Getting Ripped Off

February 19, 2007 on 8:37 pm | In Blogging, Links, Quotes |

Maybe this is just the first time it’s happened to me… but has anyone else had vultures coming and stealing their posts and republishing them?

That’s seriously just low. If you want to talk about something, fine, quote part of what I said with a pingback and talk… but ripping off my whole post on some automated site that doesn’t even claim to be anyone… I’m not happy.

I want the post removed immediately.

Copyright and Links Policy

Seeing as the author left me no other recourse, I’ve contacted the host. We’ll see what happens.

Dreamhost support,

It has recently come to my attention that the following URL, which you are hosting, contains plagiarised content from my weblog.

Offending content:
http://gospel.blogarium.net/2007/02/06/the-australian-public-doesn%e2%80%99t-click-with-jesus/

My corresponding post:
http://virtuallypaul.com/2007/02/06/the-australian-public-doesnt-click-with-jesus/

As you can see, the entire content of the post has been syndicated without consent. The owner of the offending website on:

Name: apache2-linus.mills.dreamhost.com
Address: 208.97.170.4

seems to be borrowing and resyndicating content from various blogs.

Please advise as to what action you will be taking towards this violation of your Terms of Service.

Kind regards,
Webmaster
VirtuallyPaul.com

EDIT - I’ve removed actual links to the vultures as this seems to be encouraging their automated pilfering of my content.

4 Comments »

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  1. Go kick some butt Paulie! You go audit them to kingdom come :)

    You’re spot on - it is very low. You’d think they’d at least take quality content :P

    (actually, I think that post is one of your best, been contemplating stealing it myself)

    Comment by Geoff — February 19, 2007 #

  2. You and I should really start a “building one another up in love” policy. :P

    Comment by Paul — February 19, 2007 #

  3. […] Not only is there a Federal Election on the way (although you might be hard pressed to call some of our politician’s submissions “policies”), but Paulie has taken up the ultimate irony and copied my policy-writing idea with (wait for it..) a copyright policy. Apparently some scum-sucking blogger has flogged poor little Paulie’s post “The Australian Public doesn’t click with Jesus” - quite understandably I might add. It’s a comment on the recent hoo-hah surrounding the “Jesus Loves Osama” baptist church signs. From the post: You wouldn’t have thought that something like this would surprise me. But it did. Maybe it’s the church kid in me. See, I’ve grown up in an environment where, even if people did an absolutely pathetic job of practicing what they preach, the essence of the Christian message - the Gospel of grace and forgiveness - was always something that I’ve been hearing about. It actually hadn’t occurred to me that most people actually don’t have the same experience. After 23 years as a church participant, I’m very accustomed to the idea of forgiving the undeserving and the guilty. […]

    Pingback by TheGeoffRe(y)port » Policy Season — February 19, 2007 #

  4. Well they obviously think it’s worth stealing, which is a small compliment!

    And I think it has been removed.

    Comment by Paul2 — February 21, 2007 #

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