Comments on: When do you throw the book at Content Stealers? http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/ Internet Marketing, SEO, and Link Building. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:30:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Website Marketing News » Blog Archive » Stealing Content from other Web Sites http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1340 Website Marketing News » Blog Archive » Stealing Content from other Web Sites Thu, 09 Mar 2006 23:18:45 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1340 [...] Jim Boykin has a great post today about content stealers, those who take content from someone else’s website and use it as their own. [...] [...] Jim Boykin has a great post today about content stealers, those who take content from someone else’s website and use it as their own. [...]

]]> By: Steve http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1334 Steve Thu, 09 Mar 2006 16:36:51 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1334 Great information ty. My understanding is that if you change the material in the future you do have to reapply. Do you know for sure Jim? Great information ty. My understanding is that if you change the material in the future you do have to reapply. Do you know for sure Jim?

]]> By: Brian Turner http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1332 Brian Turner Thu, 09 Mar 2006 12:02:57 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1332 1. Do a WHOIS on the domain name 2. Do a WHOIS on the nameserver info - that will usually lead to a hosting company 3. Send a polite e-mail to the hosting company, pointing out that they are hosting copyrighted content on their server that you wish to see removed That will commonly deal with such issues, before even touching on actual legal avenues such as DMCA 1. Do a WHOIS on the domain name
2. Do a WHOIS on the nameserver info - that will usually lead to a hosting company
3. Send a polite e-mail to the hosting company, pointing out that they are hosting copyrighted content on their server that you wish to see removed

That will commonly deal with such issues, before even touching on actual legal avenues such as DMCA

]]> By: Andrew Johnson http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1328 Andrew Johnson Wed, 08 Mar 2006 22:00:56 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1328 Do what Getty Images does, send them an invoice for $2,000 for using your content. If you actually have it copyrighted, thats a deal for them compared to getting dragged into court -- but that is assuming you can actually track them down. Scrapers don't bother me because I've actually gotten some pretty good traffic from them for sites where my CPMs are in the hundreds of dollars. When someone copies an entire article, removse the copyright notice, and inserts their own name they've committed criminal copyright infringement and I don't see any reason to feel sorry for them and play nice. (and yes I've had it happen to me, that was before I learned the dramatic differences in registering copyright vs. not doing so.) However, there is another alternative approach you can take depending on the level on infrindgement. I am aware of at least one business owner who has gone after sites copying his content and gotten them to hand over ownership to their sites rather than getting taken to court. Do what Getty Images does, send them an invoice for $2,000 for using your content. If you actually have it copyrighted, thats a deal for them compared to getting dragged into court — but that is assuming you can actually track them down.

Scrapers don’t bother me because I’ve actually gotten some pretty good traffic from them for sites where my CPMs are in the hundreds of dollars. When someone copies an entire article, removse the copyright notice, and inserts their own name they’ve committed criminal copyright infringement and I don’t see any reason to feel sorry for them and play nice. (and yes I’ve had it happen to me, that was before I learned the dramatic differences in registering copyright vs. not doing so.)

However, there is another alternative approach you can take depending on the level on infrindgement. I am aware of at least one business owner who has gone after sites copying his content and gotten them to hand over ownership to their sites rather than getting taken to court.

]]> By: graywolf http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1326 graywolf Wed, 08 Mar 2006 18:36:24 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1326 Jim technically you do have copyright the moment it's published, however finding an attorney willing to take the case when an official copyright hasn't been filed is going to cost you more, and probably not something they would take on a contingency basis. Jim technically you do have copyright the moment it’s published, however finding an attorney willing to take the case when an official copyright hasn’t been filed is going to cost you more, and probably not something they would take on a contingency basis.

]]> By: Jim http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1325 Jim Wed, 08 Mar 2006 17:27:16 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1325 Lee, Thanks for the link to <a href="http://www.toprankblog.com/2005/12/content-thieves/" rel="nofollow">that article</a> - it's filled with great info and resources for fighting content thieves. Lee, Thanks for the link to that article - it’s filled with great info and resources for fighting content thieves.

]]> By: Jim http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1324 Jim Wed, 08 Mar 2006 16:46:44 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1324 And for blogs, that'd be a nightmare....you'd think someone could come up with a way that would protect content the moment it was published....little link on all pages saying something like "Site copyright protection and legal by ABC Attorneys"...oh the backlinks! And for blogs, that’d be a nightmare….you’d think someone could come up with a way that would protect content the moment it was published….little link on all pages saying something like “Site copyright protection and legal by ABC Attorneys”…oh the backlinks!

]]> By: Dario http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1323 Dario Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:57:55 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1323 What happens if you have to change any of the copyrighted material later on, do you have to register it again? Even if you change something as small as a sentence, change a url, etc.? What happens if you have to change any of the copyrighted material later on, do you have to register it again? Even if you change something as small as a sentence, change a url, etc.?

]]> By: Lee http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1322 Lee Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:51:11 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1322 Hey Jim, I've been down that path as well and collected some resources: http://www.toprankblog.com/2005/12/content-thieves/ Hey Jim, I’ve been down that path as well and collected some resources:
http://www.toprankblog.com/2005/12/content-thieves/

]]> By: feed my brain » http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1320 feed my brain » Wed, 08 Mar 2006 15:08:42 +0000 http://www.jimboykin.com/can-you-throw-the-book-at-content-stealers/#comment-1320 [...] Digital Copyright Issues - some good resources to help protect your IP. [...] [...] Digital Copyright Issues - some good resources to help protect your IP. [...]

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