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Content theft: The come and get it solution
Posted by timethief • 10/06/08 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: content theft, copyright, dmca, free content
The post I am promoting is: Content theft: The come and get it solution
Although I do not get paid to blog, I take my blogging very seriously. I invest time and energy into researching and writing my posts. I have a strong sense of ownership of my words and that means I'm "attached" to what I write and I want credit for it. Therefore I have a copyright notice on my blog:
"All content in this blog created by the blog owner is the property of the blog owner and protected by U.S. and international copyright laws and cannot be stored on any retrieval system, reproduced, reposted, displayed, modified or transmitted in any form, electronic or otherwise without written permission of the copyright owner except as noted below.
A brief excerpt of content (up to 25 words) may be quoted as long as a link is provided back to the source page on this blog."
Two big blogs, maybe more, have recently adopted a radical approach to copyright. You are absolutely free to copy, paste, steal, modify, and otherwise manipulate whatever you find at the wildly popular Zen Habits zenhabits.net and The Simple Dollar www.thesimpledollar.com/ The content on both blogs is now public domain.
Related posts:
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/splog-off-dealing-with-content-theft/
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/08/01/splogspot-dealing-with-content-thieves
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/02/18/copyright-fair-use-limitations
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2007/12/01/what-to-do-about-copyright
onecoolsite.wordpress.com//2007/12/01/what-is-copyright
I'm not ready to change my policy at this time but I do want to know what BC members think about "the come and get it solution".
Discussion questions:
(1) Do you get paid to blog?
(2) What is your current copyright policy?
(3)Would you consider introducing a come and get it
User Comments
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timethief...it is just reality today, whether you or I agree or disagree, that people do not respect other people's work.
1. Music
2. Writing
3. Speeches
4. Original Ideas
Everything is fair game.
It might seem strange but to fight this trend is kind of like swimming against the current. You can fight the good fight but you are going to end up losing.
The very best you can hope for is that the person who uses your content will at least acknowledge that they purloined it from you.-
@masked millionaire
I do agree that there seems to be a rampant disrespect for giving credit where credit is due. I find it annoying to see my work appearing in an excerpt on a splog accredited to a phony person even when there is a link but to the original article. When a whole post is scraped I see red. I'm now pondering whether or not I could ever get my head around changing my position on this in the future. -
Yes, me too. I don't understand scraping a whole post it flags the site as spam anyways...why do people do that?
I heavily link to everything in my site and try to mention my site name in the article so that if someone does scrape they will have a sticker job with it. -
This is what I am concerned about. There are those who are vigilant about copyright issues that is why when I post a pic or picture I always give credit as to the source of the material, or if it is possible to contact the owner I do so through email.
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Hi dear TT!!
I put a copyright on my blog and a notice on every page of my website.
I take my work and effort quite seriously. I don't mind if people put small bits on their site IF they get permission and credit me.
I really like the notice you wrote here and I think I might use that if it's okay with you. Let me know. It's very well worded. You can see mine on my website at the bottom of each page. www.nakedineden.com And I have taught copyrighting for musicians, writers, artists, etc.
BUT then I've also heard and read authors and other business people say that a bit of stealing can also sometimes create more awareness of the owner's work. Not sure on that.
BTW, your site is looking soooooooooooo good. I am VERY impressed with this new layout. When I have more time I want to redo my blog, but I know almost nothing about it and have other work that is on deadline...so it will have to wait until I have the time to learn. Is your homepage a wordpress theme that you designed or an existing theme? I have a WordPress.org blog.
Anyway, yours is very lovely, easy to use, doesn't take up space and yet has everything right at your finger tips. Good job. Hugs, Robin
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@Robin
Hi there. The copyright notice you have in your footer is fine except the first letter "C" is missing from the word copyright. If you would like permission to use my copyright and disclaimer notice I will grant it to you. Here's the link onecoolsite.wordpress.com/disclaimer/
When you decide to redo your blog let me know. There are some very sweet magazine style premium themes out there. I'm a member of www.elegantwordpressthemes.com so I have access for my own use to about a dozen themes for my personal blog for a very reasonable annual fee. -
I've been pretty impressed by that Elegant Wordpress Themes Club. The themes all look very slick and relatively easy to implement even for a novice. Unfortunately, they've yet to design a theme that is exactly what I am looking for. But I don't doubt they will at some point..
