Earlier this year, CloudFlare introduces Scrapeshield, a tool to track scraping, but how well does it work? It depends on what you’re trying to do.… Continue Reading
Tag Archives: Spam
3 Count: Making Peace
Google and Belgian newspapers make peace, NZBMatrix shuts down after a mammoth DMCA notice and who are the people behind spam photos?… Continue Reading
What is Spam in 2013?
With ten years since the CANSPAM act, we need to reevalue what the word spam means and how it’s changed in the past decade.… Continue Reading
3 Count: Patently Uninfringing
Google trumps Oracle in patent dispute, Greenpeace parody site gets pulled down and Amazon seeks to fight Kindle spam. … Continue Reading
How to Ensure Email Delivery of Important Notices
Though you can’t guarantee your email will always get there, you can certainly maximize the chances, especially useful when sending critical notices.… Continue Reading
3 Count: Novell Wins
Have any suggestions for the 3 Count? Let me know via Twitter @plagiarismtoday. 1: SCO loses again: Jury Says Novell Owns UNIX SVRX Copyrights First off today, SCO’s legal campaign against Linux may finally be coming to an end. The company lost a critical court case that found the copyright in UNIX code had stayed… Continue Reading
5 Biggest Mistakes Hosts Make with Abuse
Web hosts, especially smaller startups, often struggle when dealing with abuse matters. Here are five of the more common mistakes.… Continue Reading
Spinning, Spamming and Twitter
Twitter spams for a new set of “Spinning” have been popping up all over the Web. They claim to help keep your content safe, but is it all just spin. … Continue Reading
Rise of the Twitter Scrapers
With every new medium comes an attempt to game it, usually using other people’s work. Twitter is no exception but it does provide a series of new challenges and questions. … Continue Reading
Should You Send a DMCA Notice Via a Comment Form?
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.… Continue Reading