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Tag Archives: Content Theft

RootsFeed Update

Here is the latest update to the RootsFeed issue: 1.  RootsFeed now has a contact form which you can use to contact them and ask that your content be removed. 2.  In a recent comment to the initial post, a member of GeneaBloggers states she received a response from RootsFeed (we assume by using the [...]

Splog Alert – Rootsfeed.com Violating Copyright

Well it just seems that sploggers don’t understand.  We’ve got a new one on the horizon called RootsFeed and I urge all members of GeneaBloggers to look at the site and see if their content has been misused and their copyright violated. RootsFeed is posting blog content in violation of copyright by a) not properly [...]

Easy-Genealogy.com Violating Copyright

Heads up to all genealogy bloggers – there is a new splog (spam blog) that is stealing content from many of us including this site and my personal blog, Destination: Austin Family. The site is called Easy-Genealogy.com and it is posting blog content in violation of copyright by a) not properly linking back to the [...]

Do I need a Terms of Service agreement on my blog?

[Note: the following is not to be construed as legal advice.  If you have concerns about blogging and the legal issues involved, please consult an attorney or check other legal resources available to you] In today’s news is a small item (which no doubt will become much bigger as the day or week goes on!) [...]

Update On Blog Content Theft and Tracking Tools

Just a heads up to a new tool which can help enforce your Creative Commons license if you use one on your blog(s). Check out the review of tracer over at Bootcamp for GeneaBloggers and see if it can’t help you track places where your blog content is being used. © 2009, copyright Thomas MacEntee [...]

Blog Content Theft – How To Deal With Splogs

Today while on Facebook, I was alerted to recent theft of blog content produced by various genealogy bloggers at http://genealogy9966.blogmas.com by Elyse Doerfliger of Elyse’s Genealogy Blog: Warning all geneabloggers: I found a spamblog that is stealing our content. I found posts from a variety of geneablogs and I highly suggest we all complain to [...]