Client
DeloBank — a bank for entrepreneurs which is promoted through content marketing. Geo — Russian Federation.
What happened
Another publication reprinted an article about franchises in full with no reference to the source and ignored the citation volume guidelines.
What was done
The editor-in-chief of DeloBank sent a letter to the media itself. It was ignored. Then he made an angry post on his Facebook page, tagging the offender. Also ignored.
Aggravating circumstance
Ignoring legal compliance requests.
Our actions
We followed the 2nd step of our dispute resolution process — a complaint to the website provider. So, the article was deleted by the host the following day. Now it redirects to a 404-page.
Client
An independent media outlet for startups and technology, based in Chile. They make money from media partnerships, so organic traffic is very important to them.
What happened
The publications publish original content based on interviews [link]. A few days later a copy of the article was found on such a site and such. The violation was detected by backlinks.
What we did
We applied the SharpShark dispute resolution process: a warning was sent to both websites.
Aggravating circumstances
One website that copied the content is affiliated with government agencies and the other with a university.
Why this is happening
The people who handle the content in these institutions do not always…
