Comments on: Biting The Hand The Feeds You

By: Elaine Vigneault

Elaine Vigneault — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 08:57:02 +0000

“even those who say “steal my content” expect something in return – if not ad revenue, it’s traffic, or increased reputation.”

Eh, some just want to spread a message.

By: sigrandonk

sigrandonk — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 05:23:17 +0000

when we publish our feed, there is a chance for other people to republish on their blog without give a link back to us but thats is the risk and we cant avoid it.

By: webomatica

webomatica — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 17:14:10 +0000

Copyleft – sounds interesting – does that mean “leftist”? I as well have
resigned myself to passive tolerance of splogs – it irks me but I have yet
to act by tracking down the splogger or contacting their advertisers.
But my passive acceptance doesn't mean I advocate the practice.

By: Ross

Ross — Fri, 20 Jun 2008 09:37:01 +0000

As someone who makes a living publishing content, I honestly don't care much what people do with it. I publish under the loosely defined “copyleft” license. You can take my content, change it around/alter it, republish it exactly as it is – whatever the hell you want. But you have to publish THAT content under the copyleft license too. If it's web based I ask for a no-nofollow link back to the original, but even then I don't really bother to check.

People who scrape every single post I write tend to frustrate me, as I consider that just a lazy way to try and make a buck. But most of those splogs are here today gone tomorrow, as they're always scrapping from people who get really bent out of shape about it, and are forced down.