PS - Stealing content is bad.
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Arggghhh! I'm sorry. I forgot to post the link to my post in the OP.
Content theft: The come and get it solution
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/10/06/content-theft-the-come-and-get-it-solu... -
How about a simple disclaimer, like...
If you wish to make a fool of yourself by plagiarizing this material, go right ahead, with the stipulation that you tell no one where you got it.-
@jack
Sounds good so when are you posting it on your blog? lol
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@ jack...hahaha
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Jack, I just love you!
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This'll be JPL (Jack Payne License) v1.0, yes? -
excellent Mr. Payne, if you haven't used this yet I would like to use it over mine hahahaha!
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1. I am blogging for fun. No money is asked.
2. eternalblackzero.blogspot.com/2008/09/copyright-notice.html
To be quite honest, I'd be very upset if anyone plagiarized or stole my contents. I take my free time to write contents for my blog seriously.
And oh, unless something big happened, I won't change my policy.
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Hi blackzero85
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Yes, TT. ^^
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Well don't hold your breath waiting to be upset. It is inevitable for your content to be scraped anytime you post something on the internet. Apparently I write under about 800 different names:
"Jack wrote and interesting post today at Kitchen Table Medicine..." it is really weird stuff that people do to make a website all about one thing for SEO money making purposes and google should shut these websites down ASAP.
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[timethief...it is just reality today, whether you or I agree or disagree, that people do not respect other people's work.
1. Music
2. Writing
3. Speeches
4. Original Ideas
Everything is fair game.
It might seem strange but to fight this trend is kind of like swimming against the current. You can fight the good fight but you are going to end up losing.]
The Greed of Human is dangerous.-
@dosox
Yes, some humans are without doubt greedy and lacking when it comes to morals and ethics.
(1) Do you get paid to blog?
(2) What is your current copyright policy?
(3) Would you consider introducing a come and get it policy?
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There is a serious legal issue with what Zen Habits is doing. I found it out by my attorney friend that saw I had adopted their same uncopyright copyright...she told me there was nothing stopping someone from stealing all my ideas on my blog putting them in to a book and then SUING ME for trying to publish them in to my own book.
I don't care about the doctors that use my articles as patient handouts...but I certainly don't want to have the door slammed in my face ever when it comes to writing books created from my own previous work!
Gosh there sure are some ugly people out there when it comes to plagiarism and I wouldn't be surprised if they are copying and pasting blogs in to ebooks for sale as we speak.-
yikes
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Gosh, I never even thought about that. But isn't an ebook a digital media. A blog is digital media too. So wouldn't the copyright for digital media protect you from someone stealing your blog posts and putting it in another digital media format? -
According to my friend that is an attorney a small business owner such as myself would have a ridiculously expensive time trying to prosecute someone that was making money off ideas from my site if I don't have a TM and copyright intact. But, that is just what I was told by someone that knows the law.
What Zen Habits is doing is probably okay for Zen habits. He is making a killing it costs $700 to advertise for one week on his site.
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what do you think of my copyright?
©Articles may be referenced, but not reproduced without direct written consent from Kitchen Table Medicine, LLC™. Sincere thanks for sharing our preventative medicine website with your friends and family!-
@DocNicole
It sounds fine to me but I'm no copyright expert. I chose to use the one that referred to US and International copyright law on my blog so there was no chance of confusion. -
ok...well then can I copy your copyright?
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@DocNicole
Yes, you hereby have my permission to copy it and use it on your own blog. -
Thanks I am going to update mine so it sounds more kick ass! As in...I will kick your ass if you copy my stuff!
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Ok...copied your copyright! lol it is more than 25 words though, should I link back to you? he he
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tt,
Little Bobby and I will be right over to copy and paste. How ya doing today?-
@Theresa111
You scamp. -
Why bother taking all day to craft your post when you can just ctrl c and then ctrl v? What a concept...
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Easy for me. tt always gets involved and her brain must be big to hold all of that information. She should share. She should allow us to copy and paste. No matter how you write the code. Sleepy now ... very very sleepy. Nighty-night.
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@Theresa111
I'm pouting. I do share. I share here every day. Dang it!
Sometimes what I share here could be a flipping blog post.
