Yesterday, I found that there is a blog that is whole-heartedly copying
content from other blogs -- all on different topics. The blog may be
setup to automatically do it. At any rate, I am one of the blogs that
is being copied. I don't mind sharing content, but this goes well
beyond the normal sharing.
All of the blogs being copied "seem" to be blogs that are hosted on Blogger. Unfortuntately, this copycat is not hosted on Blogger. (Blogger would frown on this activity.)
If you have a blog on Blogger, you might want to do a vanity search (search for the URL of your blog) and see where it shows up. If it shows up at
serchc6 DOT travel-ontour DOT com
or a sub-domain of that site, you -- like me -- have a problem. Of course, there is not a person associated with the site, so I'm trying to find the right way to complain. If you have any suggestions, please leave a comment. (Thanks!)
ADDENDUM, 4:36 p.m. -- Will "someone" obviously heard my cries for help. The entire site has been taken down (suspended)!!!
BTW a colleague (K.M. Dames) just told me that the correct procedure would be to e-mail the site and demand the site be taken down, then -- if nothing happens -- file a DMCA takedown order with the site's ISP. Good to know for future reference.
Thursday, p.m.: Well, looks like the blogs are back. I looked up the domain on Whois.net and set this e-mail to the e-mail associates with the domain and to the technical contact (the ISP). Now let's see what happens.
To Whom It May Concern,
The blogs hosted as part of Travel-OnTour.com contain content that is being copied from my blog (Digitization 101), as well as many other blogs. Your blogs are what are known as spam blogs. What you are doing is not respectful of the rights of the original authors, since it is clear that some of the content you are copying is indeed copyrighted.
Because of your whole-hearted copying of content, I am requesting that you remove all content on your blogs that you have taken from Digitization 101 within 24 hours. If you do not, I will contact your ISP in Canada with a request that they take down your web site.
Regards,
Jill
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