Blogger MamaTulip announced yesterday that she is stopping her blog after fourteen months due, in large part, to recent content theft issues. Though she admitted to having suffered from “blogger burnout” for some time, she said that the content theft “pretty much sealed the deal”.
MamaTulip did not state directly that it was Bitacle that was leeching her content, comments to the post indicate it was.
Though not an A-list blogger, MamaTulip had amassed a large following. Her farewell entry has nearly sixty comments as of this writing. It is very clear that many will miss her blog.
Implications
What is clear is that the Bitacle Debacle has now done far more than just draw the wrath of the blogging community, it is now actively hurting it.
Though many wonder about the negative impacts of plagiarism and content theft, especially since the Internet is growing at such a fast pace, there is no way to replace established and well-loved sites.
Though many blogs may come up replace MamaTulip’s, none will be the same. It seems certain that her readers would agree with that.
Tags: Bitacle, Content Theft, Copyright, Copyright Infringement, Copyright Law, Plagiarism, RSS, Scraping, Splogging, Splogs
If there is someone we can write to or, maybe have her spotlighted on a news story, it might raise awareness. I only read her blog a few times, but after reading her comments, i see that i wont even get the chance to catch up or read future posts. Maybe a magazine can hire her to do a column daily lol.
I am outraged by this. I was one of Mama Tulip’s faithful readers, and to have to stop blogging over some morons stealing her stuff is just the last straw for me. I have been dealing with problems like this for 2 months now. It seems the no one is safe from this and it’s almost impossible to blog in peace.
I sincerely hope we can do something to stop these idiots as Bitacle. I just made a long post about it on my blog and I hope to raise awareness so that we can join together to help stop this madness.
I am outraged by this. I was one of Mama Tulip's faithful readers, and to have to stop blogging over some morons stealing her stuff is just the last straw for me. I have been dealing with problems like this for 2 months now. It seems the no one is safe from this and it's almost impossible to blog in peace.
I sincerely hope we can do something to stop these idiots as Bitacle. I just made a long post about it on my blog and I hope to raise awareness so that we can join together to help stop this madness.