Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…

Tag Archive: Comment-Spam

Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?

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After a Spanish rights society attempted to send a notice via a blog’s comment form, a new debate has been kicked off on the topic.

Update: Trackback/Comment Spam

To offer a quick update on the trackback/comment spam attack I reported on yesterday, the attack is continuing in earnest today but things seem to be much more under control now. reCAPTCHA is still holding the comment spam at bay and I have swapped out Akismet for Defensio in hopes of reducing the number of…

CAPTCHAs and the DMCA

Yesterday I received an email Ben Maurer, one of the engineers for reCAPTCHA. In addition to responding to a comment on a post from last week, he alerted me to a copyright case involving Tickmaster (TM) and RMG Technologies. According to the complaint and subsequent injunction (embedded below), RMG produced an application that allowed users…

WordPress and Comment Spam

I would like to take an aside and delve into a related topic that has been on my mind for the past few months: Comment spam. Though it doesn’t have much to do with content theft, I have several reasons for wanting to cover this. First many of the RSS scrapers and spam bloggers also…