(Updated)
I hate plagiarism… content theft … whatever we call it. But it’s a fact of life, better get used to it. Somehow when I see my content replicated in stupid auto-fed aggregation blogs, that are visibly, obviously auto-fed ad-sites, it doesn’t bother me as much as seeing stolen content on what may otherwise appear a normally edited blog.
Like I said, there is not much I can do about it, but I decided to “out them” from time to time, as I see them. Here’s one for today: Wetpaint Launches: Wikis Evolve by Luna Tech. (no link love to this one, I am using nofollow). Compare it to the original at TechCrunch. identical copies, without any attribution to Mike Arrington. Theft. As a matter of fact, not a very intelligent one: the links and comments point back to Techcrunch.
Now, I feel better. If all my readers publish a few thieves once in a while, perhaps some of them will give up – not the bots, just the humans.
Update (6/20): Robert claims (see comment below) that he was testing WordPress, and wasn’t aware the content could be publicly seen (?). Let’s give him the benefit of doubt, especially since he deleted the offending post. Case settled. I will still continue to expose similar cases from time to time, and I hope some of you will join me.
The inevitable happened: the Beatle whose “When I’m Sixty Four” became a hit 40 years ago is indeed 64. Today, on Father’s Day.
Makes me wish there was a “nuke it” button to keep spam away.
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