Micro Persuasion: Blog Content Theft

Saturday, December 10, 2005

Blog Content Theft

Two weblogs are republishing my content without permission. One is called “Advertisging, News & Information.” This site is profiting off my content by running Adsense. The other is called Podcast Rebroadcast.

This appears to be a common problem. Jason Calacanis wrote in June that we should call these people out. I am doing my part. Beyond going to partial text RSS feeds - which I am loathe to do - I have really no other course of action right now other to email the site operators, which I have done.

This problem is only going to grow over time. Perhaps some digital watermarking technology needs to come into play here. Or, once again, Google needs to step in and shut down all Adsense sites that are deliberately spamming the blogosphere and bloggers. Anyone have other ideas?

Posted at 03:25 PM in Weblogs | Permalink

TrackBack

TrackBack URL for this entry:
http://www.typepad.com/services/trackback/6a00d8341c5e1c53ef00d83425715453ef

Listed below are links to weblogs that reference Blog Content Theft:

» Blog plagiarism from Alex Barnett blog
Steve Rubel has complained that there are two sites reproducing his blog posts without permission.... [Read More]

» Steve Rubel says "Stop stealing content!" from BrandLounge
Steve Rubel, from Micro Persuasion calls on bloggers to stop stealing content and to work on developing systems for curbing the growing problem. I, however, subscribe to a different school of thought: "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery"... If... [Read More]

» Theft of Blog content from Gahtan's Technology and Internet Law Blog
The Micro Persuasion blog is reporting that its content is being reproduced by two other blogs without permission, one of which is even running Adsense advertising in order to profit from the activity. Although Micro Persuasions problem appear... [Read More]

» Blog Content Theft Answers from Andrew Lark
Blog content theft was always going to be a big issue. The utility of deploying search advertising only amplifies the problem by enabling plagerists and thieves to remarket content within their own commercial framework. I'm not talking about inserting ... [Read More]

» What To Do When Someone Is Stealing Your Content? from News
Steve Rubel recently points to two splogs that are stealing his content. I wonder if we're not too far off from the day of having to pay for rss feeds to avoid this type of thing. Or a double opt-in... [Read More]

» Blog Post Piracy from Concurring Opinions
Steve Rubel of Micro Persuasion writes: Two weblogs are republishing my content without permission. One is called “Advertising, News & Information.” This site is profiting off my content by running Adsense. The other is called Podcast Rebroadcast. This... [Read More]

» Issues with blog content theft from CT Biz Blogs
One of the big issues in blogging these days has to do with content theft. Content theft happens when someone takes a post from your blog and publishes it on his or her blog, in its entirety. This happens because, with RSS (web feeds), its eas... [Read More]

» Blog Piracy Running Rampant. from Into the mind of Gerlach
I have been reading some feeds (Om Malik, Jeff Jarvis, and Steve Rubel), and it seems that blog piracy... [Read More]

» Google Adsense for Feeds gets picked up by splogs from VoIP & Gadgets Blog
Before Google launched their Google Adsense for Feeds advertising program (ads within RSS feeds), an enterprising lad couldn't wait for the Google Adsense for Feeds to be launched, so he decided to hack his own Adsense ads and add them... [Read More]

» Links: Content Theft Plagiarism Issues from Website Monitoring Blog
Content theft is a vital issue not only for blog authors, but for almost all the site owners as well. You try hard to create you unique and unforgettable content, but one day you find out that all your masterpieces are used by some other guys who don&#... [Read More]

» Scoble Speaks Out against Reposting Feeds from j's scratchpad
Many people have different thoughts about whether reposting someone else's XML Feed (RSS, Atom) breaks copyright law or a licensing agreement. [Read More]

Comments