Comments on: Protect yourself from content theft http://blog.asylum-et.com/2007/03/14/protect-yourself-from-content-theft/ Mon, 24 May 2010 22:25:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: admin http://blog.asylum-et.com/2007/03/14/protect-yourself-from-content-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-45 admin Wed, 14 Mar 2007 15:44:33 +0000 http://www.asylum-et.com/2007/03/14/protect-yourself-from-content-theft/#comment-45 Indeed Jonathan you are very much correct. I do agree that it is not a good idea to put such content up and I agree that it would be very bad if a minor had stumbled upon it. I would feel miserable for that. I must apologize really for making that post in haste. After getting the run around from the reseller and then from the actual host when reporting this to them I got a bit short tempered and made that post. A bit later today I think that I shall edit the post a bit. I must really thank you though for your comment. That is a wellspring of information in it and I and other viewers alike I am sure will benefit greatly from it. Thank you again. Indeed Jonathan you are very much correct. I do agree that it is not a good idea to put such content up and I agree that it would be very bad if a minor had stumbled upon it. I would feel miserable for that. I must apologize really for making that post in haste. After getting the run around from the reseller and then from the actual host when reporting this to them I got a bit short tempered and made that post.

A bit later today I think that I shall edit the post a bit. I must really thank you though for your comment. That is a wellspring of information in it and I and other viewers alike I am sure will benefit greatly from it. Thank you again.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://blog.asylum-et.com/2007/03/14/protect-yourself-from-content-theft/comment-page-1/#comment-44 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:07:16 +0000 http://www.asylum-et.com/2007/03/14/protect-yourself-from-content-theft/#comment-44 <i>Well unfortunately there is little to nothing you can do outside of reporting them to the search engines and any advertising program they are using.</i> That statement is completely untrue. There are many things that you can do if your content is being stolen. First and foremost is report the site to its host. The DMCA safe harbor provisions more or less require hosts to remove content that is infringing from their servers once they receive a proper notice. If you know how to file a DMCA notice, you can get scrapers shut down. You can also use the DMCA against them to remove them from the search engines and then from their ad program. Second, you can always send a cease and desist letter to the thief, warning them to remove the content or else. Most comply just to avoid the hassle. There is always WP plugins to help you cloak the content, hiding your real work from the spammers. Finally, in some cases you can report the site to its domain registrar, getting the entire dot com yanked. That doesn't work all of the time, but I know several people that have done it. In short, there's a lot that you can do beyond posting indecent pictures to the spammer (possibly exposing children to the content) and reporting them to the search engines. All one has to have is a strategy. Well unfortunately there is little to nothing you can do outside of reporting them to the search engines and any advertising program they are using.

That statement is completely untrue. There are many things that you can do if your content is being stolen. First and foremost is report the site to its host. The DMCA safe harbor provisions more or less require hosts to remove content that is infringing from their servers once they receive a proper notice.

If you know how to file a DMCA notice, you can get scrapers shut down. You can also use the DMCA against them to remove them from the search engines and then from their ad program.

Second, you can always send a cease and desist letter to the thief, warning them to remove the content or else. Most comply just to avoid the hassle.

There is always WP plugins to help you cloak the content, hiding your real work from the spammers.

Finally, in some cases you can report the site to its domain registrar, getting the entire dot com yanked. That doesn’t work all of the time, but I know several people that have done it.

In short, there’s a lot that you can do beyond posting indecent pictures to the spammer (possibly exposing children to the content) and reporting them to the search engines.

All one has to have is a strategy.

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