Plagiarism Today - Latest Comments

Re: How MailChimp Hurts Their Customers’ SEO

rhonda@iCopyright.com — Thu, 16 May 2013 09:20:19 -0000

hope this post gets Mail Chimp to reconsider. Not right for them to be alerted that they are contributing to duplicate content issues, and to simply disregard it. Mail Chimp, above all ... do no harm.

And, we're staying tuned to see what newletter solution you end up choosing.

Re: BlogAvenger: Does Your Blog Content Need an Avenger?

Harry Stavri — Wed, 15 May 2013 10:13:24 -0000

Interesting review. I use it myself. I've figured out that the plugin tries a variety of methods to find the address to send a DMCA to, not just DNS records, but a lot of servers aren't correctly set up (or are deliberately confused), so the only really effective way to track down the person/company responsible for a box is to use the IP link. This is the one thing scraper sites can't hide - the IP provides an incontrovertible ID, including P.O.C addresses. I asked why they didn't automate THAT and was told it was because ARIN would reject too many queries from their server, and the complexity of the process meant they couldn't implement it on the plugin itself, so the best they could do was offer a link to it. In the 7 dmcas I've filed myself, all but one have received a positive response within 24 hours, and the one that didn't was in China (currently dmca-ing them agiain via Google!). Don't really agree with the image comment either - it does what it says it does, and I find it invaluable - all my images that are getting stolen and 'pinterest'ed are now carrying my blog address, and I'm getting (rather a lot) of traffic from what was once just theft. I have tried turning it off, and the images revert instantly. If, as the owner of this site says, you buy the rights to a lot of images, but don't actually own then, you may find it of limited use (although you could still put a message on there anyway - after all, if you've bought rights to them, you probably have the right to adapt them in that way, if not, don't buy them :) The scraper banning, BTW, stops all those 'autobloggers' who just stick 'autoblogged' or similar on a wordpress blog. Which is the vast majority of them, in my experience (admittedly, my stuff tends to get stolen by 'make money fast' merchants attracted by particular keywords ('dollars'... 'traffic' :-), not people looking to purloin very high quality legal articles such as found on this site...

Re: 5 Free Copyright-Related Steps Every Blogger Should Take Today

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 14 May 2013 17:14:27 -0000

I'm not familiar with the CSS code. However, though it would be more difficult to disable, it would still annoy legitimate users so it sounds like a bad idea still...

Re: 5 Free Copyright-Related Steps Every Blogger Should Take Today

Agung Yudha Berliantara — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:24:28 -0000

Hi Jonathan!
good article.

But, is it effective if I put the CSS code so that can not be copied?
As we know that if we put some JS scripts, visitors can disable the Javascript from their Browser.

Re: Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 282 – Meme Battle

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:47:34 -0000

Checking the link now.

Re: The Nostalgia Critic vs. Tommy Wiseau Debacle

Jonathan Bailey — Tue, 14 May 2013 00:46:44 -0000

Just wanted to say thanks for letting me know the article was useful. It's not often I get such feedback on older works and really appreciate it!

Re: How MailChimp Hurts Their Customers’ SEO

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 13 May 2013 23:31:34 -0000

I have to say this is a good argument for exactly that. In this case, it wasn't really practical for me to self-host, I had to make a quick transition away from a FeedBurner-controlled newsletter and MailChimp was the easiest destination. I now have the opportunity to figure out a more permanent solution though so I may take the chance to do exactly as you suggested.

Re: How MailChimp Hurts Their Customers’ SEO

Adam — Mon, 13 May 2013 14:41:17 -0000

This is one of the reasons I'm not an advocate of letting anyone else handle my content and how it's distributed.. When something like this happens, and it's unfortunate that it happened to you, you have absolutely no real control over the situation or any legal recourse (as I first started reading this, I was wondering why you didn't open up a DMCA can of whoopass until I read further).

