Comments on: Stolen Posts http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/ Giving you your daily blog fix Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:34:45 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Tish http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-5626 Tish Tue, 24 Jul 2007 16:41:29 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/#comment-5626 I had a couple of posts stolen and placed on an automated feed blog recently. There was no contact form on the blog, so I left a comment on the post stating that I did not appreciate the fact that they had stolen my content. I asked them to remove it before I'd be forced to take legal action. You won't believe how fast those posts were removed! And they haven't posted anything of mine since. This blog did actually link to my original post, but that's not the point. I still consider it stealing my content since they failed to ask permission to post it. I had a couple of posts stolen and placed on an automated feed blog recently. There was no contact form on the blog, so I left a comment on the post stating that I did not appreciate the fact that they had stolen my content. I asked them to remove it before I’d be forced to take legal action. You won’t believe how fast those posts were removed! And they haven’t posted anything of mine since.

This blog did actually link to my original post, but that’s not the point. I still consider it stealing my content since they failed to ask permission to post it.

]]> By: K-IntheHouse http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-5464 K-IntheHouse Wed, 18 Jul 2007 18:51:55 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/#comment-5464 I am not sure if this is foolproof way but I have seen it used by a a few people. John Chow has this message at the bottom of every feed.. It'll atleast serve as a deterrent to some content thieves. <i>Attention: Unless you are reading this from a RSS reader, you are reading a scraped feed. This site has violated copyright laws by stealing the content of John Chow dot Com. Please let us know where you read this so we can take legal action against the scraper.</i> I am not sure if this is foolproof way but I have seen it used by a a few people. John Chow has this message at the bottom of every feed.. It’ll atleast serve as a deterrent to some content thieves.

Attention: Unless you are reading this from a RSS reader, you are reading a scraped feed. This site has violated copyright laws by stealing the content of John Chow dot Com. Please let us know where you read this so we can take legal action against the scraper.

]]> By: Jake http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-5440 Jake Tue, 17 Jul 2007 20:07:46 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/#comment-5440 What is your opinion on things such as Google Reader shared items? I keep one of these, and it often has full feeds. https://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/05131063821495069510/state/com.google/starred What is your opinion on things such as Google Reader shared items? I keep one of these, and it often has full feeds.

https://www.google.com/reader/shared/user/05131063821495069510/state/com.google/starred

]]> By: Jennifer http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-5438 Jennifer Tue, 17 Jul 2007 18:53:12 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/#comment-5438 I think relax breathe. It means that someone likes what you wrote of that the automated feed stealer saw the set words to want to be stolen. You can report them to google for taking your content if they use adsense, this goes for anything copyrighted to you. Not just posts on your own site, but if you wrote a guest post somewhere else or even a helium article. If you can prove copyright...you can report it. It is said that partial feeds do limit this some, but I know for me. I won't read sites with partial feeds. I read over 200 feeds now and it is just to much to click on each feed. I think relax breathe. It means that someone likes what you wrote of that the automated feed stealer saw the set words to want to be stolen.

You can report them to google for taking your content if they use adsense, this goes for anything copyrighted to you. Not just posts on your own site, but if you wrote a guest post somewhere else or even a helium article. If you can prove copyright…you can report it.

It is said that partial feeds do limit this some, but I know for me. I won’t read sites with partial feeds. I read over 200 feeds now and it is just to much to click on each feed.

]]> By: Rhys Wynne http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-5435 Rhys Wynne Tue, 17 Jul 2007 17:43:43 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/#comment-5435 I was going to link to that post but David beat me :) I at least try to put a copyright notice embedded in my feed, so at least I Get a link back. Of course, it's nowhere near enough, but at least it provides me with an idea of where people are coming from (I have a Google Alert for whenever they find somewhere new that contains my copyright notice) I was going to link to that post but David beat me :)

I at least try to put a copyright notice embedded in my feed, so at least I Get a link back. Of course, it’s nowhere near enough, but at least it provides me with an idea of where people are coming from (I have a Google Alert for whenever they find somewhere new that contains my copyright notice)

]]> By: David Culpepper http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/comment-page-1/#comment-5433 David Culpepper Tue, 17 Jul 2007 16:42:20 +0000 http://blogaboutyourblog.com/2007/07/17/stolen-posts/#comment-5433 That is a very touchy subject... in many cases there is not much you can do. The most comprehensive post that I've seen on the subject is this post by Lorelle: http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/10/what-do-you-do-when-someone-steals-your-content/ Very in depth and informative. Most of these scumbags use Adsense to monetize their splogs so I personally would recommend contacting Google and getting their account suspended. You can also contact their hosting provider and have that account suspended but they will just pop up somewhere else. It's a never ending battle... That is a very touchy subject… in many cases there is not much you can do. The most comprehensive post that I’ve seen on the subject is this post by Lorelle:

http://lorelle.wordpress.com/2006/04/10/what-do-you-do-when-someone-steals-your-content/

Very in depth and informative. Most of these scumbags use Adsense to monetize their splogs so I personally would recommend contacting Google and getting their account suspended. You can also contact their hosting provider and have that account suspended but they will just pop up somewhere else. It’s a never ending battle…

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