Comments on: Six Apart/Rojo: Now Spam Bloggers? http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:14:35 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-122190 Jonathan Bailey Fri, 30 May 2008 05:18:01 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-122190 Daniel: Glad to hear that this was resolved to your satisfaction! Let me know if I can help in any way in the future! Daniel: Glad to hear that this was resolved to your satisfaction! Let me know if I can help in any way in the future!

]]> By: Daniel http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-122189 Daniel Mon, 26 May 2008 20:42:30 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-122189 Hey guys,<br><br>I have some great (actually, unbelievable) news. Rojo has changed their position! Now, if you go back to that same <a href="http://www.rojo.com/feed/Q8c5VIrfwO98NxLE?m=1" rel="nofollow">link</a> it not only provides the name of my website, but also changed its appearance to only show links back to my website! I don't know who to thank for this! Jonathan, did you have something to do with it?<br><br>Thanks so much, guys! Hey guys,

I have some great (actually, unbelievable) news. Rojo has changed their position! Now, if you go back to that same link it not only provides the name of my website, but also changed its appearance to only show links back to my website! I don’t know who to thank for this! Jonathan, did you have something to do with it?

Thanks so much, guys!

]]> By: Daniel http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-105868 Daniel Mon, 26 May 2008 13:42:30 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-105868 Hey guys, I have some great (actually, unbelievable) news. Rojo has changed their position! Now, if you go back to that same <a href="http://www.rojo.com/feed/Q8c5VIrfwO98NxLE?m=1" rel="nofollow">link</a> it not only provides the name of my website, but also changed its appearance to only show links back to my website! I don't know who to thank for this! Jonathan, did you have something to do with it? Thanks so much, guys! Hey guys,

I have some great (actually, unbelievable) news. Rojo has changed their position! Now, if you go back to that same link it not only provides the name of my website, but also changed its appearance to only show links back to my website! I don't know who to thank for this! Jonathan, did you have something to do with it?

Thanks so much, guys!

]]> By: Daniel http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-122188 Daniel Wed, 21 May 2008 22:25:15 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-122188 Cybele and Jonathan -<br><br>I actually got the feeling that the email that I got from them is to a certain extent mocking, if not even defying. Primarily because (1) my blog is so insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and (2) it seems like they are hoping that I give up by making me go through this whole process of authenticating who I am, digital signatures, etc.<br><br>I almost feel like going through with it just out of principle now. :) Cybele and Jonathan -

I actually got the feeling that the email that I got from them is to a certain extent mocking, if not even defying. Primarily because (1) my blog is so insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and (2) it seems like they are hoping that I give up by making me go through this whole process of authenticating who I am, digital signatures, etc.

I almost feel like going through with it just out of principle now. :)

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-122187 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 21 May 2008 22:02:51 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-122187 Daniel: I got the email and will be in touch in a few days with my thoughts on it. I am way behind on my email right now so give me some time to catch up :)<br><br>Cybele: Have you posted those screenshots anywhere? I'd like to see them if you have. I've had some first hand experience with these sites but I don't think I've seen those images, at least not in quite some time. Daniel: I got the email and will be in touch in a few days with my thoughts on it. I am way behind on my email right now so give me some time to catch up :)

Cybele: Have you posted those screenshots anywhere? I’d like to see them if you have. I’ve had some first hand experience with these sites but I don’t think I’ve seen those images, at least not in quite some time.

]]> By: cybele http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-122186 cybele Wed, 21 May 2008 18:33:28 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-122186 Mr. Vail and I have exchanged quite a few emails in the past. In my case I was not attributed properly (the Nooz site originally had no links back ... just scraped content) and the advertising was all over the place. I filed a DMCA notice with Adsense, who suspended their account. About 30 days later Six Apart filed a counter suit and had their account reinstituted. At that time my content was in fact gone from the original urls ... and was not appearing in its entirety with new URLs. I filed a second DMCA request and had their account suspended again. Basically, my content wasn't removed until August 2007. (And shortly after that Rojo experienced a complete crash after that horrible power outage and my material disappeared for good.)<br><br>My guess in your case, Daniel, is that your feed has a formatting error that keeps the title from being associated with it, so it's not being pulled onto Rojo. <br><br>Also, since you're not using a feed service like Feedburner, you may be able to block Rojo directly from pulling your feed. At least you could put some htaccess notes on your server and not allow your photos to be displayed there (or change them to something that says that Rojo is swiping your content, if you wish, this is the awesomeness of htaccess). <br><br>I do have screen grabs of the Nooz site from last March as they were displaying my content. <br><br>As far as I know neither site has my material on it (though I've caught my feed on Rojo a couple of times since then, but since they have no advertising, I'm not as troubled by it). Regardless, if you ask them to stop, they should stop. Heaven knows that they have the capability to stop pulling a feed ... I think I've proven that. (Even if their capabilities aren't stellar.) Mr. Vail and I have exchanged quite a few emails in the past. In my case I was not attributed properly (the Nooz site originally had no links back … just scraped content) and the advertising was all over the place. I filed a DMCA notice with Adsense, who suspended their account. About 30 days later Six Apart filed a counter suit and had their account reinstituted. At that time my content was in fact gone from the original urls … and was not appearing in its entirety with new URLs. I filed a second DMCA request and had their account suspended again. Basically, my content wasn’t removed until August 2007. (And shortly after that Rojo experienced a complete crash after that horrible power outage and my material disappeared for good.)

My guess in your case, Daniel, is that your feed has a formatting error that keeps the title from being associated with it, so it’s not being pulled onto Rojo.

Also, since you’re not using a feed service like Feedburner, you may be able to block Rojo directly from pulling your feed. At least you could put some htaccess notes on your server and not allow your photos to be displayed there (or change them to something that says that Rojo is swiping your content, if you wish, this is the awesomeness of htaccess).

