We understand the value of intellectual property, and will take immediate action to ensure your rights are protected. Authors, contributor, poets, photographers, and other types of content creators sometimes have their content unlawfully copied and reproduced without permission.

Is it an excerpt from one of your posts or an entire post? Make note of the specific URLs involved: the URLs containing the copied material (the infringing URLs), as well as the URLs containing your original material if available (your own URLs).

There are fair use principles that must be considered as the law permits certain uses of material without express permission. For instance, if a site has posted commentary on one of your writings or articles (much like a book or film review), you may not want to proceed with submitting an infringement notice.

We recommend this as your first course of action, but we recognize that it doesn’t always work. The author of the infringing post might not display contact information, or they might ignore your requests.

When you submit an infringement notice to webmaster, the person who published the reported materials has the right to review the notice in its entirety. Please note that any infringement notices submitted via our webmaster take-down may be forwarded to the party that made the content available.