Re: solution to scrapers try Copyscape.com

**l*@juno.com**

Thanks for the great tip. It only takes minute to check.

Lois
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On Thu, 07 Feb 2008 13:23:35 -0500 "Mary Palmer Dargan"
<mpdargan@dargan.com> writes:
> Dear GWAA scrap readers: 
> My web designer researched the issue and made the following 
> suggestions: 
> There really is no way to protect you from people copying content 
> from
> your
> site and repurposing it for themselves  unless it's a full 
> Flash-based
> site. There is a service called Copyscape 
> (http://www.copyscape.com/)
> that
> you can search to see if anyone has copied your site and then apply 
> the
> appropriate action.
> 
> As far as filing a complaint, that's out of my expertise. I've 
> never
> experienced that before. If it concerns you, I would suggest 
> contacting
> your
> attorney to apply pressure on the source while simultaneously 
> filing
> complaints to Google and Yahoo.
> 
> Thanks for alerting me to this problem, Doug..MP
> 
> 
> On Wed, 6 Feb 2008 14:42:32 -0600, "Douglas Green" <dgreen@kos.net>
> said:
> > Carlo - you lucky guy. Worthy of being scraped!  Who would have  
> > thought a lawyer cum rock gardener curator cum gardener would 
> qualify  
> > for this honor?   Having got that out of the way,  I found the 
> host to  
> > be netjaguar   on whois so fired off a note to
> > support@netjaguar.com  or you could try abuse@netjaguar.com - that 
>  
> > normally gets through too.  I did send a note to the admin contact 
> at  
> > whois but predictably it bounced back.
> > best
> > 
> > Doug
> > 
> > Douglas Green
> > Online Garden Publishing
> > Blog:  http://blog.douggreensgarden.com
> > Home: http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On 6-Feb-08, at 1:27 PM, carlobal@netzero.net wrote:
> > 
> > > Doug,
> > >
> > > Thanks for the heads-up. They got me too.
> > >
> > > Forgive my naivety, but where'd you send your cease and desist? 
> The  
> > > contact button just (predictably) buries you deeper into their  
> 
> > > stolen content. I'd like to fire off a letter/email but need to 
> know  
> > > where to send it...
> > >
>  > C
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> Author, Timeless Landscape Design (Gibbs-Smith, Feb 2007) sold out 
> in 30 days and is now in its 3rd printing! 
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