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Another Day, Another Rip Off?
Written by: Karen E. KleinArticle Overview: Why do people think they can swipe Internet content and use it - without credit or permission - on their websites or blogs? Is there no ownership of intellectual content online - or no shame?
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Another Day, Another Rip Off?
What is it about the Internet that causes people to rip off content
with absolutely no shame? Is there some Web protocol that I'm missing
that outwardly encourages or tolerates this behavior?
Thanks to Google Alerts, I constantly find my articles posted on unknown (to me) websites with
little or no credit to me or the publications I write for.
I don't even hope for permission or compensation any more, but credit would certainly be nice.
It
really angers me to find something like this: Not only was an
article that I worked extremely hard on posted on a site I'd never
heard of, but there was no identifying information for me (beyond my
byline) or the publication where it originated.
What's worse,
the offending website seems to have obtained the article from an online
syndication service. That means this company is making money by
distributing my work without my permission, while violating the
copyright of the publication that did pay me.
Arghhhhh ....
If
you want to recommend an article, that's fine. But link to it so folks
can read it on the site where it is originally posted. If you want to
include a short abstract with the link, to catch peoples' attention, no
problem.
But please don't do an uncredited, unauthorized copy-and-paste of the entire content. That's just wrong.
I've
lodged my complaints over today's violations, both by phone and email.
We'll see what kind of response I get. Based on past experience, I have
to say I'm not holding my breath.
Article Tags: angers, byline, copy and paste, google, holding my breath, making money, shame, syndication service, unauthorized copy, web protocol
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About the Author: Karen E. Klein RSS for Karen's articles - Visit Karen's website Karen E. Klein is a Los Angeles-based columnist for Business Week and The Los Angeles Times. She has also written for Newsday, The Chicago Tribune, Newsweek, The Los Angeles Daily News and Sunset magazine. Click here to visit Karen's website Another Day Another Rip Off A Reality Check Take the Oath It Takes Planning Diamonds in the Rough |
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