Someone has stolen my copyrighted material
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I published an ebook 15 months ago and promoted it on my blog. whathappenstous. I just noticed that another blogger is selling my entire book, in violation of copyright, as a pdf file and promoting it on WordPress. Help. The blogger’s name is forosoko1991rades, and my ebook’s name is What Happens to Us.
The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)
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Please work through the guides below
Content Theft & Abuse – Logos
http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/
http://en.wordpress.com/abuse/
http://automattic.com/dmca-notice/
If you’re feeling really mean, this should also help http://drinkscoaster.com/2013/01/02/whine-journalism-and-how-to-bring-the-splashback/ (thanks @Raincoaster)
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These matters are not dealt with on these public support forums. Please see http://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/
To let WordPress.com ToS Staff know that a blog is reproducing your material in an unauthorized manner you will need to file a formal DMCA notice by following the instructions found here: http://automattic.com/dmca.
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The site you mention is pointing people offsite to a malware site to download your book. I’ve reported the WPcom site.
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