Comments on: More Copyright Infringment http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/ Blog Tips for Bloggers by the Original Blogging Resource - Blog Bloke Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:49:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3 By: Debbie Dolphin http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-3129 Debbie Dolphin Sat, 05 Jan 2008 23:10:26 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-3129 Did I step into the Twilight Zone of your new Feed? This post was at top of the list marked unread and new in my news reader today! Looks like I need more Manual Manipulations by Mr. Dolphin to cure this problem! In the meantime, a timeless old post can always new comments! Did I step into the Twilight Zone of your new Feed?
This post was at top of the list marked unread and new in my news reader today!

Looks like I need more Manual Manipulations by Mr. Dolphin to cure this problem!

In the meantime, a timeless old post can always new comments!

]]> By: Debbie Dolphin http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-3125 Debbie Dolphin Sat, 05 Jan 2008 19:24:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-3125 I have suffered so many unexpected despicable attacks like scraping and copying infringement of my posts yet, there is nothing like the despicable public attack caused by the uncivil comments of a "professional" journalist which I have suffered this week and I am not sure what to do to recover at the moment. Seems like Digital Desperadoes are out to destroy Blogs one at time whenever and wherever they can. Also, appalling to me is the apparent double standard of Google where they penalize Bloggers for duplicating their content (which I have no problem with) yet, they cannot control the digital fraud when someone else duplicates our content! I find it hard to accept that Google who earns an annual profit of $2 Billion Bacon Bits can only solve duplicate content issues only when we transfer our Blogs from one service to another yet, Google cannot solve the real crime! I have suffered so many unexpected despicable attacks like scraping and copying infringement of my posts yet, there is nothing like the despicable public attack caused by the uncivil comments of a “professional” journalist which I have suffered this week and I am not sure what to do to recover at the moment.

Seems like Digital Desperadoes are out to destroy Blogs one at time whenever and wherever they can.

Also, appalling to me is the apparent double standard of Google where they penalize Bloggers for duplicating their content (which I have no problem with) yet, they cannot control the digital fraud when someone else duplicates our content!

I find it hard to accept that Google who earns an annual profit of $2 Billion Bacon Bits can only solve duplicate content issues only when we transfer our Blogs from one service to another yet, Google cannot solve the real crime!

]]> By: Blogger’s Commenting Blunder: Move Over Blogger, ‘Cause I’m Outta Here http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2956 Blogger’s Commenting Blunder: Move Over Blogger, ‘Cause I’m Outta Here Mon, 31 Dec 2007 04:15:29 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2956 [...] have to agree with reader Kathy Frederick’s assessment that the recent changes Blogger has made to it’s commenting feature is the last [...] […] have to agree with reader Kathy Frederick’s assessment that the recent changes Blogger has made to it’s commenting feature is the last […]

]]> By: Amanda http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2723 Amanda Mon, 10 Dec 2007 12:20:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2723 Hello Blog Bloke,<br/><br/>Glad to see you're back on form after taking some time off. <br/><br/>There is a way to flag Blogger blogs which have hidden the nav-bar, though it's a little more complicated than a bookmarklet. I've just come back from holiday, but I will post about this as soon as I have the time to do so. Just take a look at the source code of a Blogger blog: the nav-bar cannot be removed, only hidden. So the code for the "flag this blog" link will still be present in the code.<br/><br/>Best wishes,<br/>Amanda Hello Blog Bloke,

Glad to see you’re back on form after taking some time off.

There is a way to flag Blogger blogs which have hidden the nav-bar, though it’s a little more complicated than a bookmarklet. I’ve just come back from holiday, but I will post about this as soon as I have the time to do so. Just take a look at the source code of a Blogger blog: the nav-bar cannot be removed, only hidden. So the code for the “flag this blog” link will still be present in the code.

Best wishes,
Amanda

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2722 Blog Bloke Mon, 03 Dec 2007 13:51:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2722 I would say flag any blogs that you find doing this, but many of the buggers have removed the navbar. There's gotta be a way to create a link or a bookmarklet to notify Blogger. I would say flag any blogs that you find doing this, but many of the buggers have removed the navbar. There’s gotta be a way to create a link or a bookmarklet to notify Blogger.

]]> By: Debbie Dolphin http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2721 Debbie Dolphin Mon, 03 Dec 2007 04:55:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2721 I know the feeling, Bloke! <br/> I almost retired my Blogging Boots because of Digital Desperadoes in October. Another reprehensible part of scraping our content is the scrapers are no doubt receiving advertising revenue without paying us! <br/>I thought Lincoln freed the slaves? I know the feeling, Bloke!
I almost retired my Blogging Boots because of Digital Desperadoes in October. Another reprehensible part of scraping our content is the scrapers are no doubt receiving advertising revenue without paying us!
I thought Lincoln freed the slaves?

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2720 Blog Bloke Sun, 02 Dec 2007 22:33:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2720 Generation Y may have been brought up playing computer games instead of learning how to write but it's no excuse for cheating and breaking the law. If that is the case then they should do something else besides blogging. And by the way, how hard is it to make a link to me anyway? Obviously he knows how to do it.<br/><br/>I had to learn how to read and write as well as use the computer and I suggest they do the same. Yes, I will continue to expose any fraudsters that I come across. I'm sure there's still more out there that I've missed. But I'll find them sooner or later. Generation Y may have been brought up playing computer games instead of learning how to write but it’s no excuse for cheating and breaking the law. If that is the case then they should do something else besides blogging. And by the way, how hard is it to make a link to me anyway? Obviously he knows how to do it.

