Has Your Copyright Been Violated

As mentioned in my previous post about my friends Article being posted to a blog site without the benefit of her resources being listed I have an update.

The owner of the blog that posted her copyright material has responded and provided a link back to her site, however he still has violated her copyright my changing her resource information from what was posted with her article.

I also noted in the last article on this subject that I would post names of other authors who possible were having their copyrights violated. I will update this post as I have time because this site is very large with many months of posts.

I'll give the title of the article and the author's name. If you are the author, or know the author have them Google their name and article title and go through the list to see if your copyright has been violated.

To the List:
February Articles
Myths And Misconceptions About Job Hunting by Tony Jacowski
Brainstorm Your Way To A New Career by Jacqui Mitchell
Dealing With Gaps In Employment by Tony Jacowski
Dealing with Job Loss - Stay Connected by Lisa McGrimmon
Resume Cover Letters - Turn The Toughest Job Hunting Chore Into A Powerful Assetrew by John Groth
Job Search Secret - Sending a Thank You Letter When You Don’t Get the Job by Jane Trevaskis
Building the Executive Resume by Abby M. Locke
Moving on after layoff not easy, but plan is essential by Amy Lindgren
Creative Job Hunting - How To Access The Hidden Job Market by Jacqui Mitchell
Top Tips For Incorporating Your Personal Brand In Your Job Search by Michelle Dumas

Unethical Blogging Practice, Copyright Infringement

Recently I was speaking with a good friend of mine Lori Clark who owns a consulting business called Clark Aviation Consulting. She has started writing articles and found that one of her first articles had been picked up by another website.

Since this is the desired outcome of an article she was happy about it. However when checking out the site that picked up the article she found something that none of us want to see happen with our articles.

The article was picked up from a secondary source which had not included her resources, namely her contact information or the link back to her website. When the article was published on the 2nd site it was linked to the site who did not include Lori’s resources.

There were now 2 instances of her article being picked up with neither of them giving the required credit and link back to Lori’s site.

To make matters worse, the site that is violating numerous authors copyrights has monitized his site using content links. So not only is he stealing copyrighted material, he's making money from it.

She contacted the 2nd person and they rectified the resource issue right away. The original person who posted her article has an entire blog site filled with great content and an excellent PR. The problem is that the excellent content is provided by others who have no idea that their articles are being taken and used without their resources.

This is a blatant copyright infringement and without a doubt the lack of links back to the original author’s has contributed to the high PR for this blog. Sadly this type of thing occurs on a regular basis on the Internet and it’s up to us to be proactive in protecting our copyright material.

When you submit an article for publication as soon as the article is published, you need to set a google alert for the name of the article. A Google alert are a great tool for keeping track of your articles and also provides you the ability to stay on top of any copyright infringements.

There are remedies for this type of infringement. First contact the person that posted your article and ask them to include your resource information. If they don’t comply, your next step is to contact their ISP provider and let them know that this person is violating your copyright. The ISP has it within their power to take these types of sites down.

Another option for you when you find your copyrighted material has been violated is to contact google and let them know. Clearly they can’t take the site down, but if there is any pagerank associated with the site they can and will make adjustments to that pagerank.

It’s important to know that you have to be proactive in protecting your Internet persona as well as protecting your copyright material whether it is your site copy or an article. Doing so will ensure that you will grow your own Internet presense and build your own reputation as an expert in your field.

I will be compiling a list of authors who's work is featured on this site and posting them here on my blog.

2007, My Business Year in Review

I’m a believer in personal growth. Growth is usually the result of your personal experiences and how you relate and react to those experiences. I can tell you from my own personal experience that regardless of how bad an experience seems to be at the time, there can always be something good to come from it.

Your own ability to find the good in each experience is what will truly define how much growth you achieve in day to day life.

Late in 2006 I started to realize that those I looked to for leadership in my primary business simply did not have the skills, tools or knowledge to lead me in the direction I needed to go. They also did not share my business ethics and consistently droned on about working your warm market, the 3 foot rule and all the other old school techniques that don’t work in todays internet marketing environment.

The feeling I had was that I had been taken for a ride for the sole purpose to either build the credibility or line the pockets of my leaders. I’m sure there are marketers out there who have also felt the loss off respect for their leadership.

Many of those marketers will simply drop from their program, give up or start looking for a different direct marketing opportunity.

During that time of enlightenment in 2006 I had to start making some serious decisions and determine if I what I had was worth continuing. Because I did have faith in my product line and had already built a small team which I was already collecting residual income on I decided it would be to my benefit to continue.

The majority of 2007 was spent turning some bad experiences in my business into something positive. I shifted the focus of my disappointment in my leaders to learning and building what I had truly wanted in my own home business.

At first my business overhaul was fueled by my emotions but as time went on I learned how to make logical decisions based on fact and not my emotions. And believe it or not, in spite of the emotional upheaval I felt I now realize how grateful I am that I had experienced it was what put a fire under me and got me started toward the right direction.

Like a child who grows up and finally takes that necessary step out into the world on their own, I needed to do the same with my business. I cut the ties with my own leadership and started on a year long journey to make my business reflect my wants, needs and desires.

The final outcome of my 2007 efforts will be an ongoing process as my own business continues to grow. I now have a solid foundation for my own business and have developed up to date tools for my team to help them build their foundations and get their business into profit.
My personal growth during the calendar year 2007 has also been quite amazing. The largest part of that growth has been learning to trust my own instincts and use my common sense when it comes to my business.

It’s important to always remember why you got into a particular business, for me it wasn’t hard to cut the ties that were holding me down because I did not start my business to be popular or to make friends, I did it to make money.