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Originally Posted by HairToStay
Chase, how did you feel seeing all your content there, knowing you didn't make a cent from it, and knowing other webmasters were earning money by promoting YOUR content while you made absolutely nothing?
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I was shocked, really. I'm sooo small time that I didn't expect to be affected.
But it's not the first time I've come across this. I've had my content taken and put on paysites, Yahoo groups, eBay auctions, etc. before..I belong to a board of BBW amateurs and it's probably the hottest topic there-we all keep our eyes open for each others' content on paysites, Yahoo groups, eBay auctions, etc. And when we find unauthorized use, we take action. No one does it for us...the hosting companies don't police for our content..Yahoo doesn't do it..eBay doesn't do it, so it's up to us. When we find it, we take action to get it removed, and I guess I just see this as the same thing. I found it, I took action, and it was removed.
But the fact remains that while my content is not on Guba anymore, it is still on the newsgroups, and I think that is the problem that should be tackled. If I protect my content at the root-on my site-then Guba having my content won't be a problem; neither will forums having it, or Yahoo groups, or eBay auctions, or paysites, or anyone else that I don't authorize use to.
I don't see Guba as the problem. I see the problem being my own ignorance and inaction with regard to protecting and controlling my own content. Now I've identified the problem, and I am going to solve it the best I can. I made my post based on my own experience with this situation, and I don't expect anyone else to see things the way I do. I just wanted to put my two cents and my own experiences in the pot since so many others were. It is clear I am very much in the minority, and that's fine. I respect the opinions that vary from my own..I understand the frustration. I choose to change the things I can, and make the things I can't change work for me. Maybe others take a different path to solving the problem. That's up to them. All I can do is what makes sense to me, and what I think is best for me and my business, and that's what I did and am doing.
With regard to my statement of them being within the law..if they are not, then why do folks keep talking about loopholes being the reason they are allowed to operate as they do? I made my statement based on the fact that no one has been able to cease their operations. Perhaps it's an incorrect conclusion to draw, but that is why I made that deduction.