If you read this site regularly, you probably know a great deal about how to protect your content on the Web. However, you probably also know that the current system is an inelegant solution in need of serious repair. Here’s what’s wrong and what can be done about it.

With so many new search engines, directories and social news sites repurposing the full feed, often against the will of bloggers, perhaps it is time to have a central repository of this information. Leave a comment and have your voice heard on this matter.

Shyftr is not the first site to make use of your full feed or offer commenting as part of a user experience. Here are three other sites that you may want to take a look at.

Have you ever had an abuse agent go out of his way to help you? What about a DMCA agent who ignored your letters? Here is your chance to tell the world.

Many complain that it is very difficult to get Google to take action on reported spam blogs. However, a simple trick may make it easier to get the search engine’s attention when reporting junk content.

In a new video by HyveUp, content tracking company Attributor talks about their vision for the Web and the role that copying may play in the search economy.

Blog searching has become an important tool both for gathering the information I use on this site, but also for staying on top of content theft issues. Unfortunately, blog searching has deteriorated to the point of uselessness and I break down why.

How does your search engine do when detecting plagiarism? I’ve tested five different search engines and how many matches of my work they find. These tests provide some surprising results and offer insight into which services are best for plagiarism detection.

Every tool has a purpose and Copyscape has its. Though weaker on verbatim plagiarism, it can help detect cases where the work has been rewritten and the regular search engines struggle to keep up.

If you’ve ever wanted to learn how to use Google Alerts to detect plagiarism, this is the video for you. Learn how to automate your plagiarism detection in just eight minutes.