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Should You Prevent Identity Theft - Or Is It Overhyped? — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 10:02:56 +0000

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By: John Hoff - eVentureBiz

John Hoff - eVentureBiz — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 15:51:20 +0000

Yep. These guys suck. There are some javascripts out there to limit people from right clicking and saving your picture to their computer and there’s a WordPress plugin called Antileech which helps limit bots from scanning and copying your blog’s content.

But nothing’s full-proof.

It’s just something we have to deal with as web entrepreneurs.

John Hoff – eVentureBiz’s last blog post..General Partnerships: A Not-So-Great Business Structure

By: Barbara Swafford

Barbara Swafford — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 08:17:14 +0000

Hi Catherine,

It’s sad how our online stuff can be stolen so easily. Some people want all of the glory, but don’t want to do the work. But I guess it’s not that different in real life either.

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By: cathlawson

cathlawson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 05:03:51 +0000

Hi Melissa – I guess the court expenses and the hassle aren’t worth it if you’re not going to be compensated. But like you say – if the right people steal from you, it could be worth it.

By: Melissa Donovan

Melissa Donovan — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:49:40 +0000

I remember shortly after I launched my blog, I would find my content all over the place. It infuriated me! It's really hard to monitor such activity and the thought of going to court over a republished blog post just isn't realistic. But you can bet that if Fox news used any of my property without permission, I'd hire a lawyer and have a glass of champagne. Melissa Donovan's last blog post..Behind the Scenes: Writing as a Business

By: cathlawson

cathlawson — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 04:34:32 +0000

Hi Jim – Do click it – you never know what you might find. A lot of the news stuff is rehashed, as you say. I don’t mind when folk write things on a different slant though.

Hi Ellen – exactly. I don’t understand why they think lifting something non-physical should be any different.

Hi Hunter – I remember that – it was so funny. I don’t understand why these people think they can just take something that someone else has spent ages working on.

Hi Akemi – I’m glad you managed to get the blog closed. I wish Google would clamp down more on these spammy blogspot blogs.

Hi Betsy – your friend going in to your home to get her stuff when you weren’t there is totally shocking. Especially as you were doing her a favour.

Hi Opal – That must be really annoying. It’s quite amazing that your friends didn’t know the copy and paste thing was stealing. It does make me wonder how many people think plagiarism is ok.

Hi Chris – I can see what you mean – we don’t want to let it get to us so much that we just don’t write anything at all.

Hi Wendi – I found that really interesting. I wonder if it actually stopped folk doing it when they realised that it was available to everyone? Maybe it was quite a smart move and it doesn’t seem to have affected the popularity of his blog.

Hi Vered – I can imagine the music industry suffers a lot because of the theft. Leo’s uncopyright idea is unique isn’t it? I know no other blogger who has one.

Hi Patricia – it does happen. You will find lots of bloggers blogging on the same topic as you. I guess they search the Internet for inspiration. Plus we’re all sharing a huge melting pot of resources, so there’s always going to be heaps of stuff on the same topics.

Hi Mrs M – I can’t believe he had the cheek to accuse you of being unprofessional. I wonder if Google banned him from Adsense?

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 02:09:14 +0000

One time the scraper had the cajones to list me as a contributor. He also provided no contact info of his own. Fortunately, comments were open, so I left a rather snarky comment about not even being aware that I was contributing scraped content to the site of someone not brilliant enough to write a thing him/herself. Anyway, he got back to me and was shocked that I'd left something so snarky. Accused me of being unprofessional. I ended up removing my creative commons license so he couldn't do that again. I kept an eye on the site and e-mailed other bloggers whose content appeared. I also reported the site to Google Ads (click on the "Ads by Google" and then select that the site is stealing your content...scroll a bit). It went down after a month or so. Win? Mrs. Micah's last blog post..Recipe for Tofu with Peanut-Ginger Sauce

By: Patricia

Patricia — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 00:17:22 +0000

This was another new learning piece for me. To the best of my knowledge no one has stolen anything, I do notice that some bloggers write on subjects that I have written about so maybe I inspired their new thoughts? Wow so much to learn and understand. Powerful media stuff. When a news bureau buys my research then it becomes their stuff. But what they don't buy I sometimes put up as posts. Hmm very interesting article Thank you Patricia's last blog post..PTSD Part 4: The Big Picture For Healing

By: Vered - MomGrind

Vered - MomGrind — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 23:56:03 +0000

Copyright laws are always difficult to enforce, on and off the net. Music pirating, for example, is also a HUGE problem. Re Zen Habits, it's interesting, because he actually has an "uncopyright" notice on his blog so supposedly shouldn't care? Vered - MomGrind's last blog post..Wordless Wednesday: Mona Lisa, Enhanced

By: Wendi Kelly-Life's Little Inspirations

Wendi Kelly-Life's Little Inspirations — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:06:28 +0000

I haven't given a lot of thought to this. I remember when Leo put up his non-copyright post ( forgot his exact words) I was like WOW. That's one way to handle it. I guess as a new blogger I haven't really thought about the fact that I could write something that someone would steal. What are they going to do with it? It's always staying at my place first and it isn't really taking it away. It's not like the good china left the building. Wendi Kelly-Life's Little Inspirations's last blog post..Remembering Pen Pals…