Dealing with Scrapers
- Posted On: April 10th, 2007
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If you are not on Bill2me dot Com then you're reading stolen content!
It's an unfortunate reality for most bloggers that sooner or later your content is going to start showing up on other people's sites.
In the past 24 hours I've found large portions of my content appearing on other "blogs" and being displayed as written by an author who is not me. What's funny is that these dirtbags are rotten enough to steal my content and re-publish it under their name they were foolish enough to link back here.
As always I've started by leaving a comment on the site. If the content remains I'll contact the author directly and then contact their hosting providers. I do have a few extra options after that but I'll reserve even mentioning them until the time comes.
Has anyone here ever had to deal with scrapers? What kind of experiences have you had?
6 Responses to “Dealing with Scrapers”
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April 11th, 2007 at 7:53 am
This is really crap, I even saw a bid on one of those websites where you can get a freelancer for your project, the guy was very straight to say ” I want to copy a complete website content” welcome to the digital world, actually you inspired me twice today to write something useful about that.
- AmerM
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April 11th, 2007 at 8:57 am
[...] have came across an article for bill2me.com complaining that his content was ripped off by people who weren’t even afraid to link back to [...]
- AmerM » How do you know that your blog content has been stolen?
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April 11th, 2007 at 12:50 pm
ive dealt with a scraper once before, he refused to remove the content saying some shit about it not being copyright.
- jake
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April 11th, 2007 at 1:03 pm
That’s where Creative Commons comes in. If you’ve got a creative commons license your work basically is licensed and (depending on the license) should not be copied or redistributed without your permission.
These licenses can be enforced and do provide protection for author’s and artists - you just need to be willing to enforce them.
- WildBil
I have had friends saying that their content was ripped off.. I don’t think that is very cool. people work hard at delivering good content. its a shame.!
- Everyday Weekender