Comments on: Oh, Irony: Leaving Huffington Post Chicago over Copyright Infringement http://www.chicagocarless.com/2009/10/14/oh-irony-leaving-huffington-post-chicago-over-copyright-infringement/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=oh-irony-leaving-huffington-post-chicago-over-copyright-infringement My off-road journey to Judaism Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:03:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Mike Doyle http://www.chicagocarless.com/2009/10/14/oh-irony-leaving-huffington-post-chicago-over-copyright-infringement/comment-page-1/#comment-3284 Mike Doyle Thu, 15 Oct 2009 16:19:10 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/?p=547#comment-3284 A commenter on Chicagosphere, were a version of this story is cross-posted today, asked how I knew whether my content is being stolen from HuffPost's servers and not from Chicago Carless. It's a great question. Usually, I changed a few lines in my cross-posts so that they made sense in other places (for example, saying, "over on my blog, Chicago Carless," instead of saying, "here on Chicago Carless," when I am referencing my personal blog.) Sometimes the scraping sites lifted my HuffPost bio, too--and some of the infringing sites even blatantly announce that they are "featuring" HuffPost content. Finally, in almost all cases the scraping happened minutes after my HuffPost cross-posts went live. This was a dead giveaway, since HuffPost adds a layer of review before blog posts go live--sometimes 24 hours or longer--yet the scraping would almost never happen right after the original posts were published here on Chicago Carless. A commenter on Chicagosphere, were a version of this story is cross-posted today, asked how I knew whether my content is being stolen from HuffPost’s servers and not from Chicago Carless. It’s a great question.

Usually, I changed a few lines in my cross-posts so that they made sense in other places (for example, saying, “over on my blog, Chicago Carless,” instead of saying, “here on Chicago Carless,” when I am referencing my personal blog.) Sometimes the scraping sites lifted my HuffPost bio, too–and some of the infringing sites even blatantly announce that they are “featuring” HuffPost content.

Finally, in almost all cases the scraping happened minutes after my HuffPost cross-posts went live. This was a dead giveaway, since HuffPost adds a layer of review before blog posts go live–sometimes 24 hours or longer–yet the scraping would almost never happen right after the original posts were published here on Chicago Carless.

]]> By: Aaron M. Renn http://www.chicagocarless.com/2009/10/14/oh-irony-leaving-huffington-post-chicago-over-copyright-infringement/comment-page-1/#comment-3278 Aaron M. Renn Thu, 15 Oct 2009 12:49:34 +0000 http://www.chicagocarless.com/?p=547#comment-3278 Mike, I'm not sure what you are referring to, but I've clearly had content stolen off my main site and used for spam site purposes. I assume they are doing this for some type of SEO purposes. I typically don't have the energy to track it down. I'm less concerned about valuable content than brand damage. I wish there were more regulatory level pressure on this. Clearly these sites have hosting providers that don't have an issue with what they are doing, domain registrars, etc. The whole business has to be shut down, not just a post here and there IMO. A lot of them are overseas, so could be pursued through diplomatic channels, but domestically a few criminal prosecutions for blatant scammers might be in order. Mike, I’m not sure what you are referring to, but I’ve clearly had content stolen off my main site and used for spam site purposes. I assume they are doing this for some type of SEO purposes. I typically don’t have the energy to track it down. I’m less concerned about valuable content than brand damage.

I wish there were more regulatory level pressure on this. Clearly these sites have hosting providers that don’t have an issue with what they are doing, domain registrars, etc. The whole business has to be shut down, not just a post here and there IMO. A lot of them are overseas, so could be pursued through diplomatic channels, but domestically a few criminal prosecutions for blatant scammers might be in order.

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