It’s Time to Take Action Against Those That Steal Your Blog Content

I actually wrote one of them, and asked if they would at least include a link to my blog, since they were posting it illegally, and they did. I figure in a way, it is more advertisement.
It is a pretty overwhelming challenge you are looking at there, I am on quite a few of these sites myself. In my case, as long as my message gets out there, it’s all gravy to me. You can’t really make any money doing this, so I figure it really doesn’t matter.

And of course it’s not just blog content that gets stolen all the time.

I have a website called ‘Old Abandoned Buildings of Northern NY’  http://oabonny.co.cc) that brings in moderate traffic to those interested in old structures and such (Urban Exploration goes along with it, which also brings interest).

It’s amazing how many people steal my pictures, and sometimes the text content. It’s equally amazing how some people think nothing of it and either are actually pissy to me about it, or out-right attack me when I politely contact them.

The funny thing is I’d be happy to allow people to post my pics as long as they asked first and credited my website or something. I mean, it’s just polite.

Is it worth the effort if you cannot sue them for copyright infringement and get a big settlement? I used to chase down thieves. They don’t care. They know the effort I make will result in no pain for them. They are right. The bold will go where you don’t want them and laugh in your face when confronted. Have a less stressful day, Tom

I have dealt with the problem of the offenders not caring too. In this case, I’m going straight to the host. Most host providers will review the case and take down stolen content. If you check that link now, my stolen content was already taken down. He could’ve had his entire blog removed by Google if he failed to do so. That at least is some sort of pain.

There are times thought when the hosts don’t care. In those cases you’re right. There is little you can do.

It’s a shame that we as bloggers have to put up with this. It’s to easy to steal content online unlike old media where there is a hard copy and proof.

I like to have my information out there; where ever that might be but it’s a waste to me without credit. We feel your pain!

I don’t have much use for Google’s takeover of all content in the world, copyright be damn, but they did remove the offending blogger so it appears that your effort had some success.

I don’t want any big money settlement, Tom - I just want them to stop taking my pics without asking or providing a link back.

And as someone else said; going to a host or even an ISP will eventually do the job, just a pain in the ass. But I believe it’s worth it.

After all, if someone doesn’t stand up for our rights we won’t have any…