Honestly? Yeah, it’s true. I’ve had a post completely republished on another site without my consent and without any credit. I’m not sure how to feel about it. Initially I was shocked and upset, but what does any of that matter? I went through a brief bit of flatteredness, then back to being upset, then off to do things in real life. It’s all very funny.
I think it’s great that anyone would want to re-post something I’ve written. Heck, I read some of my stuff and I want to re-post it. But to re-post without crediting me or my web space is kind of silly. Especially since I offer the re-use of my content for free under the creative commons license. Why not throw back a little love?
But what really gets me riled up about all this is that the villainous site is ranking higher for my post in google searches for specific search terms. Which shouldn’t bother me, because those search terms were not the point of my post, but I don’t like being out ranked — anywhere!
So I’ve written the site owners through the comments, as it seems that’s the only way to contact these people, and if there’s no reply then it’s a formal written complaint to the site owners citing sections of the DMCA and then another letter to the site’s hosting company citing more sections of the DMCA.
It’s tiresome. All I really want is my name on the post; I took the time to live through the experience and then spent the time to write about it. In any event, I’ll keep creating and they can keep stealing. But no, I’m not saying where my post is published. I don’t want to send them any more traffic.
You’ll want to read it hear first!
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My Blog Post Was Stolen was first posted to justinll.com on September 17, 2008.
Is there anyway we can find out where they are located through their IP address and beat the shit out of them. My Dad just got a new .306 with a nice scope and I’m planning on giving him my Super Sniper to go on his .243. I figure with the two we can create a triangulation of fire and the different calibers will send the PoPo in circles looking for a suspect. Seriously though I think that plagiarism deserves ridicule and scorn more than murder but I think 99% of people need to be liquidated. It’s a whole other subject, two birds with one stone though.
@Josh,
Dude, I appreciate your view in this matter, but I don’t think we can hunt these people down with our semi-autos…or rifles.
It’s like you said, though, who steals a blog post about someone’s personal nonsense?
I’m just going to have to work harder to get my page rank up
now I am pissed. THis is the second time I have posted on this site where it will erase everything if I don’t put in an email. Why cant you use blogger so it automatically signs me in.
I essentially put, Adam Carolla doesn’t believe in blogging because you have to write and you don’t get paid. Then I wrote some semi hurtful topics that you could write books about and get paid.
damn you destroying my creativity/filtering my thoughts
@ryan,
I’m sorry for your difficulties with the system. I am also a fan of Adam Carolla — he’s a funny guy.
That sucks. I found your site because my bike seat just got stolen tonight and mindlessly I did a Google search on it and saw you had the same experience. And indeed, I’ve also had a blog post stolen from me without attribution. It’s frustrating, especially when you license the content under CC.
Really, what’s wrong with people?