How to Deal With Plagiarism on Steemit

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Just as I went to go to bed last night a friend messaged me with a link to this post which directly ripped off photos of my pet chicken meep while the original post was still active without my permission or credit given. My first thought was to laugh but this morning I decided it was probably worth doing something out, even if just a comment and a downvote.

Photo caption: A screenshot from my phone of the post before it was flagged into oblivion

Having recently joined the steemcleaners discord I decided to ask there how to handle the problem. I got a proper response in the abuse channel, where GuiltyParties asked what was stolen. All it took was me sharing the two links....

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I clearly found the response hilarious.

But what I really appreciated was the fact that it was a handled issue and it wasn't like I was rooting around on Steemit looking. A friend had noticed they promoted the post in a group I also promote mine in, something which I found funny.

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It doesn't pay to steal people's shit. My issue is not so much that the content was taken, it was done so while the post was active with literally no credit given to me despite the fact that I spent like an hour on that post editing photos to show Meep's true colors. There was no asking for permission, no "hey, I totally stole this from Hive account@lily-da-vine, go to her page for more, no it seemed like a pitiful attempt to milk pennies from the system.

Thanks to Hive account@guiltyparties for helping with the situation! If you find your content has been or is being ripped off, don't hesitate to report that shit!