Comments on: Watch Out, Is Your Content Being Stolen? http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/ Tips on blogging, making money online, and everything else. Mon, 21 May 2012 08:00:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 By: john http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-178902 john Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:31:13 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-178902 This is something I am really concerned about when starting my blog.  I write ALL of my content from scratch and do all the research.  It takes days or weeks to write one research article.One trick you can do is post your text article as a .jpg graphic.  This would take more work on your part but it will help prevent the lazy "copy and paste" theifs and would eliminate a good portion of them. Most of them won't bother retyping a long article and will pass up your work for something easier.  Also they wouldn't be able to use a bot or crawler to find your content.  I will use key words and tag words and maybe the headline and first paragraph will be editable text so search engines can find it, other than that, the body of the text will be a .jpg.My website software will automatically change all text with an uncommon web font automatically to a graphic so it can display properly on another computer that would not have that font.  This works well for body copy text.  The other nice thing that the copy is still fully editable in the program. This is something I am really concerned about when starting my blog.  I write ALL of my content from scratch and do all the research.  It takes days or weeks to write one research article.One trick you can do is post your text article as a .jpg graphic.  This would take more work on your part but it will help prevent the lazy “copy and paste” theifs and would eliminate a good portion of them. Most of them won’t bother retyping a long article and will pass up your work for something easier.  Also they wouldn’t be able to use a bot or crawler to find your content.  I will use key words and tag words and maybe the headline and first paragraph will be editable text so search engines can find it, other than that, the body of the text will be a .jpg.My website software will automatically change all text with an uncommon web font automatically to a graphic so it can display properly on another computer that would not have that font.  This works well for body copy text.  The other nice thing that the copy is still fully editable in the program.

]]> By: This was the Week that Was, Vol. 18 | Sephy's Platzish http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2220 This was the Week that Was, Vol. 18 | Sephy's Platzish Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:31:56 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2220 [...] Tay’s content has been taken by another blogger. Is your content being stolen? [...] [...] Tay’s content has been taken by another blogger. Is your content being stolen? [...]

]]> By: Pisos Moraleja http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2211 Pisos Moraleja Mon, 22 Oct 2007 14:30:23 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2211 at least for me this DMCA works, also you can try to contact the hosting company and request a removal of your content, at least for me the contact with the hosting company works at least for me this DMCA works, also you can try to contact the hosting company and request a removal of your content, at least for me the contact with the hosting company works

]]> By: Tay http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2186 Tay Sun, 21 Oct 2007 03:07:22 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2186 @Snoskred - No, it's not, but an apology is definitely a start. I've contacted some people before, scrapers, and some of those people just refuse to take down the content. I tell them that what they are doing is stealing and that stealing is illegal, and one of those people just appalled me. They said something along the lines of, "I don't care, take me to court then! Haha!" Now THAT was frustrating. Thanks a bunch for helping me, and all other bloggers they've stolen from, out by reporting them. You're right - it is unacceptable behavior! @Snoskred - No, it’s not, but an apology is definitely a start. I’ve contacted some people before, scrapers, and some of those people just refuse to take down the content. I tell them that what they are doing is stealing and that stealing is illegal, and one of those people just appalled me. They said something along the lines of, “I don’t care, take me to court then! Haha!” Now THAT was frustrating.

Thanks a bunch for helping me, and all other bloggers they’ve stolen from, out by reporting them. You’re right - it is unacceptable behavior!

]]> By: Snoskred http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2185 Snoskred Sun, 21 Oct 2007 02:22:44 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2185 An apology from this content stealing thief isn't good enough, is it? Everyone knows this is unacceptable behavior. Why would a blogger do that? If he/she happens to be reading this - you won't be making money from that site. I've reported your blog as a content stealing splog to every single advertiser on there. Good luck with earning cash in the future! Snoskred An apology from this content stealing thief isn’t good enough, is it? Everyone knows this is unacceptable behavior. Why would a blogger do that?

If he/she happens to be reading this - you won’t be making money from that site. I’ve reported your blog as a content stealing splog to every single advertiser on there. Good luck with earning cash in the future!

Snoskred

]]> By: Tay http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2173 Tay Sat, 20 Oct 2007 07:25:59 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2173 @Steven - I finally got through to the person. Just like in your case, they're on Blogspot and don't have contact info. All I could do was leave comments, but they finally emailed me. They apologized and said they would write their own post about copyright to make up for it. They haven't removed the old stolen posts yet (however, they have added source links) so hopefully I can convince them to take those down as well. In your situation, you CAN contact Blogger. I forgot the link, but I was there a few days ago. I just Googled how to report stolen content to Blogspot. You can email them and they will respond telling you to fax or write a letter and what information must be included. Best of luck! @Xavier Nelson - You're definitely right. I'm not sure what goes through the heads of thieves, but apparently they think stealing content is better for them instead of using the free stuff. They like being able to take credit 100% for something they didn't even write, I suppose. You're also right in the aspect that if someone does take a free article and post it properly without removing credits, that they will get back for being honest. I love honest bloggers and I would definitely drop by their site and comment, and maybe send some link love like you said. If only everyone was honest... @Sunny - Wow, I think I should feel bad for you, not the other way around so much. I agree with you though - it IS a sickening feeling. Us honest writers work hard, and then some people just get a free ride and all the credit for it. It's a shame that life isn't always fair! @Steven - I finally got through to the person. Just like in your case, they’re on Blogspot and don’t have contact info. All I could do was leave comments, but they finally emailed me. They apologized and said they would write their own post about copyright to make up for it. They haven’t removed the old stolen posts yet (however, they have added source links) so hopefully I can convince them to take those down as well.

