Comments on: Blog Content Theft http://beckscafe.com/2006/09/22/blog-content-theft/ Coffee, Chocolate & Love Sat, 11 Feb 2012 14:36:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Rebecca http://beckscafe.com/2006/09/22/blog-content-theft/#comment-65 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:18:57 +0000 http://sun.asmallorange.com/~becki/2006/09/22/blog-content-theft/#comment-65 Hi Lorelle,

Thank you for sharing your very enlightening experience. It wasn’t until your comment that I understood that this is as you say:

“copyright infringement..This is an old battle just fought on new turf.”

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It’s interesting how the internet, due to it’s sense of being “instant” seems to render much of it’s content, in people’s minds, as if it were free. But free they are not. A well researched, thought out, and edited post might take me several days or a week to put together. It’s something I thoroughly enjoy doing (unlike other things, like cleaning my bathroom). But it’s not something that “appears” magically. From reading your blogs I know that effort is even more so from you. When any of us are ripped off, it really is stealing.

I’m glad to help spread the word, and thank you again for leaving a comment.

Becki

]]> By: Lorelle http://beckscafe.com/2006/09/22/blog-content-theft/#comment-64 Sat, 23 Sep 2006 03:12:22 +0000 http://sun.asmallorange.com/~becki/2006/09/22/blog-content-theft/#comment-64

“Blog content theft is beginning to be a big issue.”

Wow, so NOT a beginning. It is a “has been” for a long time. My first website was ripped off within the first six months of existence over 10 years ago. Seriously. I’ve been fighting copyright infringement for over 25 years as a writer. This is an old battle just fought on new turf.

We have to destroy the myths that “if it’s on the web, it’s free for all”. It’s not. You publish it, it’s yours and only yours.

The number one method of how NOT to fight back is to seek revenge. That’s a dead end street in so many ways.

The number one method of fighting back is through education and awareness, and to take action when you’ve been infringed. Don’t wait for someone else to do it for you. Don’t think it’s too expensive, requires lawyers, or too hard. It’s not. Sometimes all it takes is a comment or email and they stop. Sometimes it takes an email to their host, advertisers, or the search engines. All it takes is communication and a few simple steps to help put an end to copyright infringement and content theft.

We all have to work together, and thank you for helping to educate others. The more we talk about this, the more we learn how it works, the easier it is to put a stop to it. Thanks for being part of the team!

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