Can i copy ezinearticles

I have just found one of my Ezine articles copied on someone else's blog. All links and credits have been retained, so this blog is actually giving me traffic, which I'm quite happy about. This is my article that I posted at Ezine articles many months ago. As you will see it has been copied into safetyrisk. The blog in question is a safety site that seems to have copied in many other Ezine articles.

Like This 2. Need community help with your question? Yes No. Meredithlonestar Premium. Don't do that, no. It will be considered Duplicate Content. Add only fresh content on your sites.

Preferably, several times a week and daily if you can. Reply Like Like You like this. AnnieB Premium. It's duplicate content. If someone complains that you are using their content, that isn't good for you. Google will recognise you are not the original owner. You can post snippets of someone else's blog and give fair credit to them.

Other than that why would you want to? OkieWebs Premium. Would this still be considered duplicate content if you added a brief introduction, say.. A quick DMCA to the hosting company will sort this within a few hours, as they are legally obliged to pull the article upon receiving a DMCA notice assuming they receive no counter notice.

Why would you do that? The hosting company is not to blame, so why try to shame them? Guys, it seems you got me wrong. The big web hosting company themselves has infringed the copyright of my article and have posted it on one of the websites owned by them used for link building purposes by them and I have verified it through their whois details.

I personally feel that this falls under the willful copyright infringement of my rights. I think that if I proceeded with this to court, one can send a clear message to the big players that even the small publishers should have their rights protected.

What do you think? Okay, firstly are you aware of the costs involved in taking someone to court over copyright infringement? Can you cover those costs? If so, where do you intend to have this go to court? Or do you expect ezine articles to sue on your behalf? Thirdly, have you contacted the hosting company to hear their side of the story and give them a chance to put it right?

What is your priority here? To have the content taken down, to be properly credited, to make an example of them, or to make some money? From their Tos, it looks like ezine articles are happy for the matter to be resolved amicably without litigation. Fourthly, if suing in the US, have you registered the copyright of your article? There may even be a believable explanation as to what happened - for example, perhaps someone just made an honest mistake and added the wrong resource box.

Mistakes happen. No, I cannot cover the costs. If you do not agree to these terms, do not submit your articles. I have checked other articles on their website and I have found out that they always replace the resource box-signature with a link to their website.

Are you sure this is a requirement? The overall feeling that this company pays no attention to the small-publishers is what actually bothering me and triggering me towards thinking about a legal action. The fact that I am not located in the US is in fact a problem and I am currently looking into the possibilities of proceeding with this.

A monetary compensation would be surely nice, but it is not the main reason. There are better ways of dealing with this problem.