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show us your post-
that's it ... he's aggregated the whole post... it is my postbut on his site
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Good let me pay him a visit and leave a comment that he is a blog post thief.
I bet he won't approve my comment
Does anybody here use COPYSCAPE?
copyscape.com and does anyone know if it's effective?-
yes we will spam him
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I AGREE
I SAY LET'S GET THIS SUCKER -
thanks lets try politely first
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There ain't politely about it
THIS IS WAR.....I am sharpening my machete...roflmao -
@Jeunelle
I almost dropped my laptop laughing at your comment "There ain't politely about it...THIS IS WAR." Lol.
Seriously though...what exactly do you do if someone straight snatch all of your work? I'm curious now. I'll be keeping a close eye on this discussion.
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can I turn ff their ability to aggregate my stuff?
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Holy moly! Same photo too!-
i can't believe these people
they are incapable of writing their own content and steal my whole post -
I had the same problem here
Someone at BC decided to steal our BC discussions and posted them at another paying network. We or that network, cracked down on that sucker and he/she ran like hell.
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At least he gave you credit for it... (There's a link under the post) but that doesn't mean it's okay. Just that the thief might be willing to negotiate.-
this is non negotiable
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Meaning, that he might be willing to take your post down without a fight - negotiable.
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mean he will take it down.
if someone emails me and creates a healthy relationship, i'm happy for them to use my content occasionally, but people that just aggregate all other peoples stuff are annoying, probably a drummer
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hahahaha he did too... sneaky little bastard
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maybe you need a disclaimer, saying that under no circumstances do you give permission for people to use your posts
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you can borrow some :-)
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That's called basic copyright law siralmo
People think just because its on the internet, copyrights don't apply. Well, they do, even without a disclaimer or tos. -
Some time ago I happened on a site that was feeding directly from one of our blogs. It even had its categories set up to match ours. There was nothing on the blog at all except our posts. I wrote a long post on our blog about how the site was stealing all of it's content from us, with links back to our site, and they didn't catch it--it went live on their site.
In the end, though, that was more fun than productive. The real answer is just to contact their host. They'll take the site down.-
TotalAttorneys...Awesome
Now how to find their host? I wonder if that info is one their site? -
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Ahh yes this will work sometimes but they can also have that info kept private too.
It works most of the time though.
I also wonder if someone has stolen a blog post from anyone,
only to get that stolen blog post to reach a high google rank than the original writer of that blog post? -
You can keep your contact info private, but I dont think you can mask the host or domain provider
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WHOIS information for: guitarlessonsondvdinfo.com:
[whois.schlund.info]
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% under no circumstances, you will use this data to
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% customers; or
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domain: guitarlessonsondvdinfo.com
created: 26-Nov-2008
last-changed: 29-Nov-2008
registration-expiration: 26-Nov-2009
nserver: ns1.pulsarserve.com 66.71.243.42
nserver: ns2.pulsarserve.com 66.71.243.43
status: CLIENT-TRANSFER-PROHIBITED
registrant-firstname: Oneandone
registrant-lastname: Private Registration
registrant-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - 1and1.com/contact
registrant-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300
registrant-street2: ATTN: guitarlessonsondvdinfo.com
registrant-pcode: 19087
registrant-state: PA
registrant-city: Chesterbrook
registrant-ccode: US
registrant-phone: +1.8772064254
registrant-email: proxy1615095@1and1-private-registration.com
admin-c-firstname: Oneandone
admin-c-lastname: Private Registration
admin-c-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - 1and1.com/contact
admin-c-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300
admin-c-street2: ATTN: guitarlessonsondvdinfo.com
admin-c-pcode: 19087
admin-c-state: PA
admin-c-city: Chesterbrook
admin-c-ccode: US
admin-c-phone: +1.8772064254
admin-c-email: proxy1615095@1and1-private-registration.com
tech-c-firstname: Oneandone
tech-c-lastname: Private Registration
tech-c-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - 1and1.com/contact
tech-c-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300
tech-c-street2: ATTN: guitarlessonsondvdinfo.com
tech-c-pcode: 19087
tech-c-state: PA
tech-c-city: Chesterbrook
tech-c-ccode: US
tech-c-phone: +1.8772064254
tech-c-email: proxy1615095@1and1-private-registration.com
bill-c-firstname: Oneandone
bill-c-lastname: Private Registration
bill-c-organization: 1&1 Internet, Inc. - 1and1.com/contact
bill-c-street1: 701 Lee Road, Suite 300
bill-c-street2: ATTN: guitarlessonsondvdinfo.com
bill-c-pcode: 19087
bill-c-state: PA
bill-c-city: Chesterbrook
bill-c-ccode: US
bill-c-phone: +1.8772064254
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As you see, you can't drive to their house to kill them, but the host information is there
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powerkor....excellent
I say let's load up the truck and move to Beverly
but the tricky bastard knows better than to have their home address out for us to see. -
i don't know if it is intentional deception
i'll put it down to ignorance
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Well .. at least two things seem evident
1) You added the PLEASE NOTE. THIS ARTICLE IS COPYRIGHT OF TONY HOGAN AND IS NOT TO BE USED BY OTHER SITES WITHOUT PERMISSION after you originally posted your article.
