A recent discussion prompted me to take another look at the tools available for dealing with copyright infringement and how to deal with someone that just blatantly steals your stuff – a follow up to my earlier post on Your Content Has Been Stolen, Now What?. Still not sure what I am talking about? Here’s Lorelle:
“As the number of websites and blogs grow, especially splogs, the demand for content puts more pressure on website administrators, who may resort to stealing content in order to fill space on their sites and attract traffic. Website hijacking, as such an example, is on the rise. This is the blatant use of part or all of your site’s content on another site without permission. This is also a copyright violation and needs to be dealt with accordingly.”
The following resources are a great way to get started:
- An excellent overview by Lorelle on What Do You Do When Someone Steals Your Content
- What to do when your content gets stolen
- Web Design Plagiarism – excellent overview by Jonathan Bailey on his website Plagiarism Today
- Five Essential WordPress Content Protection Plugins
