Everything you create is automatically copyrighted; you don’t have to register it. Registering it helps, but it isn’t required. You don’t even need a copyright notice on the page anywhere, in an email, on an article, etc. Your copyright exists from the moment of creation.
no probs dude.. I dont care if i get banned from gooogle.. nywayz i’ll be back with a better blog at the same url and I will regain all the reputation..
I know you had to do all this just because I was featured on problogger and not you.. To tell you what I have known darren for months and he is quite a regular reader of my blog..
Hahah.. Now he is hurting Darren’s reputation by says he was a regular reader of his splog. lol
Does he even know the meaning of being a ‘Pro’ (as in Professional)? Karthik, understand that a Professional has ethics, and what you did was way out of the bounds of ethical behaviour.
Add to Google Reader, Bloglines, Netvibes
wrote, on November 3rd, 2006
@Vyoma: thanks for clarifying the copyright issue to me. I wasn’t aware of that.
wrote, on November 3rd, 2006
Everything you create is automatically copyrighted; you don’t have to register it. Registering it helps, but it isn’t required. You don’t even need a copyright notice on the page anywhere, in an email, on an article, etc. Your copyright exists from the moment of creation.
wrote, on November 3rd, 2006
Sorry didn’t read this post in detail earlier, until I came across the same on MaxPower.
I know exactly what it feels like to have your articles being ripped off!
It happened to me a while back and I managed to get the site shut down.
But, this is worse, because here he is manually stealing content without attribution.
And “being a programmer myself copying and pasting became a habit” is such a lame excuse.
I surprised you didn’t issue a DMCA notification to his host and get his site shut down!
wrote, on November 3rd, 2006
Btw, forgot to mention. Get hold of a Creative Commons button for your site like I have on mine. Also try out the Feed copyrighter plugin by Angsuman.
wrote, on November 3rd, 2006
Ajay: I just mailed a DMCA report to Google this morning, The plagiarist gave up and shut the site himself
wrote, on November 4th, 2006
Karthik just scrapped on my Orkut Profile:
Hahah.. Now he is hurting Darren’s reputation by says he was a regular reader of his splog. lol
Darren are you sleeping ?
wrote, on November 4th, 2006
Does he even know the meaning of being a ‘Pro’ (as in Professional)? Karthik, understand that a Professional has ethics, and what you did was way out of the bounds of ethical behaviour.
wrote, on November 4th, 2006
I am back dude… I am sorry for everything that Has happened…
No I am not insulting Darren here… I am just telling the truth… I thought Darren was a reader on my blog after the group writing project..