I noticed in my stats area yesterday that one of the incoming links was from a site called ourcathouse.com. When I clicked on the link, I discovered that the incoming link was from… me. Sort of. Check it out.
I’m not too happy about this. They did include my name, and a link to the original post, but I’m still not happy about them basically stealing my content to feed their blog. At least I’m not alone; it looks like they’ve stolen content from a huge number of people.
Of course, I was unable to find any contact information on their site (surprise, surprise), so I did a WHOIS on their domain name. I was able to get an email address to contact them, to ask that they take down my content from their site. Now, whether they check said email, who knows. It’s also up in the air as to whether they’ll comply with my wishes.
I guess it’s time for me to put up some form of copyright notice here…
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This happens a lot, especially when you have an RSS feed.
I’ve had it happen from time to time as well.
I would suggest you add a rel=”no follow” to the link you have to them in your post. No need to help them with an incoming link
Posted 01 May 2007 at 10:31 am ¶I got here from 9rules.
I clicked on the title to see what it was about because recently this happened to me. I found my content on three blogs of a similar nature to what you describe,and another blog where the link was to me but they gave me a different name. As I don’t read my stats or dashboard hardly ever I have to wonder how often this happens.
I have no idea how to stop it.
Posted 01 May 2007 at 10:33 am ¶“Imitation is the highest form of flattery.”
Posted 01 May 2007 at 11:50 am ¶Yes, but theft isn’t imitation.
Cooper / Sean: Well, at least I’m not alone in this. I changed the link to be nofollow.
Posted 01 May 2007 at 2:04 pm ¶Post a Comment