My name is Jody. I am the owner of Couture Allure Vintage Fashion and the author of the Couture Allure Blog. It has come to my attention that the content of my blog is being "scraped" and stolen on a daily basis by a site called (name removed as site has been shut down.) Look up in the address bar of your browser. If the URL does not begin with http://coutureallure.blogspot.com then you are looking at my original writing and content. That content has been stolen and posted without permission from the Couture Allure Blog. Not only is (name removed as site has been shut down) stealing content from my blog, but they are stealing ALL of the content they claim copyright to from many high profile vintage blogs across the world.
Normally, this would be a simple matter of filing a DMCA report with the web host of the offending blog. However, this site is very cleverly using a European host that is not subject to US copyright laws and has a poor record of responding to complaints of abuse. I have tried writing to that web host to no avail. And I cannot write the owner of the offending blog because there is no contact information on their site. If you can offer any advice about dealing with this issue, I will gladly welcome it. And if you are the owner of (name removed as site has been shut down), please remove my content from your blog and I will be happy to remove your name from this post.
UPDATE: As of this morning, June 7, the offending website has been taken down. Thank you for all your support, dear readers!
For now, I will be forced to add this copyright notice to all the posts on my blog. Please note: This blog post is copyright of the Couture Allure Vintage Fashion Blog. If you are reading this information anywhere but at http://coutureallure.blogspot.com/, the content has been stolen and posted without permission from the Couture Allure Blog or the Couture Allure Website.
Photo of Mary Astor by Edward Steichen, 1933.
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14 comments:
unbelievable! Usually everyone gets what they deserve in the end, so I bet myvintage.es gets what they deserve eventually, which is no credit for their posts and no followers. Fancy
That stinks! I was curious to see the other site and I just saw this exact post up there. At least everyone else visiting that site knows the content is being stolen from you!
Dear Jody
I am so sorry to see this sort of thing on the internet. I also noted that Diary of a Vintage GIrl and Vixen Vintage have their content stolen - I have emailed them to let them know of this. Diary Vintage girl lives in the UK so she may have more luck with stopping it. I know myself how much time it takes to write a blog post, so remember that we all appreciate your posts and don't be too disheartened by this blatant and disgusting thievery. Hang in there! Maria
What's really priceless is that THIS post is now on that site!!
Well that's just despicable. I love visually 'reading' your content and I know how much effort goes into maintaining such a website. Here's hoping you can shut them down!
Judy, How do you feel about pinterest? I would love to pin your site to that website, It will get you lots of traffic, and I promise to credit you where credit is due!
Sometimes people are truly awful. I am so sorry to hear this. I adore your site and hope this situation gets resolved quickly. Stay positive. Your followers believe in you. :)
Debra@stylewisebydebra.blogspot.com
That is terrible!! I am sorry this is happening to you. I love your blog.
Staci, Pinterest is fine because each pin refers back to the source. Thanks for asking!
Hi you could try contacting the EU - and it is illegal not to publish an address for a website -
How despicable! Jodi, I'm so sorry to hear this.
Please don't let it get you down - those who love your site know the real quality. Hang in there, girl!
Still reading after all these years!
Sorry, but I have found that Pinterest does not retain our urls.
Recently I went back SEVEN levels of links to get to the original photo that I wanted to pin (which was a copyrighted site of a professional photographer)--So NO, Pinterest only reverts back to the previous link, not back to the original site. I make it a point to go back to the origin of what I pin, and I find that most pix that I find on Pinterest don't have that source linked! And when I write the original source in the description, I find that later 'pinners' remove that info within a few 'pins'.
I havent' posted on my blog for awhile since I found that out. It kinda stopped me in my tracks.
Hi, I'm really sorry this is happening to you. There are European laws protecting copyright on websites, blogs, etc. if you're interested, please check www.eucopyright.com; they list a lot of useful information and guidelines on this. The legal document is directive 2001/29/EC. Best of lucks! You realyy have created a truly amazing and inspiring blog.
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