DISQUS

Roger Kondrat · 3 years ago

Hi Ajay,

I am not a heavy hitter either but I will put in my bit too. I think us small guys have to stick together.

I will be in touch another day to ask how you found out some of this stuff and the .htaccess bit too.

I am in the UK and so just about to head out on my evening of some drink and social with mates.

When I get home later I will write the post then and link to you and Scoble.

PS. If Scoble read your email it doesn't sound like he was listening because he came out against Elliot Back which you clearly didn't do in your post.

PPS Good job on checking your facts. And nice blog by the way.

Cheers,
Roger

Ajay · 3 years ago

Hi Roger,

Feel free to contact me, though I think a good idea would be for me to post. It wasn't much, so I won't even call it a tutorial!

I didn't write to Robert about who exactly ran the site. He misunderstood who the owner was. Then again I am not sure if it was my email that prompted his post.

Do spread the word about content being stolen. Just don't link to his site. Do like I did with a bold link.

Darren McLaughlin · 3 years ago

Looks like somebody took care of this. The site says "suspended" now. Good work.

Ajay · 3 years ago

Darren, check Update 3 above :)

Lorelle · 3 years ago

The part of your post that broke my heart is the assumption that because you are in another country, you can't do anything to stop the theft of your content. NOT TRUE. Copyright protection laws may different but they are valid across borders. For more information, you might want to check out What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content.

Ajay · 3 years ago

Hi Lorelle,

Thanks for the link, it is a great read!

I did end up getting the site banned ;)

My statement about being from another country mainly involved if I had to take legal action or similar. Being stuck at the other end of the world put me at a major disadvantage.

I need to add Creative Commons logos on my site. Had it at one time and then the plugin got outdated and I didn't follow. That is on top priority now!

vamsi · 3 years ago

i say.

"well done!"

Victor · 3 years ago

Content theft disputes are best settled through DMCA notifications, sent to the webhosting company who is running the servers.

Complaining to SitePoint's MarketPlace, Feedburner, etc. won't do much since they ultimately can't get the site taken down...

Ajay · 3 years ago

Hi Victor,

I had to send an email to the host. The DMCA wasn't required :)

Was going to do just that in case no action was taken.

Luminus · 3 years ago

This is the height of it. This guy is actually quite stupid. I've read the post on Lorelle's blog, it's very insightful.

Congratulations on getting the blogs banned

You may also want to install this plugin from Simple Thoughts that includes a Copyright Message in your RSS and ATOM feeds. At least that makes it pretty obvious that the feed is being leeched and sort of takes care of the bit about gathering evidence.

Ajay · 3 years ago

Already am using the plugin.
That is how I was contacted about the auction on Sitepoint

Luminus · 3 years ago

Oh! Ok. I should've figured. You're a bigger geek than I am.

At least that's sorted. The issue now is prevention. Is there anything one can really do?

Ajay · 3 years ago

There are a few things that you can do. That is where a new article I am writing comes into the picture :)

Eric · 3 years ago

Good job getting him shut down Ajay! I can't believe the response you got from Sitepoint. What a bunch of clowns.

Ajay · 3 years ago

Thanks Eric,

I too was really surprised at the reply. Well... can't help feeling that it is a matter of their cut afterall?
Then again, I didn't slap a DMCA notice.