plagiarism copyright creativecommons
We have a CC license, but they’re using our content to build their traffic and ad revenue, so in effect they’re stealing content, hits, and in a sense, actual money from us (a piddling affair to be sure, we get flittle from ads, something like 28 euros since we started adverts a couple years ago).
Compare this example from our site to [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] their repost. [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] But bear in mind that this person appears to believe (or is happily cribbing material from people who believe) in things like the illuminati, so anything you do to try to dissuade them is just going to make them think you’re One of Them, and probably redouble their efforts to get their [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] message out.
Which is to say that rhetoric won’t work, but a C might, since they will probably have the energy to fight a war of words but [عزيزي الزائر يتوجب عليك التسجيل لمشاهدة الرابط للتسجيل اضغط هنا] likely won’t have the money to fight a legal battle.
posted by FAMOUS MONSTER at 5:51 AM on February 26
This is pretty much the exact situation that DMCA takedown notices were created for. ISPs generally remove content first and ask questions later, so unless the copier wants to do a lot of work to keep the content up they will probably just take your stuff down and rip content from someone else instead.
posted by burnmp3s at 5:58 AM on February 26 [4 favorites]
Kick them in the balls. Complain to the ad networks they’re affiliated with. This may be an alias.
I’d be much more inclined to go for indirect routes like DMCA or complaints to their advertising network.
I would also contact other people/sites whose content has been reposted.
posted by humph at 6:39 AM on February 26 [17 favorites]
Looks like the repostings may be on automatic pilot, with no humans reviewing the content. You might try this tactic reported by Jim Romenesko that outed some blog thieves.
The site is hosted (or at least the domain is registered) with GoDaddy.
The plagiarism is so obvious and lazy (and, as others have pointed out, very likely robot driven) as to suggest the person responsible does not give one single fuck what anyone thinks of him, so appealing to him directly seems unlikely to work.
posted by mskyle at 6:41 AM on February 26 [1 favorite]
Over on We Love DC I stopped screwing around with polite requests or dialog. People who respond to courtesy or will comply without excuses/delays/butthurt are not people who would take your shit in the first place. Determine the host and send the DMCA notice. (I know you’re not in the US but their host may be and likely does not care if you are too)
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