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Comment by 8bitsrule

(Note:I am not a lawyer.) If you're a US citizen, any content that you've created yourself is -automatically- copyrighted. (That's also true in all countries where Berne Convention standards apply.) See this link for further basics: https://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/intellectual-property/what...

If they're scraping content you created, they have already broken the copyright law. (They may not realize that. Make sure they do.)

Since 1989, in Berne countries you don't even have to post copyright notice for them to be in violation. So your first step would be to notify them that they've already broken the law, and invite them to cut it out.

Your second step would be to contact a lawyer.If the other site is not in a Berne country, that might complicate things. On the other hand, they may simply not be aware that they've broken the law.

parent 8bitsrule 8 years ago

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