Ok. An article
came out about this a
couple days ago but I was waiting for my invite to come through and it
just
came through! The new program is called FairShare and it does a lot.
Basically
it lets you attribute your work and it’s pretty simple to
use. First you need
an invite. You can try to be one of the first 1000 beta testers and you
can read the original article here. Sorry, I meant to get the
word out to
let more people in on this but I didn’t have much to say
unless I could try it
out. They might allow more than 1000 people too, it’s hard to
say.
Ok, like I said
this is about
attribution of your work. You can learn
more about
licensing your work here. (I do want to say one thing first.
I think all
information should be shared freely. I don’t think anyone
should be able to
turn a profit off someone else’s work but in the digital age
we need to find
some middle ground. I am sick and tired of seeing people suing other
people for
so called copy infringement. They are some people who are preying on
others who
simply don’t know any better. I think it’s ok to
ask someone not to copy your
work and if they refuse, sure take some recourse. But this
isn’t open hunting
season either. There are photographers who are taking crappy pictures
and
basically waiting to pounce on the next person who uses them on the
web. This
is sick and wrong. Art is meant to be shared freely. The same goes with
information.)
It’s
up to you to decide what license
you choose. I am sticking to my guns. If someone draws upon my ideas
then they
have created their own idea in my opinion.
Ok the plan was
to show it in action but
apparently it takes 12 hours to populate the list. Please stay tuned
for part
2.
The other big
reason why this thing is
so great is you can track who is linking to your articles and who is
publishing
your content. It’s not always a bad thing for your content to
be republished
and it’s why I am giving my stuff away as long as they send
me a link!
2 Comments
on Blogging Alert: Must Have Tool to Prevent Copy Infringement
FEB
04
2009
I personally use the http://www.copygator.com website over fairshare:
1. it's automated and brings me results instead of me searching for duplicated content. All i had to do was submit my feed and it started monitoring my feed showing me who's republished my articles on the web.
2. i get notified by email so it contacts me when it finds copies of my articles online.
3. i use their image badge feature to alert me directly on my website when my content is being lifted.
4. it's a free service and doesnt require registration
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I personally use the http://www.copygator.com website over fairshare:
1. it's automated and brings me results instead of me searching for duplicated content. All i had to do was submit my feed and it started monitoring my feed showing me who's republished my articles on the web.
2. i get notified by email so it contacts me when it finds copies of my articles online.
3. i use their image badge feature to alert me directly on my website when my content is being lifted.
4. it's a free service and doesnt require registration