As social networking sites become more and more popular, their role in the fight against plagiarism and content theft will only grow.
Friendster is no exception. The social networking site boasts some 30 million profiles offers the usual fare of profiles, blogs and galleries. Sadly, a few people have been drawn to the site in an [...]

Google, as the leading search engine and one of the leading hosts, sets much of the tone for how copyright is handled on the Web. However, Google is also something of a strange bird when it comes to DMCA matters and follows a policy that is unique to their company.
If you don’t know how [...]

As the plagiarism battle, much like Web users in general, shifts over to social networking sites , the cooperation of those sites is going to be critical in battling online plagiarism. With over 64 million accounts, Myspace is the cornerstone of social networking sites and its aid is paramount in this battle.
Fortunately, my recent experiences [...]

This article continues where the first one left off. If you haven’t read that article, which was posted yesterday, March 16, I strongly encourage you to start with it. 
Why Myspace if Vulnerable
First off, in fairness to Myspace, they do comply fully with the DMCA and they are not the only such site out there. I [...]

I’ve spent much of the past day catching up on protecting my own works and handling incidents of plagiarism involving them. I have handled, literally, dozens of cases in the last 24 hours and have many more to do. 
However, during all of this, I began to notice a new trend in online plagiarism, It seems [...]

As I reported recently, a site called 57storylane.com (link down) was hosting two of my poems underneath a different name. I tried to contact the owner of the site directly twice with no luck and opted instead to contact their host, iPowerWeb.
iPowerWeb is a Santa Monica, California- based full-service Web host with over 350,000 [...]

As myspace.com continues to become a popular online destination for teens and young adults, it also becomes an increasingly important front on the war against plagiarism and its copyright policy (see number six) increasingly critical to copyright holders.
With features such a blogs, profiles, image hosting, forums and music streaming, Myspace is a bastion of hope [...]