…but I will take it as a compliment to know my words are good enough to be copied. #thehighroad
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August 20, 2011 at 12:38 pm
Barbaric. Yes, that’s a better word. Copyright infringement is barbaric.
Who did it? I’m really surprised at this.
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August 20, 2011 at 2:22 pm
There have been a few WordPress blogs that have taken some of my posts and republished them completely. Made me a little upset, but decided not to spend too much wasted energy on all of it – and thus, this post was born.
The same thing happened to me recently – complete with links back to my site and my name. I don’t see the point, and usually it’s a site that has very little other content or value, so I try not to worry too much about it.
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August 24, 2011 at 4:10 pm
Same thoughts. They’re probably just going to disappear anyways – so, why bother? My time worrying could be spent creating another blog post.
Twitter: janetcallaway
August 20, 2011 at 1:01 pm
Definitely, take it as a compliment. If they are new, perhaps they did not know about attribution.
Was it an entire post? How did you find out?
No doubt about it, Christian, your words are good enough to be copied. You have such a masterful way of weaving them together along with a unique perspective.
Best wishes for a terrific weekend. Aloha. Janet
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August 20, 2011 at 2:24 pm
These were more of scraped. They completely republished entire posts, so it was certainly something I didn’t like too much. I just think bloggers should do their best to protect against that happening – but hey, if it happens, it means your blog is well read, so that’s a good thing!
I found out because someone else mentioned it to me. I haven’t dove into duplicate content protection too heavy yet, but I might shortly.
And thank you for the wonderful compliment. You’re a kind person for pointing those things out. Now I’m going to write some more. You inspire me!
If you can check this site out Christian, http://www.dmca.com/protection.aspx It might help you with content copyright protection.
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August 20, 2011 at 7:49 pm
I’ll check that link out Eddie. Thank you for sharing!
Twitter: janetcallaway
August 20, 2011 at 1:03 pm
WOW! Christian, after I hit the submit button I caught a glimpse of a gret quote on the site that said close to:
“There is no psychiatrist like a puppy licking your face.” Ben Williams
What a great quote. Now I see there is another quote on the side. Is this something you created or is it a plug in? Since I also love quotes, this delighted me.
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August 20, 2011 at 2:25 pm
Really happy you liked the quotes. You’re the first to mention liking them, so I do appreciate the feedback. I keep them on their nonetheless because I love quotes so much.
It’s a plugin. It’s called Quotes Collection. Wonderful little plugin that lets you enter the quote, author, etc…you can even have it set to have a link that lets people click through your quote collection. You should try it out!
Any of your favorites you’d like to add?
Twitter: janetcallaway
August 20, 2011 at 3:15 pm
Christian, aloha. Would love to share some of my favorites with you.
This first one I know will truly speak to you:
“To love what you do and to feel that it matters–how could anything be more fun?”~Katharine Graham
The only way to predict the future is to create it.~ Peter Drucker
If you want to be happy, be.–Leo Tolstoy
Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.–Joseph Addison
You don’t get to choose how you are going to die. Or when. You can only decide how you’re going to live. Now.~ Joan Baez
Thx so much, Christian, for letting me add to your collection. Aloha. Janet
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August 20, 2011 at 4:37 pm
Just added all of them to the collection. Such beautiful quotes!
Twitter: janetcallaway
August 20, 2011 at 3:22 pm
Christian, aloha. It’s me again. Amazingly, the post right next to yours in the stream was Jessica Levin’s on the same topic. Here is a link to her post:
http://sevendegreescommunications.com/flattery-my-tuchus-its-stealing/
In the comments section, I left this entire blog post of yours. Aloha. Janet
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August 20, 2011 at 4:38 pm
thanks Janet. I’ll go check it out now!
have had it happen too. in both cases it was a blogger on another service. I found out because I was searching a term I used in two of my posts. I was amazed that someone had written posts that had the exact titles I used. When I clicked through was initially amazed that some one would just copy my work verbatim and post it under their byline. Then I found that I didn’t like it very much at all and contacted the blogging service. They removed the plagiarized material. Case closed.
