Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

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Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

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CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

Tag Archive: spam-blog

Cpedia: A Spam Blog Disguised as an Encyclopedia

cpedia-sized

CPedia is a new automatically-generated encyclopedia from the makers of Cuil. So why is it throwing thousands of pages of duplicate content into Google?

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 149

It is Friday again and that means that it is time for another episode of the Copyright 2.0 Show. It is a very special week for the Copyright 2.0 Show as spend the hour on just one news story, the Global Grind controversy originally reported on by Patrick O’Keefe, the esteemed co-host of the show….

Fav.Or.It Site Shuts Down

Famous content aggregator Fav.or.it is closed, much to the relief of at least some in the blogging community.

Copyright 2.0 Show – Episode 19 – McTakeDown

It’s Monday again and that means it is time for another 40-minute episode of the Copyright 2.0 show. This week the show is filled to the brim with the usual copyright news, humor and sarcasm that has made the show so special. Also included is a special birthday announcement and my pathetic attempt to rewrite…

Is Blogger on the Offensive Against Spam?

Updated Information Here As part of running this site, I subscribe to many different Technorati Watchlists. They help me keep up to date on the latest in content-theft and plagiarism-related issues. Unfortunately, I see a great deal of spam blogs on these watchlists. What’s worse, it can be hard to tell, when looking at my…

Using Creative Commons to Stop Scraping

Many sites, including this one, have expressed concerns that CC licenses may be encouraging or enabling scraping. The problem seems to be straightforward. If a blog licenses all of their content under a CC license, then a scraper that follows the terms of said license is just as protected as a human copying one or…

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