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  • 08-03-2011 10:36pm
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    NeedaNewName
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭


    Recently having started my own website, which is proving quite popular in a small way, I have started to get p1ssed off at people stealing stealing articles/stories from the site. I don't mind people linking back to the site as I get hits (ads etc) but people reproducing them for people on "smart phones" or just simple copypasta is annoying.

    Am I right to be annoyed? it is only a side thing and the income in minimal but I feel a bit peeved.

    Would you be peeved off or am I getting old?
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    Snakeblood
    Registered Users Posts: 4,466 ✭✭✭Snakeblood


    NeedaNewName wrote: »
    Recently having started my own website, which is proving quite popular in a small way, I have started to get p1ssed off at people stealing stealing articles/stories from the site. I don't mind people linking back to the site as I get hits (ads etc) but people reproducing them for people on "smart phones" or just simple copypasta is annoying.

    Am I right to be annoyed? it is only a side thing and the income in minimal but I feel a bit peeved.

    Would you be peeved off or am I getting old?

    Ask for a credit.

    Grandad.


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    If there's a link to you from here then you get Google-cred.
    Mostly people here post a link and then someone else, or a mod, adds the actual content so the thread will be easier to read and we don't have to jump between pages/windows.


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    NeedaNewName
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭NeedaNewName


    biko wrote: »
    If there's a link to you from here then you get Google-cred.
    Mostly people here post a link and then someone else, or a mod, adds the actual content so the thread will be easier to read and we don't have to jump between pages/windows.

    Do you give credit back to the website? i know what you mean by easier to read but is that not skewed?


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    seafood dunleavy
    Registered Users Posts: 760 ✭✭✭seafood dunleavy


    Unfortunately we are all lazy bastards.


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    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    NeedaNewName wrote: »
    Recently having started my own website, which is proving quite popular in a small way,

    The Daily Mail ?


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    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    NeedaNewName wrote: »
    Do you give credit back to the website? i know what you mean by easier to read but is that not skewed?
    Well, pretty much always there is the link? Almost never is content such as articles just copied without link.

    Although this thread started in AH I feel this would be an interesting discussion for the entire site, moved to Feedback.


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    K-9
    Registered Users Posts: 43,311 ✭✭✭✭K-9


    I'd always post the link, sometimes quote, sometimes not.

    It seems it is becoming more and more internet etiquette to post the text as well, with so many using iphones, smartphones etc.

    Mad Men's Don Draper : What you call love was invented by guys like me, to sell nylons.



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    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    Why is this feedback for boards.ie? Is someone here reposting your material?


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    NeedaNewName
    Closed Accounts Posts: 409 ✭✭NeedaNewName


    Hill Billy wrote: »
    Why is this feedback for boards.ie? Is someone here reposting your material?


    It was in AH? When threads are moved it should really insert that in the first post me thinks.

    Feedback? The system works!


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    The Hill Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 22,775 ✭✭✭✭The Hill Billy


    So, your question is about people reposting material from your website onto other websites, but not specifically boards.ie. Is that correct?


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    pickarooney
    Moderators, Arts Moderators Posts: 35,471 Mod ✭✭✭✭pickarooney


    I'm pretty sure the OP is referring specifically to articles reposted from his website into threads in AH and is looking for feedback on the acceptability of same on boards.ie.


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    Mike 1972
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,018 ✭✭✭Mike 1972


    Cant see the problem provided theres a link back to the original source.

    Failure to link is the height of rudeness both to the originator of the material and the readers


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    Wibbs
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    I can't see the issue either, so long as it's attributed and linked to the original. And if in the rare case the person sees it, objects and it gets removed in a timely fashion.

    Where I can see an issue is when someone does a copypaste from a pay site. Then the site would be more vulnerable I would have thought? There is value attached and where money's involved, the law and lawyers tend to follow.

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    Dav
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,840 ✭✭✭Dav


    Well if you're re-posting content that's behind a pay-wall then there are concerns as the intention is that the publisher is trying to make money with that content and so republishing it in the wild is effectively theft, so that's a definite no no. However, I would find it ok if you were to snip a few lines to support a point being made citing where you got it - just not wholesale or majority reproduction of the piece.

    Anything else, I'd say it's far to copy as long as you link back to where it came from and acknowledge the author(s). However, some people will have copyright details on their blogs or if it's a news paper site, guidelines for what you can and can't do with their content.


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