2) he is using a wordpres plugin to put this link http: // guitarlessonsondvdinfo . com / go / learningtoplay / ... everytime there is the word "guitar" on his page .. which is a click bank / affiliate link to this site : http: // www . jamoramaacoustic . com / ?hop=gtrplr
>> maybe also pass along an email to jamorama acoustic site and let them know what their affiliate "gtrplr" is doing.-
Thanks
I just added the copyright
I contacted 1and1 web host to let them know.
The whole site is aggregated -
I would still report this guy to the affiliate program - perhaps there is money owning to him - and you can get it voided for him violating some TOS (affiliated companies don't like their brand screwed up by thieves) and even a blog post about it if they don't act.
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Yeah, what he said
Find a way to pay this fool back...retribution... and may he burn in hell. -
Thanks Hart, it's an idea to consider. Not sure whether I want to get in playing Internet police for various online affiliates though. I'm just trying to get my head around it.
I find my stuff everywhere on the Internet, but they are great blogs so what do I do? -
jeunelle, that's not in my vocabulary
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I second the motion for you to contact jamorama acoustic site and tell them this affiliate's site has no original content, it is an aggregator, and it has stolen your content. It can't hurt, and it may pull the plug on this guy's income. -
acousticguitarist...party poop
I fully agree with PetLvr and SweetViolet, you should get him.
He/she will probably just do it again to someone else.
You got to put your foot down acousticguitarist -
I should note, that my policy is always "it never hurts to ask" .. when you write to jamorama ... tell them that they should just substitute you instead and send affiliate commissions to your paypal account
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yeah, i know what you mean by trying to contact jamorama...but I doubt that they can do anything really. It's a clickbank product and anyone can get links from clickbank without having to join an affiliate program from the merchant's website. Try contacting clickbank if you wish...but I'm not sure if they'd do anything about it.
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It's a bit of a storm in a tea cup, he only has had 28 visitors maximum for his posts. He's borrowed from a few sites, I've emailed them. one called ifingers.co.uk i can't get an email address and can't comment, but the guy has stolen a great article from him.
maybe i could aggregate the bc discussion board -
Happens too often. -
I would think that this would add to your credibility and reputation as a blogger
Technically the money that others earn off of your posts is not money that you would see anyway. But those aggregate posters can ultimately drive more people to your site. Aggregation distributes the content that you post to far more people than you can reach. The key is to set up a signature along with your blog address to each post allowing the aggregator to direct traffic back to you!
I would say take advantage of any opportunity to gain readership directly or indirectly. Find a way to turn it in your favor... there will always be theif's and copycat's but the real trick is getting them to work for you!-
Thanks. It's no advantage really, when you click on the source it points to the WHOLE post on his site. The only favour I want is the guy not to aggregate content from 2 of my sites, have my friends that I built a real estate site removed (which has nothing to do with any of my sites). And never to hear from the guy again.
As a general rule I look for a positive outcome, but this is just garbage, the guy has built a site from my hard work, he has ebay, clickbank, jamorama, work from other bloggers that I know and like. This is just a bullshit marketers site. It has no value, and I am not interested in the traffic from him. He's actually getting google rank from my site, about.com and a few others. I need him like an a out of time stoned drummer that turns up late and swears at the singer.
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@acouticguitarist
Okay so here's the scene. This guy gets paid by the click and you have posted the url in the OP. I wonder how many members have already clicked the link in the OP and how many will continue to do so as these threads are not locked and can be resurrected. I'm thinking that the death of this thread might be a good idea. What are you thinking?-
I was actually looking at that!.. more people just found out about the site than had looked at it in the first place!
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Not only that but this thread is currently featured on the front page of Blog Catalog.
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I should steal someone's posts, then. Someone will create a thread about it and it'll put my blog in the spotlight
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it really doesn't bother me TT
I just want my content off there.