Twitter: smartboydesigns
August 22, 2011 at 10:31 am
Did they link back to you, or blatant copy of content? It sure is surprising when you notice it for the first time. You’re like, “Whoa, wait, that’s mine!”
Was there a link back to your blog?
Twitter: smartboydesigns
August 22, 2011 at 10:33 am
On these in particular, yes, so it seems I’m happy to just let them be. Not worth the effort, and I’m okay with backlinks.
But I have encountered some, yes, that don’t have backlinks included. Those are the rather surprising blokes!
who did this barbaric act?
Twitter: smartboydesigns
August 22, 2011 at 10:35 am
Multiple. I’ve just been noticing it more often lately. Has it happened to you before? What were some of your feelings?
cant say it happened to me but i think i would be enraged
oye..I have been having many issues with this same thing lately. It’s not flattering at all. It’s like someone coming in your house when you are not home and helping themselves to your stuff. So not cool!
love ya mister!
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August 22, 2011 at 10:39 am
I remember you mentioning before all the copyright problems you have/were dealing with. When you’re Finger Candy Media though, you can certainly expect to be tortured a bit with copyright infringement. You’re just too darn awesome not to be copied!
It seems though, that it is flattery to me. Flattery is that insincere, endless praise you receive from someone with their own interests in mind. It’s kinda what copied content feels like. It pleases me that they’d even think to copy me, but not too happy that they in fact do. As long as they include a backlink, I don’t think I’m going to fight it much.
Thoughts? You’ve been dealing with this a lot, and would like to know where you draw that line – and where you just decide to let it be.
Copyright infringements is indeed “barbaric”. I like that description. I’ll add my 2 cents: Copyright infringement is the constant companion of fools imprisoned in creative bankruptcy.
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August 22, 2011 at 10:41 am
It sure is that constant companion of those with little creativity. It seems, much like a bankrupt company, those who copy don’t last that long either – so all things tend to work themselves out in the end.
Indeed! Those who copied your posts completely — did they not first email and ask permission, offer proper citation, etc.? I have reposed articles written by some of my physician clients and acquaintances, but would not have DARED to do so without first contacting them directly and asking if I could do so. I also asked what type of attribution and links they wanted me to include.
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August 22, 2011 at 1:55 pm
No, they didn’t ask for permission – which is the difficulty they cause. You’re so right. Nobody would dare re-post an article without asking permission first, especially if it’s the entire post!
Or….at least they shouldn’t dare!
Send them a cease and desist email, citing the copyright notice you have on your blog. (You have one, don’t you?) Then insist that they take your stolen post down immediately. It’s not a compliment, it’s theft, plain and simple. It can be an interesting exercise to google some of your more memorable prose periodically and see who has lifted it. Copyright is preserved only if you vigorously take steps to enforce it. -Nani
Twitter: smartboydesigns
August 22, 2011 at 10:44 am
I do have a copyright at the bottom of every page, but have considered moving to a creative commons type license. I’m a fan of shared information with attribution (seems more social and conducive to a general exchange of knowledge).
It seems that my time and energy could be better spent elsewhere in regards to working on copyright infringement. If they’re blatantly copying, then I could see spending some time to correct the problem. If they’d copied my work but included a link back – then I seem to be a little more lenient.
You’re certainly right though. Your copyright just becomes whatever degree you’re willing to protect to.
Take it as a good sign Christian, as it only means success. I used to never get scraped or copied. Now it happens with every article. At first I cared but when I found out the A-listers deal with it multiple times a day– and most don’t bother doing anything about it– I decided that’d be my policy.
Have a good week bud,
Marcus
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August 22, 2011 at 10:29 am
It seems that will be my policy too. Sometimes they’re linking back anyways (even if they are stealing the entire post) and backlinks are always nice. Also, Google doesn’t penalize you for duplicate content if you were the first to publish the post (not as much as they used to punish you!) so it seems all will iron itself out in the end.
