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Who Owns What You Write? *UPDATED*
Easy answer: YOU DO.  From the moment you write and publish an original article, it is copyrighted and protected as your intellectual property. 
The copy and paste feature along with loads of content all over the internet makes it very easy for sploggers to steal work and publish it as their own.  Even the RSS feeds that are meant to make it easier for your readers to keep up with your blog can work against you if a splogger syndicates your feed as his own.  This is more common than you might think.  (Happened to a bunch of us here on Active Rain recently!)
How can you protect yourself?  There are a couple easy ways.  One is setting up Google Alerts.  These are free and will search for the key words of your choice, such as the name of your blog or phrases you might use often in your blog, such as “real estate” with the name of your city or area.  (Some people use quirky words or phrases in their blogs to set off Google Alerts as an added protection.)  It’s a good idea to also have a Google search of your name. 
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