I feel so violated. Little coldspaghetti has been ripped off. Thanks to a friend’s tip off, I found out that this blog is being translated into German and re-posted on another blogspot site to generate ad revenue for some nefarious folk. Here is my letter to blogger:
Dear Blogger,
Thanks to a friend’s tipoff, I discovered that my blog content and photographs are being copied — translated to German — and posted online. I assume this is for ad revenue as the links at the bottom of the page would suggest. This is the German blog with the stolen content: http://populartravel.blogspot.com/2007/09/kalte-spaghetti-der-ein-strand-von.html
I’ve posted to my own blog about it, am reviewing your steps to prevent content being copied (found in the help section of the blogger site), and am writing you to request that you take down this German copied site since it is hosted through blogspot.com.
I am grateful for your assistance and sincerely appreciate your time and attention in this matter.
Looking forward to your response,
Holly (coldspaghetti.blogspot.com)
Jeez-la-wheeze!
Matt | 18-Sep-07 at 7:54 pm | Permalink
Isn’t imitation the sincerest form of flattery?
🙂
Shokufeh | 19-Sep-07 at 7:12 am | Permalink
Bizarro! The things that people do.
Laura | 19-Sep-07 at 9:51 am | Permalink
I thought you’d want to know about this, but had no idea on how to tell you what was going on. Good thing we have computer whiz hubbies! It would really freak me out, too.
Emily | 19-Sep-07 at 10:55 am | Permalink
Whoa!!
Thanks for bringing light to this for all of us! Scary Stuff!!!
Chris | 19-Sep-07 at 8:12 pm | Permalink
Can you say, Dial-A-Tort? Violation of publicity rights, false light, copyright infringement … if you seriously wanted to pursue it, you could collect the money they made of it, or at least get an injunction against future theft.
Also … as a mother with small children, I am sure you are quite worried as to who these people are and what the hell they are doing reposting your site. That might be worth finding out.
This message brought to you by a future rapacious bastard lawyer.
Leigh C. | 20-Sep-07 at 4:07 pm | Permalink
Oh, no!
Glad you’re taking steps to combat this. And posting about it. I may need to do something, myself. 8-S