You or many of my other friends could use some of my content if you really needed it because I know it would be done with respect and it would help all of us.
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Actually, acousticguitarist, your bringing this situation up could be helpful for other bloggers in discussing what they should do to protect their content from being used by others. Although I agree in principle with jasonthebaldguy that this might gain you some more exposure, the problem is that the only way anyone would recognize that it's your work is if they bother to click the source and by then, they've already read the article.
Anyways, should bloggers add a copyright notice on their blogs? Perhaps a Creative Commons image tag? I had thought of doing that when I started blogging, but then I thought that might look a little presumptuous. What do other bloggers think?-
I wish I didn't have to bring this up :-)
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For those reading this thread in the future this post contains step by step instructions including a fill in the blanks DMCA complaint form for sending to the web host.
Splog Off! Dealing with content theft
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/05/10/splog-off-dealing-with-content-theft/
SplogSpot: Dealing with content thieves
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. splogspot.com/
Copyscape can also be used to locate stolen content and to get copyright notices from. copyscape.com/
This post contains methods of designing appropriate copyright notices for your blog.
How to copyright your digital works
onecoolsite.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/how-to-copyright-your-digital-works/
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Also I just noticed that acousticguitarist posted two threads on the same topic .... I don't know why he posted two threads but I do know that the other thread is here www.blogcatalog.com/discuss/entry/crap-hes-stolen-my-whole-site-
Wow, I didn't know copyscape existed. That's bookmarked for sure now You are miss-knowledge-of-teh-blogosphere and yes, I spelled teh like teh on purpose cus you're so leet
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Copyscape doesn't work really well for blogs. It give you false alerts when Blog directories use your RSS feed in your listing. I suppose Copyscape's doing it's job, but the sheer number of false alerts forced me to forget about it. -
Sri Hell man
Yes I am aware copyscape doesn't work that well for blogs but it does seem to pick up the major ones. There are lots of sites using parts of my content and it is not seen by Copscape, but it has been useful in helping me locate another major content thief. -
I hope your problems sorted out mate.. Cheers!!
Edit: Looks like you did! Congrats!!
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Thanks, timethief, those are some helpful and interesting links. I now have some interesting reading to do over the weekend.
@acousticguitar - yeah, I can understand that only too well. I had some visual work of mine swiped from me and being used by someone else. When I tried to point out that this was an original work to the person who did it, I got a whole ton of attitude and that typical remark that anything post on the net is up for grabs. Fortunately, on the site in question, I was able to get the site admins to take it down, but I have seen him using it elsewhere. After a point, I just let it go since it wasn't worth wasting my time on and now, any graphical/visual work I do I always put a credit tag on to protect my work.
And now it seems I should seriously consider doing the same for my written work as well. In any case, think of it this way, acousticguitar, some good is coming out from this mess as you're helping your fellow bloggers learn how to protect their work. So, thanks.
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@kracko
You're welcome and best wishes to you.
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Thanking the Blogcatalog for their support once again
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Glad to hear it, acousticguitar. For what it's worth, I too have decided to add Copyscape protection to my blog - just in case - as well as adding myfreecopyright registration (thanks to timethief for drawing my attention to that service - much appreciated).
In any case, it sure must be nice to start the weekend with this hassle out of the way. -
they have a paid version
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Thank you for this post: it gave me a good set of infos.
regards,-
@bendriss
You're welcome. Best wishes for happy blogging
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All this says now is "coming soon" so maybe his blog was deleted? Anyways, I have several people stealing mine. Sometimes they link back to my blog at the end, sometimes they credit someone I don't know and others just use the post and credit no one. It's amazing. I have no idea how to stop them. I think the ones that are nice enough to give a link back to me are ok. But the ones who credit someone else really bug me. One of the blogs I've only had less than a month and around 5 posts have been heisted. I guess it's sort of a compliment, but I hate it. Any suggestions as to how to stop it? -
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OK. I didn't see the post from timethief with all the links. Cool. I will use them, for sure.
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When you study music for almost 40 years, play with world class musicians, study with one of the worlds top jazz guitar players, study with one of the worlds top sarod players, spend hundreds of hours teaching, hundreds of hours developing tutorials, hundreds of hours researching music and writing content, spend ten years working on web jtechnology and some f***wit decides to use your work, if that's not stealing what is?
oh and i left out all the performance, recording and guitar building plus develop the worlds best acoustic guitar blogs -
your blog has nothing to do with the sort of thing i am talking about, i am involved in music education
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