It appears that some of my articles from a couple of years ago are being republished on another site without any attribution or link back to the original. That’s one of the bad things about the Internet as it stands today…it’s far too easy to “copy and paste” another person’s material onto your own site.
If you’re interested in republishing my content, just drop me a line. I’m sure we can work something out. Just don’t shamelessly steal my writing.
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Scott, I wish you’d consider telling us what site plagiarized your work. I’d like to steer clear of that site.
Thanks so much for sharing your technical knowledge on your blog, but thanks even more for your witness.
David in Raleigh
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I doubt that it is a site that many people frequent, and upon browsing the site today it appears that the site’s owner removed all the plagiarized content that I identified. There is still one entry that he clearly plagiarized from my site, but as it was a small posting of no real technical value I didn’t say anything about it (and don’t plan to).
I’ll take the high road and assume that the gentleman running the site wasn’t aware of the guidelines around republishing content. If I want others to think the best of me and give me the benefit of the doubt, then the least I can do is the same.
Thanks for reading and thanks for your feedback!
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These days we find many blog/website that simply republishes the RSS feeds.
Digital Inspiration shares a tip that can help to some extent. The advice is to add the link to the article in the rss feed
http://www.labnol.org/internet/blogging/spam-websites-republish-blog-rss-feeds/4241/ -
Benjamin,
That’s a good idea, I’ll have to take a look at that link. Thanks for the suggestion!
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