Comments on: License Changes http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/12/01/license-changes/ Virtualization, System Administration, and Technology. Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:02:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Manu http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/12/01/license-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-75401 Manu Sat, 06 Dec 2008 18:19:31 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/?p=1678#comment-75401 I had faced a similar problem. I tried to contact the site owner but the emails bounced. What was most frustrating is that since the infringing site had a better pagerank [I don't know how. It was filled with plagiarised posts] it was appearing in search results completely displacing my site. So i did some little snooping. I checked the whois of the infringing site and it listed as administrative contact john.doe@parentdomain.com. When I did a whois on parentdomain.com I got the phone number of the infringing sites owner. Called him up. He was really shocked. At first he tried to justify that "we just copied the RSS feed". I told him that my content is copyrighted and he can't just copy stuff. He agreed to take down every infringing post and he did. So in the end it ended well. I had faced a similar problem. I tried to contact the site owner but the emails bounced. What was most frustrating is that since the infringing site had a better pagerank [I don't know how. It was filled with plagiarised posts] it was appearing in search results completely displacing my site. So i did some little snooping. I checked the whois of the infringing site and it listed as administrative contact john.doe@parentdomain.com. When I did a whois on parentdomain.com I got the phone number of the infringing sites owner. Called him up. He was really shocked. At first he tried to justify that “we just copied the RSS feed”. I told him that my content is copyrighted and he can’t just copy stuff. He agreed to take down every infringing post and he did. So in the end it ended well.

]]> By: Roger Lund http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/12/01/license-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-75395 Roger Lund Tue, 02 Dec 2008 14:16:18 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/?p=1678#comment-75395 Bob, It's one of those things; it stinks that you need to do it, but you have no choice. Hopefully, I wont have to worry about it yet. ( have to get hits 1st, and my blogs still new) I always quote text, in fact, I try to only post the 1st paragraph when link. Roger L http://rogerlunditblog.blogspot.com/ Bob,

It’s one of those things; it stinks that you need to do it, but you have no choice.

Hopefully, I wont have to worry about it yet. ( have to get hits 1st, and my blogs still new)

I always quote text, in fact, I try to only post the 1st paragraph when link.

Roger L

http://rogerlunditblog.blogspot.com/

]]> By: Bob Plankers http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/12/01/license-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-75393 Bob Plankers Tue, 02 Dec 2008 06:54:23 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/?p=1678#comment-75393 Thanks guys. Yeah, it's mainly just the import-via-RSS folks that bug me, though a fellow took an entire post of mine and reposted it for the VMTN aggregator the other day, which kinda bugged me, too. I don't want a license to stifle any sort of exchange/back-and-forth, though. For example, if I'm going to comment on someone else's post (and I know I've done this to you, Matt) I'll take as much as a paragraph as a block quote, citing the source, and then arguing my point. I consider that fair use, and it drives a bunch of traffic to the source because my readers get a taste of what's at the other site and usually choose to read more. Plus it's essential to have the context if you're going to argue a point. I want people to be able to do that to me. Legalities are tricky and annoying, and yeah Rod, it annoys me that I have to spend some time on them now. Thanks guys. Yeah, it’s mainly just the import-via-RSS folks that bug me, though a fellow took an entire post of mine and reposted it for the VMTN aggregator the other day, which kinda bugged me, too.

I don’t want a license to stifle any sort of exchange/back-and-forth, though. For example, if I’m going to comment on someone else’s post (and I know I’ve done this to you, Matt) I’ll take as much as a paragraph as a block quote, citing the source, and then arguing my point. I consider that fair use, and it drives a bunch of traffic to the source because my readers get a taste of what’s at the other site and usually choose to read more. Plus it’s essential to have the context if you’re going to argue a point. I want people to be able to do that to me.

Legalities are tricky and annoying, and yeah Rod, it annoys me that I have to spend some time on them now.

]]> By: Rod G http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/12/01/license-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-75392 Rod G Tue, 02 Dec 2008 03:41:08 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/?p=1678#comment-75392 Doesn't bother me any, other than I it annoys me that you and others have to do this. As always I greatly appreciate your contributions. Doesn’t bother me any, other than I it annoys me that you and others have to do this. As always I greatly appreciate your contributions.

]]> By: Matt Simmons http://lonesysadmin.net/2008/12/01/license-changes/comment-page-1/#comment-75391 Matt Simmons Tue, 02 Dec 2008 02:00:35 +0000 http://lonesysadmin.net/?p=1678#comment-75391 It doesn't bother me. I just like reading your stuff, and I figure that it's always polite to ask to use someone's material, even if it is under a CC license. I know I like to hear when someone's using my stuff, just to see who uses it where, but I don't strictly require it, I just ask that they credit the source. Hope you don't have too bad of problems with the copy-and-paste (or import-via-RSS more likely) people. It doesn’t bother me. I just like reading your stuff, and I figure that it’s always polite to ask to use someone’s material, even if it is under a CC license. I know I like to hear when someone’s using my stuff, just to see who uses it where, but I don’t strictly require it, I just ask that they credit the source.

Hope you don’t have too bad of problems with the copy-and-paste (or import-via-RSS more likely) people.

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