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@timethief
1) No, I wanna go free if i ever write something but i don't have enough time to carry on with two-three blogs. When i am older maybe i can relax and handle more blogs.
2)& 3)
Free to share anything if there's a credit on it. But don't Remix it.-
@dosox
Have you posted a creative commons copyright notice that states what you have said? Here's the link to do that creativecommons.org/license/
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Well done.
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It bothers me some when it is a splog, especially when it is a disgusting splog, they are all disgusting but some are more so. I have reported web sites to adbrite and google adsense, if they happen to have those ads on them, when this happens - if I have the time. I usually don't have the time though and it is really a losing battle, because I'm on so many splogs by now it really isn't an efficient thing to do.
I have a copyright but I can't say I take my blog seriously enough to post an elaborate copyright. I've copyrighted written academic work before, but my blog well..if I pass by or happen to see a link and it is from someone plagiarizing my content I might or might now worry about it depending on what else I had to do.
Something which used to be so rare is now so common chasing down splogs would be a full time job.
I think the idea of stating the blogs domain as public is something to think about. I'm not sure I'd bother with noting it on the blog though as people who care will ask permission and people who don't care (sploggers) are going to use it anyway.-
splogs are the worst...they are plagiarists gone robot. Advanced plagarism, and a parasite of the internet and google adsense programs to boot. Wrong on so many levels.
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As my career is in the print media I am so very careful when it comes to copyrights as I know how it feels when my 'stuff' gets ripped off. I actually spent a considerable amount of time wrestling with this (copyright issues, losing control of my material) when I entered the internet world. I basically figured the honest types would respect ownership and forged ahead. Of the nine blogs I have created, only four contain 100% original content of my own. The rest are 'copy and paste' articles from a copyright-free source I have access to through my business. I am at a point now where I really don't have much of a problem with 'giving away' my material online as it's so loosely regulated. If we all worried about copyright, then some very talented voices would be silenced on the internet, which in effect, is censorship...which is a whole different can of worms.-
exactly
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Here's my take we not really know who copied what from whom and we can't really monitor everything who copies us, especially if they publish it on print and not on the internet.
Discussion questions:
(1) Do you get paid to blog?
I have some post that are paid and I do it because I love the subject but my whole blog is not entirely dedicated to paid blogging. I write stuff I like and if I get a little extra money from it is great. Who doesn't need extra cash anyway. Also, I make sure what I post is not plagiarized so I check that area too on plagiarism checker tools.
(2) What is your current copyright policy?
Hmmmm I don't really have that policy but I have a disclaimer. Also some issues I write especially about autism, I am encouraging people to copy as long as it helps them attribute to me or not is all up to them as long as it helps them I have no issue about it.
Here is my disclosure policy:
EARTHLY DISCLOSURE
Everything you read here is based on my personal opinion and not influenced by anyone. I am the author as well as the editor, so excuse some grammatical errors, so be careful when you copy paste my stuff on yours, unless you wanna copy same errors, a little recognition you got it from me will be fine.
I do not claim expertise in ANY field, what you read here are my friendly advice and suggestions only. For your professional or personal satisfaction, I highly recommend that you verify everything first before taking my word. Thank you!
3)Would you consider introducing a come and get it
I think my disclosure is somewhat kinda like that.-
Thanks for posting. If you ever want an "official" and free disclosure policy you can generate your own here disclosurepolicy.org/
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My blog is a personal blog and not really some business also as much as I could I would like to use my own words than a generated disclosure policy. Thanks for the suggestion though TT
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@eg
No problem. I thought it would be good to post the link anyway even though I knew you wouldn't use it. I figured that someone else might want to.
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i spend a fair amount of time writing my crap and would be pretty damned annoyed if some douche purloined my carefully crafted, bilious screeds.
and i may make use of the creative commons link, so thanks.-
@lover ofjazz
IMO there are two better alternatives. Give me a minute to fetch the links. Here you go:
MyFreeCopyright.com is a secure, public third party service that provides a free historical Copyright registration that Protects your original creations.
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iCopyright creators.icopyright.com/ - “This is a great opportunity for those who like Creative Commons-style licensing but have not found the exact terms to suit them to easily make their content available for limited reuse.” — Jonathan Bailey in Creating a Custom License. -
thank you again. i'll peek at all three and see which is the best fit.
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@loverofjazz
You're welcome.
