyForFree]

Originally Posted by Brandon

and then you copied partypokers design

With written consent from my AM.

[SunPoker.com]

Originally Posted by Knuder12

My site: www.bonus-center.com
Stolen Version: www.universalpokers.com

So what actions can i take regarding this? Is there anything I can do to stop this in the future?

Wow, i'm kind of in shock that someone would copy an entire website so blatantly. That's ridiculous.

First, contact the webmaster and tell them your concern and you will take action if things haven't been rectified in X amount of days.

If that doesn't work, contact the AM's at the poker rooms to have them contact the affiliate. Let them AM know that you had your site up first (assuming you did) and tell them to take action.

I have contacted many affiliates about this in the past and been able to resolve these issues.

Regards,
Mark

[Knuder12]

Ah, irony is great...isn't it....

You stole your images from PokerListings, and that guy re-stole them from you.

False... Those images are not stolen from pokerlistings. They're not even pokerlistings images. I emailed them before i used them about them and they belong to the individual sites, all of which have given me permission to use them. Nice try though...

[PartyForFree]

Originally Posted by Knuder12

False... Those images are not stolen from pokerlistings. They're not even pokerlistings images. I emailed them before i used them about them and they belong to the individual sites, all of which have given me permission to use them. Nice try though...

Really? Oh...my mistake....I wasn't aware that all of the sites made 17x17 .png files with the same beveled edges.

Now THIS is weird though....

Titan Poker screenshot from PokerListings:
http://www.pokerlistings.com/pop-gra...=Titan%20Poker

Titan Poker screenshot from bonus-center.com
http://www.bonus-center.com/sites/Titan.jpg

Hmm....Odd that you're both logged in with the same account.



Mansion Poker screenshot from PokerListings:
http://www.pokerlistings.com/pop-gra...ansion%20Poker

Mansion Poker screenshot from bonus-center.com:
http://www.bonus-center.com/sites/Mansion2.jpg

Wow...can you even imagine the odds of getting dealt the same cards, against the same opponents as they guys at PokerListings did when they took their screenshots? You should buy a lottery ticket.

I'm not going to bother posting all of them, as my point has been made.

You might want to rethink your "Nice try though" comment.