Comments on: Content Plagiarism: How to prevent and act upon it? http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/ Blogging on Web Hosting industry related topics. Mon, 20 Sep 2010 12:52:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: How does your hosting company handle report of an abuse? http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/comment-page-1/#comment-297 How does your hosting company handle report of an abuse? Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:23:17 +0000 http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/#comment-297 [...] Plagiarism - The second type of abuse on the list is content plagiarism where the offending website that’s hosted with you has stolen content from some other website [...] [...] Plagiarism – The second type of abuse on the list is content plagiarism where the offending website that’s hosted with you has stolen content from some other website [...]

]]> By: How does your hosting company handle report of an abuse? http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/comment-page-1/#comment-298 How does your hosting company handle report of an abuse? Tue, 01 Apr 2008 08:23:17 +0000 http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/#comment-298 [...] Plagiarism - The second type of abuse on the list is content plagiarism where the offending website that’s hosted with you has stolen content from some other website [...] [...] Plagiarism – The second type of abuse on the list is content plagiarism where the offending website that’s hosted with you has stolen content from some other website [...]

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/comment-page-1/#comment-60 Jonathan Bailey Tue, 18 Mar 2008 19:36:47 +0000 http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/#comment-60 Raj: Glad I was able to help! Please feel free to write if there is anything I can do for you! Raj: Glad I was able to help! Please feel free to write if there is anything I can do for you!

]]> By: Raj http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Raj Tue, 18 Mar 2008 15:50:45 +0000 http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/#comment-59 Hello Jonathan, Thank you for the comment. I wasn't aware about some of the things that you have mentioned, very useful indeed. This will help my readers as well. Your site has a lot of information that I find very useful on this subject. Hello Jonathan,
Thank you for the comment. I wasn’t aware about some of the things that you have mentioned, very useful indeed. This will help my readers as well.

Your site has a lot of information that I find very useful on this subject.

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/comment-page-1/#comment-58 Jonathan Bailey Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:46:15 +0000 http://www.insidewh.com/2008/03/content-plagiarism-how-to-prevent-and-act-upon-it/#comment-58 As much as I agree with most of this, there are few things that I would add. While a copyright section is a good idea, especially if it also explains the license your work is placed under, but it is important to remember that most content theft these days takes place through the RSS feed using automated bots. In those cases, those methods are not effective. In addition to Copyscape, I would like to throw out Bitscan as a second source for easy checks. Both seem to do well but each picks up different sites. One other proactive step you can take is, if you are a WordPress user, use a plugin such as Copyfeed to monitor and protect the feed. It seems to work very well. Regarding steps for cessation, the contact method does not always work nor is always available, especially with spam blogs. When it comes to finding the host, the best site for most users I've found is whoishostingthis.com. It's just much easier and puts the results in plain English. It is also important to note that, if the host is within the U.S., you will need to file a DMCA notice with them. They will not accept a standard abuse complaint. Likewise, with the search engines, there is no need to "prove" your case, just to file the DMCA notice properly formatted. Thank you very much for giving this issue some attention and I hope something in that mess above was able to help! As much as I agree with most of this, there are few things that I would add.

While a copyright section is a good idea, especially if it also explains the license your work is placed under, but it is important to remember that most content theft these days takes place through the RSS feed using automated bots. In those cases, those methods are not effective.

In addition to Copyscape, I would like to throw out Bitscan as a second source for easy checks. Both seem to do well but each picks up different sites.

One other proactive step you can take is, if you are a WordPress user, use a plugin such as Copyfeed to monitor and protect the feed. It seems to work very well.

Regarding steps for cessation, the contact method does not always work nor is always available, especially with spam blogs.

When it comes to finding the host, the best site for most users I’ve found is whoishostingthis.com. It’s just much easier and puts the results in plain English.

It is also important to note that, if the host is within the U.S., you will need to file a DMCA notice with them. They will not accept a standard abuse complaint.

Likewise, with the search engines, there is no need to “prove” your case, just to file the DMCA notice properly formatted.

Thank you very much for giving this issue some attention and I hope something in that mess above was able to help!

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