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myfreecopyright.com - protection for Literary Works Visual Arts Performing Arts Sound Recordings
How does the MyFreeCopyright process work? Registering with My Free Copyright is instant and can be proven in a court of law. MyFreeCopyright provides a third-party, non-repudiation, registered dating of your original digital creation. By using this service, you publicly associate your digital copyright and defined rights to you.
So, how does MyFreeCopyright date register my copyright? Every digital file has a unique makeup of bits and bytes which is its fingerprint. MyFreeCopyright captures your original creation's fingerprint, stores the fingerprint in a database and sends a copy of the fingerprint to you in an email. The email contains the verified date; the fingerprint verifies the digital creation, and your email address verifies it belongs to you. (NOTE: You must keep the email with this fingerprint. This email is your date registered copyright proof and protection for your copyright.)
MyFreeCopyright stores the fingerprint as well, which allows you and others to return to this service and verify the copyright.
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creators.icopyright.com - protection for Literary Works Visual Arts Performing Arts Sound Recordings
If you care enough about your content to add a copyright notice to it, then an iCopyright ©reator tag is for you. ©reator tags are like domain names and email addresses, they are one-of-a-kind. Your tag will resolve to a unique webpage that displays your rights and permissions. Simply affix your personalized interactive ©reator tag to your works, whether they are published online or offline, to preserve your copyrights, promote your reputation, track who is using your works, and extend licenses and permissions to those who wish to use your works. Your works will never be orphans if they have a ©reator tag.
Your FREE ©reator tag enhances the traditional copyright notice. It serves as a virtual rights manager. Wherever your content goes, your personalized ©reator tag goes with it, communicating that the content belongs to you. It provides three powerful benefits that a traditional copyright notice alone does not provide: rights, reach and revenue. -
I've never heard for the latter service. Thanks for pointing that out, TT.
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I guess I am hopelessly old-fashioned. When I take information from another site (like a news story) I always cite my source. And, just like when I wrote papers in college, I often cite the sources of information I am referencing. When I want pictures, if they aren't my own, I find a site that has public domain pics. Any copyright violations that might turn up on my blog are, at worst, accidental...and will be removed the moment they are pointed out to me.
Sad to think that respect for other people and their belongings is becoming passe.-
You said it...
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can you recommend any sites that offer public domain pictures? i tend to just grab whatever i need for the piece i'm posting and never considered that. i'm on the same page with everything else you've written. hell, i cite things and include links even in my personal e-mails!
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@sweetviolet & looseink
I hear you ... SIGH
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and you posted their terms, etc? not to be a suck-up but you are a goddess. thanks again.
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@loverofjazz
Wow! You called me a goodess and I ♥ it. If you click the link below to my Resources page, which is under construction and will soon quadruple in size, you will find over 60 sites there that provide free images for blogs and websites. In most cases you will have to register and account. In ALL cases read their terms and conditions for use. Some require a link back and some don't. onecoolsite.wordpress.com/resources/ (scroll down to images)
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I found a site stealing my content by RSS and posting it to their site... sucks.-
@paunchiness
Did you act on it by making a DMCA complaint? There are step by step instructions in this post for doing so: Splog off! dealing with content theft
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may i ask whether you just came across it by accident or was there some kind of tip-off? are there any ways you can find out if your content is being heisted?
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@loverofjazz
You can register with copyscape and search for copies of your page on the web www.copyscape.com/
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I wanted to comment earlier today but I think a monster rampaged my house. I've seen quite a bit so far. A splog with my full name as well as my husbands, a site taking my content via feed, and another using my grams copywritten poetry. What is the deal! I've yet to see anything happen with my sometimes poorly written, sometimes well written personal blog.
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Wow that is unbelievable! But still doesn't surprise me.
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@Shirley & DocNicole
Nothing surprises me anymore. Money is the motivator. You can't make money without contents and many don't seem to have what it takes to create content.
P.S. I'm glad that you find the resource links to be useful.
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People have the come and take it mentality.
Since we opened our template site we have given away millons of them and people still take advantage.
I have had idiots copy my source code for my paypal payments ( i do not encrpt, page gets too heavy) and change the stinking $19.99 (for 15 template package mind you) and try to make if for $1.00
People have taken our free templates and sold to as theirs and had the gall to hot link to us for the css and images. When I see that I go to my porno vault.