If you had to spend your time dealing with copyright infringement multiple time daily, you’d start pulling out your hair with grief. I don’t plan on running that path!
I, too, have been a victim of plagiarism — numerous times. I actually pursued the sites to remove them. You can actually get the ISPs to take down the sites if they do not comply. It was a bit of effort, though, and not really worth it to me to pursue. I’ve got a post on the entire process if you’re interested — http://bit.ly/oWnfTP. I love your inspirational posts, too — matches your optimistic personality! Here’s one of my favorites from Harriet Beecher Stowe: “When you get into a tight place and it seems that you can’t go on, hold on, for that’s just the place and the time that the tide will turn.”
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August 22, 2011 at 10:46 am
I’ll check out that post Sherry. Thank you for sharing. I’d be interesting in learning more about that process.
As for the quote – love it! Will add it to my database for the blog. Quotes just sure inspire me in many ways. Each person has shared so much information in this world, and quotes are a great way of glimpsing a little of what that person accomplished and was “about” in life.
Thank you for stopping by. I sure appreciate it.
Christian
Whenever I can break away, this is one of my favorite places to be …
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August 22, 2011 at 11:08 am
Well you just made my whole day Sherry, and maybe even set the tone for the rest of my week. I really, very much appreciate you saying that.
You’re making me grin all over – and excited about working hard on content this week.
You make the world a better place…so thank you. Sincerely.
Awww. See, that’s why I like to be here —
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Oops! I mean I love your inspirational “quotes” not posts; although, I love your inspirational “posts,” too!!
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August 22, 2011 at 10:47 am
Thank you Sherry!
I would focus on everything you do outside of the blog. That is what makes you special and has created this big fan base. People will take what they want.. but what they don’t have is your creativeness, your experience, your mind and your heart. And through that you have created a very special community.
So.. let em copy. You will continue to win.
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Everything on my site is custom and just last week I was informed by a blogging friend that someone from the outskirts of our blogging circle is using an image from my site. After my post I have a big obnoxious “DID YOU LIKE THAT” image that I created on Photoshop. Well, this person stole my image and is using it. It’s all custom, and even has my site background color, which isn’t white, it’s gray. Well, when I confront the person (softly) they said they created it after seeing mine using Microsoft World. PPPPLLLLEEEAAASSSSSEEEE!
I know a thing or two about a thing or two.
Know what I did???
I offered to create a custom one for them…for free. That’s how I role.
PEACE
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August 22, 2011 at 2:36 pm
What a wonderful story. You’re more my cup of tea. I’m inspired by people like you and Leo over at Zen Habits – he’s another one of those “free share” type people.
Why fight the fire with fire? Just use a little water, cool things down – and make some friends with the forest animals.
Exactly Christian…plus, I was pretty honored that they liked it so much to use it on their site even though it didn’t match their color pallet one bit! I’ll hook’em up for free! I’m sure it will set the tone of how they should respond should something similar happen to them one day. It’s all about leading by example. I live that!
BE BLESSED!
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August 23, 2011 at 11:15 am
If they react in a similar, positive way to one other individual in the future – it seems your work is done. Keep it up!
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October 1, 2011 at 3:29 am
The same thing happened to me a while ago, and I probably wouldn’t have mind as long as they have added a link to my site and written my name somewhere. But they didn’t. This is what’s called blog scraping isn’t? Anyway, have you done anything about it. I didn’t.
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October 1, 2011 at 11:08 am
The blog scraping is awful. I’m lenient when it comes to links coming in, and crediting the information.
All I did was shoot them an email asking if they’d either remove the post or add a link back to the blog. Then I just removed the concern from my brain and moved on. It’s easier to deal with in that way. I think stressing about it just adds to the chaos of life.
So, no, I don’t really do much in regards to copyrighted content.