Use of copyrighted material by Timberbuysell.com
If you are visiting from Timberbuysell.com, welcome to my blog. I hope you enjoy reading some of the articles here, and I invite you to return often.
I want to make you aware that Timberbuysell.com republished my article, "Principles of good forestry from 1923" without permission. After I made two requests, they removed the article.
When a website states that it is copyrighted with "All rights reserved," it means that republishing material from that site without permission is illegal. A link back to the site the material was taken from is not a substitute for written permission to republish.
While I understand that Timberbuysell.com is a non-profit corporation with a benevolent purpose, it is not above the law, either in the regular world or in the cyber world.
Timberbuysell.com was apparently not aware that copyright law applies to the republishing of intellectual property on the internet by non-profit organizations. I received apologies from both Mr. Craig Rawlings and Nora McDougall-Collins.
NOTE: I have updated this post from its original content to reflect the current status of my issue with Timberbuysell.com. The offer of assistance in the comment from Jonathan Bailey (thank you, Jonathan!) was made before Timberbuysell.com removed my article. Jonathan Bailey writes the blog Plagiarism Today which deals with copyright and the internet. It is an excellent resource that I have consulted many times.
"The power to recognize trees at a glance without examining their leaves or flowers or fruit as they are seen, for example, from the car-window during a railroad journey, can only be acquired by studying them as they grow under all possible conditions over wide areas of territory. Such an attainment may not have much practical value, but once acquired it gives to the possessor a good deal of pleasure which is denied to less fortunate travelers."
2 comments -- please add yours:
Dear Genevieve,
I am very sorry to hear about what has happened to you and I can definitely sympathize with your plight. As someone who has shut down well over 500 plagiarists, I know well of your ordeal.
I looked into your situation a bit and it appears that it can easily be resolved. TimberBuySell.com is hosted by an American company known as Interland and they have a DMCA policy in place. You could, if you wished, file a DMCA notice and easily get your content removed.
If you wish, I can help you with that process. Feel free to send me an email and I will gladly see what I can do.
I hope that you are doing well and I am sorry again to hear that this has happened to you.
Thanks, Jonathan. They have now removed my article from their site, but I really appreciate your offer to help!
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