One eldely couple in california had a guy they met in church do their website for their jewelry company, well they we're flipping out when they seen the nasty crap I put up. They couldn't understand how I had the control over their site, one that they was charged $3,000 for.
So, in answer to the question, I have a come take it policy on some things, and on others I have the "IBYF" policy.
People are just so inhumane.-
@Rozie818
WOW! It's astonishing what awful lengths some low life will go too.
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@TT
It is amazing, what pissed me off about the paypal thing, was when I reported it they put me through the ringer. Proof of ID, I had to change passwords, sit on the phone for an hour, etc.
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That really sucks. I'm sorry this happened to you and that it continues to happen.
Do you know about SplogSpot?
SplogSpot is service that keeps track of spam blogs or Splogs. The splogspot spam database can be queried by anyone using the SplogSpot API. This will help blog related services, directories etc keep their sites clean.
SplogSpot has automated software that can detect spam blogs. SplogSpot also accepts manual splog submissions, that are first reviewed and then added to the database.
When ever you come across a Splog (spam blog), you can report it to SplogSpot.
Listing Spam blogs, LinkFarms, "Just for ads!" blogs, "Click my adsense" blogs ...
splogspot.com/pages/submit
Adding the bookmarklet will allow you to instantly report a splog to SplogSpot. All you have to do is add the link to your Bookmarks/Favorites.
On the site you can click this link and see a listing of the Recently updated splogs
splogspot.com/recent
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i have been a victim to this when i first started my blogging. i was almost close to tears and infuriated when i stumbled on a site and read my very post verbatim yet somebody has claimed authorship for it!
i don't blog to earn but it wouldn't hurt to receive commissions while you're at it either.
those come and get it sites, probably're just inviting more traffic thru this scheme. i don't agree much to it especially when mine's a personal blog and like everyone else, it means something to me.
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Most of the content theft going on is done by bots. Using the "no right click" option is not effective because it's easily disabled. There are quite a few people under the mistaken belief that a no right click script will protect their page content. A no right click script does nothing of the sort but it may interfere with your navigation of their site in those browsers where it does anything at all. Rather than just giving up on the site though the sploggers can instead just turn that script off.
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i always relied on COPYSCAPE ! helps a lot much better ~
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That's an interesting strategy. lol
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double post !
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well, i have always preferred to follow 6 easy ways to stop content theft
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www.blogherald.com/2007/11/26/the-6-steps-to-stop-content-theft/
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www.copyscape.com
The free Copyscape service makes it easy to find copies of your content on the Web. Simply type in the address of your web page, and Copyscape does the rest. Copyscape finds sites that have copied your content without permission, as well as those that have quoted you.
You can place free Copyscape Banners on your website to warn potential plagiarists against stealing your content. They come in multiple colors and sizes. And Copyscape offers free information on plagiarism and the Copyscape Forum for discussion.
Professional services for Premium accounts Copyscape Premium provides more powerful searching than the free service with no monthly limit. You may also search for copies of your offline content by copying and pasting the text. Copysentry provides ongoing protection for your entire website, monitoring the web automatically and alerting you to new copies of your content. Both services include integrated case tracking to manage your responses to multiple instances of plagiarism.-
Update: My post summarizing the available services we have discussed in this thread is titled
How to copywrite your digital works and can be found here
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Thanks. I didn't about it. I will put a its banner.
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@ckrian
Have you done that? I thought it was already down.
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I have had my content stolen a couple of times. One was a direct competitor who copied my reasons for buying what we both were selling. I bloody near chewed his ass off, but at least didn't sue him. Threatened to however. The other time a visitor to my website stole my layout, and changed his own images on top of it. It was still recognisable as my design, and one of my web designer friends chewed his ass off for it. In both cases the stolen content was later removed.
