Stolen Content Update
Posted: Mon Dec 08, 2008 12:15 pm
Hi Writers,
As you may have become aware by reading the thread in the Author's Exchange forum, a large amount of content was recently stolen from Constant Content authors and placed on a website. The owner has taken down some content, but Constant Content is preparing a second cease-and-desist letter as well as DMCA documentation.
An invisible line of text has been placed in the long summary. This appears four times. Authors may set up their Google Alerts so they may be notified if their content appears somewhere where this line of text is in place. This won't stop the most sophisticated cotent thieves, but it will be particularly useful to identify beginner content thieves or content-collecting robots.
Please set your Google Alerts to notify you if the following text appears published on the web:
"This article is property of Constant Content Writer XXXXXXXXX and is being printed here without the author's permission."
The page for Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts
In addition, the long summaries will no longer appear in the HTML Source Code to further prevent copy+pasting, they'll still be visible to customers, just not present in the HTML .
Everyone who writes for the web should be aware that there is always a risk for content theft. This is a problem that Constant Content will adapt to. From personal experience, I can tell you that other sites, even well-respected ones, are not as proactive, as diligent, or as technically savvy when dealing with content thieves as is Constant Content. And, while I may have a biased view, I have been very impressed with the quick action and response to suggestions that we have seen.
Ed
As you may have become aware by reading the thread in the Author's Exchange forum, a large amount of content was recently stolen from Constant Content authors and placed on a website. The owner has taken down some content, but Constant Content is preparing a second cease-and-desist letter as well as DMCA documentation.
An invisible line of text has been placed in the long summary. This appears four times. Authors may set up their Google Alerts so they may be notified if their content appears somewhere where this line of text is in place. This won't stop the most sophisticated cotent thieves, but it will be particularly useful to identify beginner content thieves or content-collecting robots.
Please set your Google Alerts to notify you if the following text appears published on the web:
"This article is property of Constant Content Writer XXXXXXXXX and is being printed here without the author's permission."
The page for Google Alerts: http://www.google.com/alerts
In addition, the long summaries will no longer appear in the HTML Source Code to further prevent copy+pasting, they'll still be visible to customers, just not present in the HTML .
Everyone who writes for the web should be aware that there is always a risk for content theft. This is a problem that Constant Content will adapt to. From personal experience, I can tell you that other sites, even well-respected ones, are not as proactive, as diligent, or as technically savvy when dealing with content thieves as is Constant Content. And, while I may have a biased view, I have been very impressed with the quick action and response to suggestions that we have seen.
Ed