Comments on: 4Comedy.com Is A Content Thief (Another Update)

By: MAD KANE’S HUMOR BLOG » Blog Archive » Victory In My Battle Against Feed Scraping Content Thief 4Comedy.com

Mon, 11 Jun 2007 23:02:48 +0000

[...] Last week when I was bitching about 4Comedy.com’s stealing my humor blog’s content, I had no idea I was dealing with a “feed scraper” site. All I knew was that I was being ripped off — every time I posted in this humor blog, my entire post appeared on 4Comedy.com within minutes. Needless to say, I was a very pissed off blogger. [...]

By: madkane

madkane — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 06:00:39 +0000

Thanks sigg. You’re right about it just being up there for advertising. The problem is that all this duplicate content can cause search engine problems. And just as a matter of principle I don’t want my material stolen, even if it attributes the content to me. I’ll tell you one thing. I am not through with them — not by a long shot.

And thanks markbnj. That link sounds interesting. However, it’s easy to track down this particular site’s infringements, because they also stole my categories, so I can tell which categories to click on (like limericks) and find my stolen material.

By: markbnj

markbnj — Fri, 08 Jun 2007 00:26:13 +0000

Mad:

I see, I would be mad too!

I will see where I stashed the link (I have a laptop and 5 active PC’s I use in the house…and the bookmarks aren’t syncronized-augh)

there is a content copyright infringment search service I bookmarked, will send as soon as I come across it

By: sigg

sigg — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 21:06:53 +0000

Congratulations, you’ve made 4Comedy.com very funny with this post.

What it tells me is that 4Comedy is just an advertising billboard with no real interest in comedy. The only good thing is that your name is at least attached to your work, though I strongly suspect that’s only because of how you introduce your work.