I’ll say it again, read the PDF decision that declared Google’s cache to be fair use. You’ll see that the opt out procedures, lack of advertising and other factors were critical to its status.

Yes, there are laws that prohibit what Bitacle does. It’s called copyright law.

I'll say it again, read the PDF decision that declared Google's cache to be fair use. You'll see that the opt out procedures, lack of advertising and other factors were critical to its status.

Yes, there are laws that prohibit what Bitacle does. It's called copyright law.

#1 – I see no laws prohibiting sites from “opt-out” or robots.txt

#2 – google does in fact cache entire pages of content. I have been able to get to full versions of my website and others “scraped” by google.

#3 – again, this is an ethical issue.

#4 – Many people have gotten their adsense accounts banned for no apparent reason at all. Google profits directly from other people’s content, but people accept it because they feel it will somehow help them out.

#6 – they want to get higher on the search engines, just like every other site/blog on the Internet today.

“All in all, Bitacle is light years apart from Google and the other search engines both in terms of both law and ethics. Any comparison between the two is flawed.”

Just looking at their site, they don’t pretend to be google or yahoo. this is why they are light years away. It’s a different type of site.

“Though Bitacle apologists may try to make excuses and attempt to label those who are upset with Bitacle as hypocrites, it is Bitacle itself that is in the moral dillemma.”

I was interested in your site because I do not like plagerism either, but this just seems like it’s going a little too far.

#1 – I see no laws prohibiting sites from "opt-out" or robots.txt

#2 – google does in fact cache entire pages of content. I have been able to get to full versions of my website and others "scraped" by google.

#3 – again, this is an ethical issue.

#4 – Many people have gotten their adsense accounts banned for no apparent reason at all. Google profits directly from other people's content, but people accept it because they feel it will somehow help them out.

#6 – they want to get higher on the search engines, just like every other site/blog on the Internet today.

"All in all, Bitacle is light years apart from Google and the other search engines both in terms of both law and ethics. Any comparison between the two is flawed."

Just looking at their site, they don't pretend to be google or yahoo. this is why they are light years away. It's a different type of site.

"Though Bitacle apologists may try to make excuses and attempt to label those who are upset with Bitacle as hypocrites, it is Bitacle itself that is in the moral dillemma."

I was interested in your site because I do not like plagerism either, but this just seems like it's going a little too far.

Personally I would give Mr. Chen a little bit of time, perhaps until Monday, but I know that GoDaddy will not act without a DMCA notice. I’d go ahead and prepare that and have it handy.

As I said in my comment, resolution should not be a problem should push come t shove. If Mr. Chen does not respond, do not worry.

Thanks for stopping by Writing for Reason. I’ve emailed Mr. Chen and Godaddy.

I was wondering if you’d suggest that I go ahead and contact Google and file a notice of Digital Millenium Copyright Act infringement? Or should I wait to see what happens with Chen and Godaddy?

Thanks for your help and this website.
Ann

Personally I would give Mr. Chen a little bit of time, perhaps until Monday, but I know that GoDaddy will not act without a DMCA notice. I'd go ahead and prepare that and have it handy.

As I said in my comment, resolution should not be a problem should push come t shove. If Mr. Chen does not respond, do not worry.

Thanks for stopping by Writing for Reason. I've emailed Mr. Chen and Godaddy.

I was wondering if you'd suggest that I go ahead and contact Google and file a notice of Digital Millenium Copyright Act infringement? Or should I wait to see what happens with Chen and Godaddy?

Thanks for your help and this website.

Ann