Stealing content

Posted on March 11, 2007 | Comments Off on Stealing content

Also know as plagiarism, a tough word to spell, but an easy thing to do, so easy on the Web it’s a business. The MIA at the Transplantable Rose. If you see any Texas Scribbler out there with links to porn and/or phishing trips, let me know.

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0 responses to “Stealing content”

  1. SnoopyTheGoon's avatar SnoopyTheGoon | March 16, 2007 at 10:06 am |

    The question is how one gets wise to it? It will reuire hunting Google for random phrases from own posts, which is an enormous waste of time…
    But good to know, thanks.

  2. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | March 16, 2007 at 6:17 pm |

    That’s true. Unless some thief mines your site wholesale, like apparently happened to Transplantable Rose, you likely wouldn’t know. I suppose in their cut-and-paste world, getting everything from one site is quicker. So you might not have any trouble finding out with a now-and-then Google on the site name. Just a guess.

  3. Dawn's avatar Dawn | March 28, 2007 at 11:39 pm |

    I’m a new reader of The Transplantable Rose and think it’s awful that someone has stolen her blog content. I don’t understand why someone would do something like that. In what way does it benefit them?
    I wonder if blog theft would decrease if bloggers would disable the right-click and cut & paste options for their sites.
    http://www.hypergurl.com/norightclick.html
    It might slow them down at least. Just a thought.
    Regards,
    Dawn in NW Austin

  4. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | March 29, 2007 at 8:42 am |

    The thieves steal the content to get a readymade site with high page ranking on Google so they can hook it to something like Google Ad-Sense and start making money based on hits and clicks. Disabling the cut & paste certainly might work, though it would hinder any legitimate blogger who wanted to easily quote (and attribute) from your blog.

  5. Dawn in NW Austin's avatar Dawn in NW Austin | March 29, 2007 at 9:42 am |

    Thanks for the explanation. Gosh, sounds like some greedy people are ruining blogging for the creative folks. That really stinks.
    I see your point about the drawbacks of disabling the right-click. I’ve considered starting a gardening blog of my own, but am not sure it’s worth the trouble if someone is just going to steal my content. Bummer.

  6. Dawn in NW Austin's avatar Dawn in NW Austin | March 29, 2007 at 9:42 am |

    Thanks for the explanation. Gosh, sounds like some greedy people are ruining blogging for the creative folks. That really stinks.
    I see your point about the drawbacks of disabling the right-click. I’ve considered starting a gardening blog of my own, but am not sure it’s worth the trouble if someone is just going to steal my content. Bummer.

  7. Unknown's avatar Dick Stanley | March 29, 2007 at 6:39 pm |

    I doubt it happens that much. There are millions more bloggers than there are thieves, and you never hear of the big ones, like Instapundit and DailyKos, complaining about theft.