I do have screen grabs of the Nooz site from last March as they were displaying my content.

As far as I know neither site has my material on it (though I’ve caught my feed on Rojo a couple of times since then, but since they have no advertising, I’m not as troubled by it). Regardless, if you ask them to stop, they should stop. Heaven knows that they have the capability to stop pulling a feed … I think I’ve proven that. (Even if their capabilities aren’t stellar.)

]]> By: Daniel http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-122185 Daniel Wed, 21 May 2008 17:41:08 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-122185 Cybele - indeed, that was Chris Vail who emailed me on this matter. I realize that your case was a bit different than mine, but just for the comparison, do you still have the link to Nooz's page? Here is the <a href="http://www.rojo.com/feed/Q8c5VIrfwO98NxLE?m=1" rel="nofollow">link</a> for Rojo's version of <a href="http://todercan.com" rel="nofollow">my blog</a>. I tried searching for my website in their search engine, and I was unable to; see if your websites show up, or check your referral stats for Rojo.<br><br>Jonathan, I will forward that email to you. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated. Cybele – indeed, that was Chris Vail who emailed me on this matter. I realize that your case was a bit different than mine, but just for the comparison, do you still have the link to Nooz’s page? Here is the link for Rojo’s version of my blog. I tried searching for my website in their search engine, and I was unable to; see if your websites show up, or check your referral stats for Rojo.

Jonathan, I will forward that email to you. Any help or suggestions would be appreciated.

]]> By: Daniel http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-103227 Daniel Wed, 21 May 2008 15:25:15 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-103227 Cybele and Jonathan - I actually got the feeling that the email that I got from them is to a certain extent mocking, if not even defying. Primarily because (1) my blog is so insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and (2) it seems like they are hoping that I give up by making me go through this whole process of authenticating who I am, digital signatures, etc. I almost feel like going through with it just out of principle now. :) Cybele and Jonathan -

I actually got the feeling that the email that I got from them is to a certain extent mocking, if not even defying. Primarily because (1) my blog is so insignificant in the grand scheme of things, and (2) it seems like they are hoping that I give up by making me go through this whole process of authenticating who I am, digital signatures, etc.

I almost feel like going through with it just out of principle now. :)

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-103213 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 21 May 2008 15:02:51 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-103213 Daniel: I got the email and will be in touch in a few days with my thoughts on it. I am way behind on my email right now so give me some time to catch up :) Cybele: Have you posted those screenshots anywhere? I'd like to see them if you have. I've had some first hand experience with these sites but I don't think I've seen those images, at least not in quite some time. Daniel: I got the email and will be in touch in a few days with my thoughts on it. I am way behind on my email right now so give me some time to catch up :)

Cybele: Have you posted those screenshots anywhere? I'd like to see them if you have. I've had some first hand experience with these sites but I don't think I've seen those images, at least not in quite some time.

]]> By: cybele http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/comment-page-1/#comment-103115 cybele Wed, 21 May 2008 11:33:28 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2007/04/03/six-apartrojo-now-spam-bloggers/#comment-103115 Mr. Vail and I have exchanged quite a few emails in the past. In my case I was not attributed properly (the Nooz site originally had no links back ... just scraped content) and the advertising was all over the place. I filed a DMCA notice with Adsense, who suspended their account. About 30 days later Six Apart filed a counter suit and had their account reinstituted. At that time my content was in fact gone from the original urls ... and was not appearing in its entirety with new URLs. I filed a second DMCA request and had their account suspended again. Basically, my content wasn't removed until August 2007. (And shortly after that Rojo experienced a complete crash after that horrible power outage and my material disappeared for good.) My guess in your case, Daniel, is that your feed has a formatting error that keeps the title from being associated with it, so it's not being pulled onto Rojo. Also, since you're not using a feed service like Feedburner, you may be able to block Rojo directly from pulling your feed. At least you could put some htaccess notes on your server and not allow your photos to be displayed there (or change them to something that says that Rojo is swiping your content, if you wish, this is the awesomeness of htaccess). I do have screen grabs of the Nooz site from last March as they were displaying my content. As far as I know neither site has my material on it (though I've caught my feed on Rojo a couple of times since then, but since they have no advertising, I'm not as troubled by it). Regardless, if you ask them to stop, they should stop. Heaven knows that they have the capability to stop pulling a feed ... I think I've proven that. (Even if their capabilities aren't stellar.) Mr. Vail and I have exchanged quite a few emails in the past. In my case I was not attributed properly (the Nooz site originally had no links back … just scraped content) and the advertising was all over the place. I filed a DMCA notice with Adsense, who suspended their account. About 30 days later Six Apart filed a counter suit and had their account reinstituted. At that time my content was in fact gone from the original urls … and was not appearing in its entirety with new URLs. I filed a second DMCA request and had their account suspended again. Basically, my content wasn't removed until August 2007. (And shortly after that Rojo experienced a complete crash after that horrible power outage and my material disappeared for good.)

My guess in your case, Daniel, is that your feed has a formatting error that keeps the title from being associated with it, so it's not being pulled onto Rojo.

Also, since you're not using a feed service like Feedburner, you may be able to block Rojo directly from pulling your feed. At least you could put some htaccess notes on your server and not allow your photos to be displayed there (or change them to something that says that Rojo is swiping your content, if you wish, this is the awesomeness of htaccess).

I do have screen grabs of the Nooz site from last March as they were displaying my content.

As far as I know neither site has my material on it (though I've caught my feed on Rojo a couple of times since then, but since they have no advertising, I'm not as troubled by it). Regardless, if you ask them to stop, they should stop. Heaven knows that they have the capability to stop pulling a feed … I think I've proven that. (Even if their capabilities aren't stellar.)

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