Blog Article Piracy?!
When I naively starting blogging, it never occurred to me that I would have problems that I’m sure many other bloggers are having these days. I’m talking about blog article piracy. I recently discovered more than 15 sites who have decided upon themselves to take one of my most hard-worked articles and stick it up on their site. For example, look at this site who took my entire article and slapped it on thier site: http:// www*webknowhow*net/dir/Other_Resources/articles/SmartRedirect.html (remove spaces and replace *’s with .’s).
Now this is petty compared to all the other kinds of piracy that goes on, I am aware of this. But where does it end? What sort of options does a blogger have in his or her defense? I don’t mind when other sites provide snippets of my article and talk about it a bit. But when somebody blatantly steals your article and slaps it on their site and calls it their own, it boils my blood!
What can a blogger do?
Shan said,
August 24, 2008 @ 5:40 pm
If the host is in the US, dealing with copyright violations isn’t too difficult. I have to do it all the time for one of my sites.
I’ll post an article soon on my blog, outlining step-by-step how to use the DMCA to get stolen material taken down. This was always the sprit of the DMCA, before the RIAA got involved and turned it into a blackmail machine.
John said,
June 19, 2007 @ 8:55 pm
I don’t think that piracy is ever going to be stopped, there will always be pirates, from the ships, through music and films, to the internet.
The only way I can see is to make it harder to rip content from your pages by adding a script that disallows right click and copy functions…
I’m gonna add it to my blog anyhoo (not that it’s really worth reading)
Michael said,
September 1, 2006 @ 4:29 pm
Steven, Mike,
I am about to run an article that was posted as a comment on a message board on one of my blogs. I asked the author if he minded and asked what sort of references/links he would like me to add (he could in theory be able to generate some interest due to the link). That is normal practice and a common courtesy. I get great content, he gets quoted on a respected site and might possibly get some work from it.
Somehow I don’t think Steven would have objected to being quoted exensively if asked in advance and if the material was attributed (although he is entirely entitled to object for whatever reason).
The fact that this is the Internet or blogosphere does not change copyright laws. How about a little “esprit de corps” amongst sites that work on a non-profit basis?
Steven Hargrove said,
August 7, 2006 @ 2:01 pm
Mike,
I am not near as paranoid as you may believe, it is simple really, I care about my articles just as much as any other blogger - I am not in this boat alone. No hard feelings, but like you said - it is my right to protect my content.