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Wed, 01 Aug 2007 01:16:30 +0000

[...] such as 20 Best Free Anti-Plagiarism Tools, How to Follow Up on a Cease and Desist Letter, and a Content Theft Tale (what we did to follow up someone scraping our content at the [...]

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Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:46:27 +0000

[...] on WordPress published a new piece by Jonathon Bailey of the Blog Herald that talks about what you can do when your content is stolen. This is a problem that most bloggers [...]

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Breaking the Brick Wall on Your Content Theft Search « Lorelle on WordPress — Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:41:38 +0000

[...] the Brick Wall on Your Content Theft Search A Content Theft Tale by Jonathan Bailey on the Blog Herald is a brilliant read for those concerned about content theft. It was the best of [...]

By: Plagiarizing a Plagiarizing Article at Ledger Pad

Plagiarizing a Plagiarizing Article at Ledger Pad — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 21:14:41 +0000

[...] that’s plagiarizing… Well I made my way over to Blog Harald and read an article call A Content Theft Tale. My word, this guy just copied a post on “Not coping posts”! Guy, do you understand [...]

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Content Theft - How I Recently Had To Deal With That | Smart Wealthy Rich — Thu, 05 Jul 2007 07:17:44 +0000

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By: Lorelle VanFossen

Lorelle VanFossen — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 23:01:16 +0000

There are several splogs which scrap Blog Herald Content and I’ve been working to have them stop as well, often with little success due to the same problems you’ve found, Jonathan. Taking that extra step to track the host from the reseller is brilliant and will help me break down some of the brickwalls I’ve been facing on this issue.

Thank you!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 22:47:33 +0000

Andy,

It is strange how it works, perhaps for another article I should discuss ways to tell who took the site down as this seems to be a larger issue than I thought.

Tony,

I am in your internets… fixing your DMCA…

Valeria,

Very welcome for the story! Glad that it was riveting!

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links for 2007-07-04 «  Mac² — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 19:20:21 +0000

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By: Valeria Maltoni

Valeria Maltoni — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 18:18:13 +0000

Jonathan — A riveting story, thank you for bringing us along.

Tony — shining a light on things usually has the desired effect on the shadows, it disperses them rather quickly. That’s why it’s so important to be on the up and up on things, someone will figure it out. It’s much better for your brand reputation to play nice (i.e., by the rules).

By: Tony Hung

Tony Hung — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 17:05:09 +0000

Yep … its funny how one of the arrows in the copyright quiver is to start publicizing it, isn’t it?

Thanks again Jonathan. Your copyright skillz are teh awesome! ;)

By: Andy Merrett

Andy Merrett — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:55:08 +0000

I notice that the site which I complained about in the past – igizmodo.com – has now died. Whether through the owner not paying his fees, or by my complaint to the ISP, I don’t know, but it’s gone!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 22:21:06 +0000

Marc,

It definitely looks like it was taken down. I wonder if it was done at the request of the host or the reseller. However, since it was still live when this article went up, it most likely was due to the attention.

Chris,

Indeed, I agree this is likely a case of laziness rather than malice. If they had quoted it and linked the original, it would have been fine. There are great ways to make a blog using other people’s writing and not step afoul of copyright law, many people do it.

It just requires a little work on the part of the creator, that’s all.

Still, it is definitely a warning, but also a reason to be hopeful…

By: Chris

Chris — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 20:16:42 +0000

A warning for us all. There is always the temptation to want to take what other people have written and use it for our own gain. Your story is a reminder of what is feels like on the other side.

What I tend to find in the blog world is that most of the information in the various niche’s is very much the same anyway.

It sounds like this person got a bit lazy and didn’t want to have to go through the hard work of creating their own version of things.

By: Marc

Marc — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:41:44 +0000

Looks like the link to the Brazilian blog entry you mentioned is gone now. Looks like it was already taken off. :/