Re: 5 Famous Plagiarists: Where Are They Now?

diablo135 — Sat, 11 May 2013 21:15:00 -0000

No one plagiarized you. Shut up

Re: The Nostalgia Critic vs. Tommy Wiseau Debacle

Well Wisher — Sat, 11 May 2013 16:01:52 -0000

I just have to say that even 3 years after this was posted, that this is still an incredibly relevant article. I recently became a Nostalgia Critic fan, and never watched the Tommy Wiseau Show episode until today, I just had to do menial research this to find out what exactly happened and this article, luckily cut down the time I had to waste hunting the info down. This answered everything and is well written. Good Work! (And no, I am just a fan of well written articles, not an English teacher.)

Re: Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 282 – Meme Battle

Adam — Sat, 11 May 2013 09:43:33 -0000

Is this the right one? The file number looks like it's older.

Re: Flickr and Facebook STILL Strip EXIF Data

Rudy Torres — Sat, 11 May 2013 02:55:35 -0000

As a working photographer I refuse to post anything on flckr. It's the first place bloggers go to rape and pillage images without paying for content. http://RudyTorresRocks.com

Re: 3 Count: Wronghaven

Jonathan Bailey — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:06:19 -0000

Supremes wouldn't hear it anyway. If they appealed you'd just hear a dismissive sigh coming from Washington D.C.

Re: 3 Count: Wronghaven

Charles Ranier — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:05:06 -0000

aww, Righthaven won't take it to the Supremes? Party poopers.

Re: Foter: Open Licensed Photos for WordPress

kaysgeog on flickr — Fri, 10 May 2013 02:47:35 -0000

Foter hosts images they do not own on their service. CC is just a license - the actual copyright remains with the owner of the image. If you do find an image you want on foter then go to the original posted by the owner of the image. Foter does not deserve credit.

Re: Copyright, Memes and the Perils of Viral Content

Nick Taylor — Wed, 08 May 2013 06:41:36 -0000

Still more evidence that copy-monopolies are incompatible with a free internet, and should be abolished.

Re: Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 281 – Risk Campions

Adam — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:53:43 -0000

Sweet. Thanks, man.

Just so you know, I do realize that I'm probably the only person who reads this site that would look for the recording time.

Re: Race and the Jayson Blair Scandal

Adam — Tue, 07 May 2013 08:52:46 -0000

I tend to think that Blair was a talented, driven but highly unethical reporter that was better at charming coworkers, befriending the right people and playing office politics than he was at honest reporting.

That's not Blair. That's a general statement of the corporate workforce. Most people (not all, but most) are so busy trying to form alliances, come across as effective, and play office politics that they avoid their job responsibilities.

Re: Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 281 – Risk Campions

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:54:51 -0000

I see that. I need to update the template on the podcast to make sure I don't repeat that mistake. Fixing now.

Re: YouTube: It’s Time for a Content ID Intervention

Jonathan Bailey — Mon, 06 May 2013 17:33:58 -0000

I don't think there's any special workaround. It's just some gaming companies are very aggressive about protecting their games and others aren't. My advice, Google some and find out which companies you can safely review and don't help promote the ones that you can't.

Re: YouTube: It’s Time for a Content ID Intervention

Guest — Sun, 05 May 2013 00:01:49 -0000

Dealing with the consequences of this faulty system right now. I had limits automatically put on my account by the Youtube-bot because of gaming commentary videos.

Question. Can you tell me how some people put up game commentary videos with no problems, and others just run into brick walls every time? I don't get it. Is there some sort of special work around? lol.

Re: 9 Non-Litigious Ways to Reduce Plagiarism

Adam — Sat, 04 May 2013 14:15:29 -0000

This is a good article, indeed.

#4 isn't all that hard. I just write actions for my clients in Photoshop as needed and then run the watermarking as a batch. 20% opacity on the text in white, usually in the dead center of the image and we're golden.

Re: Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 281 – Risk Campions

Adam — Sat, 04 May 2013 08:28:40 -0000

You pulled out the time again, dude. :(

Re: 9 Non-Litigious Ways to Reduce Plagiarism

rhonda@iCopyright.com — Fri, 03 May 2013 07:15:50 -0000

GREAT article ... we are particularly partial to #5 ... but it's a fantastic list!

Re: 3 Count: Icelandic Election

DeadCaL — Wed, 01 May 2013 15:16:26 -0000

I'm finding that last one extremely amusing