Archive for the ‘Prevention’ Category

Three Online Watermarking Tools

By Jonathan Bailey • Jan 13th, 2009 • Category: Articles, Prevention, Products, Punditry

Watermarking applications are both cheap and easy to find, but sometimes you need to mark an image when none are available. Here are three services to consider.



The Dangers of Proxying

By Jonathan Bailey • Sep 17th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, Prevention

Though proxying is by no means a new technology, new services have pushed the technology to the forefront of the content theft debate and forced Webmasters to deal with a new method of Web site “copying”.



William Patry Quits Blogging

By Jonathan Bailey • Aug 4th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Housekeeping, News, Prevention

It is truly a difficult day for those of us in the copyright world as noted blogger William Patry is hanging up his blog after 4 years of great copyright information.



Creating a Custom License

By Jonathan Bailey • Jul 16th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Legal Issues, Prevention, Products

The iCopyright for Creators system has a “hidden” feature that allows users to customize their licenses, including their exact terms, thus creating a personalized licensing solution.



Recap: 3rd International Plagiarism Conference

By Jonathan Bailey • Jun 30th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Housekeeping, News, Prevention

I am back from the 3rd International Plagiarism Conference and still recovering. However, for those who were not able to attend, I’ve written up a very thorough recap and included my images from the event.



Using CSS to Thwart Content Theft

By Jonathan Bailey • Jun 12th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Prevention

Is it possible to use a simple CSS trick to get around spammers and other content thieves? An interesting proposal shows a way to use a simple trick to fool the spammers.



Are Free Blogs More Likely Scraped?

By Jonathan Bailey • May 28th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Prevention

I am seeking feedback on a question that has been raised: Are freely hosted Web blogs more likely to be scraped? Aside from their lack of plugins and tools, do they draw more attention from spammers?



Spam Bloggers Who Backdate

By Jonathan Bailey • May 27th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Prevention

Through a combination of trickery and error, it is often possible for a spam blog to appear to have posted your works before you did. However, what effect does this have on the search engines? The answer is “Not Much”.



Protecting Content On WordPress.com

By Jonathan Bailey • May 22nd, 2008 • Category: Articles, Prevention

Today’s PT article actually appears as a guest post on Lorelle on WordPress and is designed to help users of WordPress.com protect their content despite some steep limitations.



Forums as Spam Blogs

By Jonathan Bailey • May 20th, 2008 • Category: Articles, Prevention

Forums and communities have always been targets for spammers, but a new technique also threatens to draw the ire of content creators and other copyright holders.