It has become my morning ritual over the last weeks to check and see how many of my posts have been reproduced without my permission.
(Try, every last one of them since February).
But I refuse to stop posting and wanted to believe that somehow, this situation would be remedied.
This morning I was greeted by this message:
Tygpress.com is temporarily out of service due to technical issues. will be back soon…Tygpress.com was created with an intention to create a blog search site , but due to some techical issues, full contents of respective sites were being displayed instead of just excerpts as intended. We thank the complainants for bringing this issue to our notice and We are extremely sorry to the content owners.
I hope their “technical issues” continue. I will be checking back regularly.
And I will be much more vigilant in the future.
For now, I know that our Blogging Community does have an impact.
Thank you to everyone who took action.
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Keep on writing.
Jo Hawk The Writer
Jo Hawk 
Congratulations! It’s the worst feeling to see your work show up as someone else’s product. I’ve had it happen and it feels terrible.
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They were apparently pulling from the WordPress Reader. It seems everyone who checked was finding their posts republished. It was sickening, and I spent hours completing infringement forms, as did others. I am happy for now. Just wary they will be back.🙁
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Brilliant! I saw it first thing this morning too! We win… for now
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Yes, for now.
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That’s great news! I noticed mine was linking back to my original blog site where is said “more” – it was only an excerpt, so maybe they did have good intentions, but it’s best to be wary in the future.
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It is good news. While I don’t know their intentions, I am hopeful they have gained knowledge, in this process.
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It is good to know that working together we made them realize what they were doing was riling us.
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I am glad they received the message. Now lets see what they do with it. 🙂
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Yes! Wait and see.
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Thanks for all the messages and hard work in filling out forms. It worked! I think they will be back, but let’s see how.
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It was a team effort. I would not have gotten far without other people doing the same. We will see what the future brings. 👍
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Wow. I didn’t know about any of this. I can be such an ostrich! Glad to know people pulled together and helped bring down that site. Let’s hope it stays down!
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Yes, I am glad the site is down. Lets see what happens.
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