I have sued over illegal posting of my material before, when I hadn't even published the material myself. I won the case and the guy owes me 1000 euros, of which I will never see a cent of I'm sure. I think I should have ruled to get more, but I didn't appear to be emotionally disturbed enough which to me sounds like total crap. My emotional state should not have had an effect on how the law is interpreted. *grr*
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@sebastyne
Wow! Have you ever been through it and back again. I do read your blog so I'm astonished that anyone thought they could get away with stealing the unique layout on it. I hope you do get payment from your court judgment but I wouldn't be surprised if the thief has no resources. Did you know that MyFreeCopyright has now affiliated with CopyrightSpot? CopyrightSpot allows you to discover all the spots where your licensed and unlicensed original writing lives on the web. copyrightspot.com/
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The better term is copyleft if you must. It is a license to encourage distribution of a work. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyleft
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@wehireu
Thanks for posting that. We have been all around and back again to the beginning on this. The "Copyleft" alternative isn't a popular one ... lol
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This has been a very interesting discussion, even though I've come quite late to it. I'm working on a post on this for new bloggers (who are often ignorant of the etiquette rather than malicious) so I'll be linking to your site timethief once I've had some time to read.
My stuff regularly shows up on a splog (excerpted) and I'm contemplating what to do about it. Other bloggers in my niche don't seem inclined to go after this guy, whereas I am so I'll be poking around the links posted in this thread (some of which I knew about and others I didn't).
I had a post copied wholesale by one blogger (with attribution) who seemed a bit put off when I pointed out it was plagiarism. Some seem to think that attribution makes it all right. I've gone back to college with a bunch of 20-year-olds and the understanding of plagiarism seems to have eroded with the rise of Internet.-
@Ansia
Just as we can use a properly accredited excerpt from a book in quotes, fellow bloggers can use an excerpt from our posts with a link back for proper accreditation.
So if it is an excerpt with a link back to your post, don’t worry about it and ignore it, even if the excerpt contains inaccuracies. It would probably be considered “fair use”, and you would be wasting your time trying to stop it. Think of it as advertising for your blog.
If a whole post is being scraped then please follow all the steps in my blog post titled:
Splog off: Dealing with content theft
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dear tt, anysia,
if they mention your name its a thing to feel good about i guess.. just ask them to add your web id too.. so that people can track you back.
your work must be really good.
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I have just published a post that provides some insight into Technorati's new effort to deal with content theft. It's titled:
Technorati Indexing: Two Steps
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I just found this thread, thanks to Anysia! Strangly, I was just talking to someone about this yesterday. About a week ago I happened upon a publisher who copied my review of one of their books to their web-site (it doesn't show up on Copyscape BTW). They did give my blog credit and a link, however, it did cause me some concern because they did not ask or even let me know after the fact. There is the possibility that I will get more traffic from this. But the fact remains, if a reputable book publisher will do this, what's next? -
One of BC members even copied my post and reposted it here lol. Blatant suicide.
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dear tt,
thanks for this priceless post.. a lot of people will be thankful to you. -
I used to get reported when i dropped my blog links.
is it allowed only for smone -
I used to get reported when i dropped my blog links.
is it allowed only for smone -
I have made a post using the response of this discussions.
I have taken good answers from 6 people who commented here (with their link to their blog)
Especially answers of Timethief, Husdal, DocNicole, Cooper etc. are on the top.
You can view the post here: mextena.com/433-content-theft-what-to-do-if-someone-copy-my-article.html -
I have learned a lot here. It happens a lot on Brazil and I stop postting on my blog about a novel until a see a lawyer. It's disguting people get your job and don't even do the credits. As a journalist I had an interview stolen and It's not a good sensation. It is none of my business but why do you change your avatar? You have such a beautiful face and it is no crime!
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Another blogger was making a habit of lifting my content and using it as her own without attribution. I called her on it. Google Alerts were my first clue that something was amiss.
It turned out her virtual assistant was surfing the web to find content and posting it, hoping to wow her boss. The boss was not wowed in the least bit. She took down the content immediately and offered an apology.
It is never the right thing to do to take someone's content and call it your own. That is plagiarism. It is also copyright infringement when the copyright symbol appears on your site.
There are very specific remedies for copyright infringement. Having just received a tidy sum from someone who most definitely infringed on my copyright, I know this from experience.
Be original. And if you like someone's content well enough to link to it, offer attribution.-
It's copyright infringement. Period. Whether the copyright symbol appears on your blog or not is completely and utterly irrelevant. If you wrote it, you have the copyright by definition.
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@NancyJuetten
I'm glad you had a happy ending.
@Anysia
Exactly!
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I will be publishing a "come and get it" ebook in a few days. However, I require it to remain unchanged, so it's partly protected. You can sell it if you want though. Why? Because it contains links to my blogs.
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