Someone plagiarized my writing

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  sarahjwanger · Member · Mar 13, 2015 at 6:55 pm

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  Someone plagiarized my writing. I don’t have any way of contacting them, and would like assistance finding out how to contact them so they will take down the article. Thanks you.

  The blog I need help with is: (visible only to logged in users)

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  timethief · Member · Mar 13, 2015 at 9:43 pm

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  Our WordPress.COM Terms of Service Staff cannot help with any site that is not hosted here by WordPress.COM. Please see this support doc https://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/
  See also http://automattic.com/dmca/

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  sarahjwanger · Member · Mar 13, 2015 at 11:53 pm

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  The site IS hosted by WordPress. It’s a dot com, but it’s supported by WordPress.

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  alexjgustafson · Member · Mar 16, 2015 at 2:04 pm

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  Hi Sarah,

  If the site has a footer that says “Blog at WordPress.com” at the bottom it is a WordPress.com site. If that’s the case for the site you’re discussing, please read the instructions and then file a DMCA notice here:

  http://automattic.com/dmca-notice/

  If the blog has the phrase “Powered by WordPress” or any other phrase that mentions WordPress but not WordPress.com, it is not hosted by us and we cannot remove the content. This documentation will help you find the sites hosting provider and you can file a DMCA notice with them:

  https://en.support.wordpress.com/content-theft-what-to-do/

  I apologize for the trouble, but that official DMCA notice is required before any actions can be taken.

  -Alex G.