Copyright Infringement Tracking

Copyright Infringement Lady SpringWolf reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to notify the public, in its sole judgment of any person or website that may infringe on the intellectual property rights of Lady SpringWolf or the articles on this website.   Use of Paganspath.com is governed by the public listing of our Terms and Conditions. Duplication or use of information or articles from this site is governed by the terms set in the public listing of our Sharing Information notice.   In general, copyright registration is a legal formality intended to make a public record of the basic facts of a particular copyright. However, registration is not a condition of copyright protection. More information can be found @ http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1.html   SpringWolf's agent for notice of alleged copyright infringement involving a SpringWolf Website can be reached through our Legal department. Violations of these terms and conditions, or the stated copyrights will be prosecuted.   Articles published on this site are announced through the "What's New" page, and added to this sites article management system.   What I do allow is the ability for people to create (in their own words) a synopsis of any of the articles here, which can include a link to my original article here on PagansPath.com. Or for others to include direct links to the article on PagansPath.com. Any use of the information used on this website must be pre-approved (you have to ask me for permission), because I do keep track of approvals for your protection as well as mine. Infringement Tracking With all that legal stuff from the lawyers stated let me add that when a violation has been reported or discovered, I and my attorney make an attempt to contact the person(s) or site and request the offending material be removed. Most of the time, people are apologetic and remove the articles quickly.   But sometimes people feel the need to erroneously defend their publication and claim it as their own, or simply refuse to acknowledge the copyright laws and request to remove the items. It has come to my attention that some of these people are causing greater harm to the people they are communicating with, or selling information to by claiming knowledge that is not their own. So I decided to track and document these offenders so they can be discovered through internet searches or word of mouth.   It's a shame this kind of action has to be taken. One would hope that in the world of spiritual enlightenment people would honor and respect the wishes and property of others. But that doesn't seem to be the case with frauds and charlatans.   Offender Web Address Comments Candles & Wicks Blogspot - Owner: Rowan SilverStar http://candlesandwicks.blogspot.com/ History Of Samhain 10.26.2009 Sent the owner an email concerning the copyright infringement and asked that the article be removed. 10.27.2009 Rowan SilverStar quickly responded, apologized and took down the article as requested. I do believe the infringement was accidental and appreciate the kindness and understanding she took once notified. Ebay Seller: sharnamac aka: Nikki MacMillan Item I Item II Item III Item IV For each item she lists, she reproduces the Spirit Guide article from PagansPath. We have made several attempts to contact Ms.MacMillian, who's responses have been threatening and vile. We have notified ebay of the infringement per their policy and are awaiting resolution. Anna aka Pharrah www.pharrah13.com Several Articles  Notification was sent to Ms. Anna. No reply has been received as yet. Silver Eagle blog  Meditation Guide It really irks me when someone steals my meditation and tarot guides. This guy has stolen the meditation guide, along with reproducing parts of other articles from paganspath.com. I'm still looking for a way to contact this blogger. Kelly Nolan FAQ Article Notification was sent and reply received notifying Pagan's Path that the offending article was provided by a contributing "author". The site administrator quickly removed the article. Beware of Ms. Nolan's claims. Kenneth Kerr Astral Projection  Notification was sent to Mr. Kerr. No reply has been received as yet. Cathbodua Aideen Root Races Article  Notification was sent to Ms. Aideen, but the article remains accessible on her site. Additional notifications have been sent. Ms. Aideen finally responded with notification that the offending article had been removed from her site. Misty Conner groups.msn.com/paganspath Too many violations to list This site has been known for stealing information, articles and graphics of other sites. When it first came to my attention, not only were articles from Paganspath.com stolen, but even the title and title graphics. This site is closed to the public, meaning you have to be accepted as a member in order to get in and see the content. So I can't say if the information is still there, or if it has been removed. Celtic Journeys and Reflections Witchcraft and Magick School Lady AnuSidheMoon  celticjourneysandreflections.com PagansPath was notified by a visitor of plagiarism on this website, stating the lessons provided were exact copies of articles here on PagansPath. In reviewing the site, the Curriculum of the school was under construction and the lesson pages are were blank. If offending material was displayed, it has been removed. For now, we look forward to seeing what this new school has to offer and hope it maintains a high level of integrity and honesty as it opens and develops. Many Blessings ~