I had to learn how to read and write as well as use the computer and I suggest they do the same. Yes, I will continue to expose any fraudsters that I come across. I’m sure there’s still more out there that I’ve missed. But I’ll find them sooner or later.

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2719 Blog Bloke Sun, 02 Dec 2007 21:24:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2719 An unbelievably stupid mistake by Blogger. Comments was their weakest point and they've made another huge step backwards. <br/><br/>Now their uploaded images aren't working properly either. What on earth are they doing? An unbelievably stupid mistake by Blogger. Comments was their weakest point and they’ve made another huge step backwards.

Now their uploaded images aren’t working properly either. What on earth are they doing?

]]> By: Kathy Frederick http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2718 Kathy Frederick Sun, 02 Dec 2007 15:09:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2718 I was once the victim of scraping and I remember how it felt. The person who did it has stopped the practice. Not only to me, but other bloggers as well. I feel like I took a stand and won a little battle for us.<br/><br/>About moving to WordPress, I'm considering it now that Blogger has changed their commenting system. People with Google accounts can only leave a link to their profiles in comments. People without can't leave any, unless they post it right in the comments field. This a huge impediment to getting new visitors to leave comments. Blogger will allow OpenID-aware links, but that means my readers have to create an OpenID account. This is just too much of a hassle, and I'm going to lose readers as a result. Not happy about this new development at all. Now I have to spend countless hours figuring out how to move to another platform. Just when I got relaxed having moved to my own domain, now this! Argggh! I was once the victim of scraping and I remember how it felt. The person who did it has stopped the practice. Not only to me, but other bloggers as well. I feel like I took a stand and won a little battle for us.

About moving to WordPress, I’m considering it now that Blogger has changed their commenting system. People with Google accounts can only leave a link to their profiles in comments. People without can’t leave any, unless they post it right in the comments field. This a huge impediment to getting new visitors to leave comments. Blogger will allow OpenID-aware links, but that means my readers have to create an OpenID account. This is just too much of a hassle, and I’m going to lose readers as a result. Not happy about this new development at all. Now I have to spend countless hours figuring out how to move to another platform. Just when I got relaxed having moved to my own domain, now this! Argggh!

]]> By: Jaffer http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2717 Jaffer Sun, 02 Dec 2007 14:03:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2717 Plagiarism is one of many problems with Generation Y.<br/><br/>They think that as long as it's online, it's OK to steal text because Bloke put it there in the first place !<br/>They thing that way because they have lost the art of communication and haven't the slightest clue about how to put things down in words !<br/><br/>That's why you've got websites like Turnitin.com and Copyscape.<br/><br/>You should do this more often Bloke ! Plagiarism is one of many problems with Generation Y.

They think that as long as it’s online, it’s OK to steal text because Bloke put it there in the first place !
They thing that way because they have lost the art of communication and haven’t the slightest clue about how to put things down in words !

That’s why you’ve got websites like Turnitin.com and Copyscape.

You should do this more often Bloke !

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2716 Blog Bloke Sun, 02 Dec 2007 10:18:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2716 Hey wait a minute ... Jason, wasn't it you who said you didn't want me to switch over to WP because of my tutorials? Hey wait a minute … Jason, wasn’t it you who said you didn’t want me to switch over to WP because of my tutorials?

]]> By: Blog Bloke http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2715 Blog Bloke Sun, 02 Dec 2007 08:25:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2715 That's the point Jason. There's nothing wrong if they just copy an excerpt within quotes along with a linkback to your blog.<br/><br/>But in this case he scraped the entire post without a linkback, passing it off as his own work. That is not flattery -- it's INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT and completely illegal!<br/><br/>The only reason that I found out about it is I have created search alerts that notify me when my content is found on the net.<br/><br/>It's despicable. That’s the point Jason. There’s nothing wrong if they just copy an excerpt within quotes along with a linkback to your blog.

But in this case he scraped the entire post without a linkback, passing it off as his own work. That is not flattery — it’s INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY THEFT and completely illegal!

The only reason that I found out about it is I have created search alerts that notify me when my content is found on the net.

It’s despicable.

]]> By: Jason Heath http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2714 Jason Heath Sun, 02 Dec 2007 07:23:00 +0000 http://www.blogbloke.com/more-copyright-infringment/#comment-2714 I seem to notice more and more sites scraping my content myself. I always put internal links in my posts, so I've often wondered if this scraping helps me or hurts me. I remember listening to a podcast with Paul Colligan about how he actually doesn't mind scraping that much due to all of his internal links referring back to his properties.<br/><br/>BTW, I finally moved off Blogger to WordPress and am having a blast. Are you still considering such a move? I seem to notice more and more sites scraping my content myself. I always put internal links in my posts, so I’ve often wondered if this scraping helps me or hurts me. I remember listening to a podcast with Paul Colligan about how he actually doesn’t mind scraping that much due to all of his internal links referring back to his properties.

BTW, I finally moved off Blogger to WordPress and am having a blast. Are you still considering such a move?

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