Content theft and RSS scraping is not going away. As more and more spammers get into the game and the tools they use improve in effectiveness, the problem is only going to get worse. Because of this, RSS feeds are going to remain vulnerable and bloggers will continue to seek out ways to protect them.
However, [...]

I want to be clear before I begin that this article is not an attack on open source, copyleft or any of the products listed. Rather, it is an exploration of the role trademark will play in the future of copyleft and intellectual property in general.
What do the following have in common: Ubuntu, Firefox, [...]

If anyone out there is a PHP developer and is familiar with developing Wordpress plugins, the Numly Plugin would greatly appreciate your attention.
Originally created by Cal Evans and licensed under the GPL version 2.0. The plugin automatically submits posts created in Wordpress to be fingerprinted, have their ESN generated an then place the information in [...]

Just a quick note to let everyone know I spent part of the morning upgrading Plagiarism Today to Wordpress 2.3.
Please let me know if you see any problems with the site. I also upgraded about half a dozen plugins that I use so please alert me to any spontaneous combustions, plane crashes or other [...]

For the next chapter in the “DMCA Seven” series, we’re taking a look at one of the most common types of hosts out there, blog hosts.
Many of these hosts have been copyright headaches for Webmasters. They are prime targets for spam blogs and scrapers and some have played a huge role in rise of [...]

When bloggers and Webmasters look at the issue of RSS scraping, they typically think solely about their main RSS feed. It is the feed that contains their posts, the one that is most subscribed to and the one most prominently displayed.
When one thinks of “subscribing” to a site, most think exclusively about the main feed.
However, [...]

I’ve added a new feature to the side bar of this site, a Top Commentators list. The list, which counts all comments that a person has made over the past 90 days gives credit and a link to the top ten commentators during that time.
Currently, Jeremy Steele and Patrick are tied for first at ten [...]

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 use [...]

With my recent move this story fell through the cracks a bit, but I wanted to let everyone know that the CopyFeed Wordpress Plugin, previously reported on here, has now been translated into English.
I took the time today and installed the plugin here on my feed and am, so far, loving it. It is a [...]

A new Wordpress plugin by Frank Bueltge (in German) entitled Copyfeed is attempting to revolutionize the way Wordpress users protect their feed’s content.
The goal is to not simply help bloggers discover if and where their content is being scraped, but also give them information to help them track down the scraper and, when used in [...]