Comments on: When Someone Steals Your Content http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2009/05/16/when-someone-steals-your-content/ Doug Cornelius on compliance and business ethics for private equity real estate Sun, 12 Feb 2012 13:01:08 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Cyberlaw Central » Blawg Review #213 http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2009/05/16/when-someone-steals-your-content/comment-page-1/#comment-927 Cyberlaw Central » Blawg Review #213 Mon, 25 May 2009 08:41:42 +0000 http://www.compliancebuilding.com/?p=2909#comment-927 [...] 24 - It’s not the Heart of Gold, but Doug Cornelius is understandably bothered about someone lifting his blog’s content for their o.... [...] [...] 24 – It’s not the Heart of Gold, but Doug Cornelius is understandably bothered about someone lifting his blog’s content for their o…. [...]

]]> By: Mark Astarita http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2009/05/16/when-someone-steals-your-content/comment-page-1/#comment-890 Mark Astarita Mon, 18 May 2009 13:38:25 +0000 http://www.compliancebuilding.com/?p=2909#comment-890 It is simply incredible that websites that promote themselves as legitimate business ventures would engage in such outright violation of the rights of others. That site has quite a bit of content that is stolen from others, including the WSJ. Their main post today appears to be a word for word copy of a WSJ article, with the author's by-line stripped out. Someone needs to go after them, they are simply stealing other folks work! It is simply incredible that websites that promote themselves as legitimate business ventures would engage in such outright violation of the rights of others. That site has quite a bit of content that is stolen from others, including the WSJ. Their main post today appears to be a word for word copy of a WSJ article, with the author’s by-line stripped out.

Someone needs to go after them, they are simply stealing other folks work!

]]> By: Doug Cornelius http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2009/05/16/when-someone-steals-your-content/comment-page-1/#comment-882 Doug Cornelius Sat, 16 May 2009 21:46:18 +0000 http://www.compliancebuilding.com/?p=2909#comment-882 This is not the first time that a blog post has been stolen, but this one REALLY rubbed me the wrong way. 1. The site owner did not respond. 2. As far I could see, all of the stories on the site are stolen from other sources, word for word, picture for picture, style for style 3. The site is commercial, selling ads and acting as a commercial gateway to the site owner. 4. The site is about compliance. Its supposed to be about complying with the law and maintaining high ethical standards. They are not practicing their own profession. This is not the first time that a blog post has been stolen, but this one REALLY rubbed me the wrong way.

1. The site owner did not respond.

2. As far I could see, all of the stories on the site are stolen from other sources, word for word, picture for picture, style for style

3. The site is commercial, selling ads and acting as a commercial gateway to the site owner.

4. The site is about compliance. Its supposed to be about complying with the law and maintaining high ethical standards. They are not practicing their own profession.

]]> By: Lewis Kinard http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2009/05/16/when-someone-steals-your-content/comment-page-1/#comment-881 Lewis Kinard Sat, 16 May 2009 21:15:13 +0000 http://www.compliancebuilding.com/?p=2909#comment-881 It looks like they attributed the content by name an hypertext link to your blog at the bottom, where "Source:" appears. What would you have preferred? I am unaware of any ALA-style "rules" for attributing blog content within other blogs. Do you know of any? Finally, what is most offensive to you: the fact that the content was just copied verbatim, or that they did not ask first? It looks like they attributed the content by name an hypertext link to your blog at the bottom, where “Source:” appears. What would you have preferred?

I am unaware of any ALA-style “rules” for attributing blog content within other blogs. Do you know of any?

Finally, what is most offensive to you: the fact that the content was just copied verbatim, or that they did not ask first?

]]> By: Jack Vinson http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2009/05/16/when-someone-steals-your-content/comment-page-1/#comment-880 Jack Vinson Sat, 16 May 2009 20:59:10 +0000 http://www.compliancebuilding.com/?p=2909#comment-880 Looks like they've taken down the infringing post. Good catch, Doug! Looks like they’ve taken down the infringing post. Good catch, Doug!

]]> By: Jim Hietala http://www.compliancebuilding.com/2009/05/16/when-someone-steals-your-content/comment-page-1/#comment-879 Jim Hietala Sat, 16 May 2009 16:58:17 +0000 http://www.compliancebuilding.com/?p=2909#comment-879 First off, I enjoy your blog! As a lawyer, maybe you could comment on the legal situation around internet content. My layman's view is that if you own the copyright, you would have recourse against someone using it without your permission? Might make an interesting blog topic... Jim First off, I enjoy your blog! As a lawyer, maybe you could comment on the legal situation around internet content. My layman’s view is that if you own the copyright, you would have recourse against someone using it without your permission?

Might make an interesting blog topic…

Jim

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