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RE: Steemit Advice: How to Avoid Plagiarism and Why It's More Important Than Ever!

in #steemit7 years ago

How do you protect yourself from being plagiarized when you are only an individual, and not a corporation? Do you get every single piece of content you share with the world copyrighted before putting it out there?

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Technically, every work that you submit is automatically copyrighted (assuming of course that it is a legitimate work). That said, there's no way that individuals or corporations can prevent being plagiarized. You just have more options as a corporation typically due to their retention of attorneys.

As a sole content producer, you can choose to press charges against those who plagiarize against you; however, it may not be worth the legal costs. Aside from confronting the plagiarists and setting the record straight, I'd save the legal action for a plagiarist that has deep pockets, if you know what I mean :)