In your situation, you CAN contact Blogger. I forgot the link, but I was there a few days ago. I just Googled how to report stolen content to Blogspot. You can email them and they will respond telling you to fax or write a letter and what information must be included. Best of luck!

@Xavier Nelson - You’re definitely right. I’m not sure what goes through the heads of thieves, but apparently they think stealing content is better for them instead of using the free stuff. They like being able to take credit 100% for something they didn’t even write, I suppose.

You’re also right in the aspect that if someone does take a free article and post it properly without removing credits, that they will get back for being honest. I love honest bloggers and I would definitely drop by their site and comment, and maybe send some link love like you said. If only everyone was honest…

@Sunny - Wow, I think I should feel bad for you, not the other way around so much. I agree with you though - it IS a sickening feeling. Us honest writers work hard, and then some people just get a free ride and all the credit for it. It’s a shame that life isn’t always fair!

]]> By: Sunny http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2166 Sunny Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:04:53 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2166 I discovered this theft when Stumbling yesterday and my heart went out to you. Two years ago I had material stolen from my published book and put on a competitor's website, complete with their own illustrations! It was a sickening, maddening feeling. They did remove it when threatened with legal action but it left a very bad taste in my mouth. I do believe in karma though. ;-) I discovered this theft when Stumbling yesterday and my heart went out to you. Two years ago I had material stolen from my published book and put on a competitor’s website, complete with their own illustrations! It was a sickening, maddening feeling. They did remove it when threatened with legal action but it left a very bad taste in my mouth.
I do believe in karma though. ;-)

]]> By: Xavier Nelson http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2165 Xavier Nelson Fri, 19 Oct 2007 23:01:22 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2165 It's definitely a problem Tay, a growing problem at that. The sad thing, really, is that there is so much content out there that is freely available to anyone who wants it. There are tons of Article Directories for example where anyone can get good content from, but again, even there you start to see problems. All too many sites that actually republish your article sourced from a directory will remove your resource box, and more. And yet, if someone takes the article, posts it on their site properly, Karma very often will come full circle and the author will see it and just might send some 'Link Love' in form of some Web 2.0 traffic or even a post about the site. It really comes back down to 'do unto others as you would have them do unto you'. Xavier It’s definitely a problem Tay, a growing problem at that.

The sad thing, really, is that there is so much content out there that is freely available to anyone who wants it. There are tons of Article Directories for example where anyone can get good content from, but again, even there you start to see problems. All too many sites that actually republish your article sourced from a directory will remove your resource box, and more.

And yet, if someone takes the article, posts it on their site properly, Karma very often will come full circle and the author will see it and just might send some ‘Link Love’ in form of some Web 2.0 traffic or even a post about the site.

It really comes back down to ‘do unto others as you would have them do unto you’.

Xavier

]]> By: Steven Snell http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2162 Steven Snell Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:17:40 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2162 Sorry to hear about this Tay. I've had problems recently too. One blogger in particular that repeatedly steals my content as well as content from others. He has no contact info on his blog so all I could do was leave comments, which he deletes. He's hosted on Blogspot, so there's no hosting company to notify. Sorry to hear about this Tay. I’ve had problems recently too. One blogger in particular that repeatedly steals my content as well as content from others. He has no contact info on his blog so all I could do was leave comments, which he deletes. He’s hosted on Blogspot, so there’s no hosting company to notify.

]]> By: Tay http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2160 Tay Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:00:07 +0000 http://superbloggingtips.com/2007/10/watch-out-is-your-content-being-stolen/#comment-2160 @Beau - Thanks for sharing this information with me. Usually when I find people stealing I have a word with them and they take down the material, but this might not be the case this time. I tried filing a report with Blogspot but they replied to my email and said I had to send them a fax or letter through the mail. Instead I think I will start by filing against them with their advertisers like you recommended. Thank you! @Greg - It's all right, it wasn't your fault! I'm very flattered that you did like the article. I will take a look at Court's post and hopefully we can also get this imposter's site shut down! @Beau - Thanks for sharing this information with me. Usually when I find people stealing I have a word with them and they take down the material, but this might not be the case this time. I tried filing a report with Blogspot but they replied to my email and said I had to send them a fax or letter through the mail. Instead I think I will start by filing against them with their advertisers like you recommended. Thank you!

@Greg - It’s all right, it wasn’t your fault! I’m very flattered that you did like the article. I will take a look at Court’s post and hopefully we can also get this imposter’s site shut down!

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