So I know we’re like the bomb or whatever, but you people need to stop filching our copyrighted material. For the record, when you copy an entire post verbatim, that is stealing copyrighted material. I usually make an exception for someone who does that and says something like “here is a link to the post, and go read the site,” because they are at least being honest about where they’re getting it from and they happen to link back here.
But when including a full link is just too goddamned hard, well that’s when I get really cranky. “Kayumars,” this is for you: PakRealEstate.com is filled with hacks and cheaters, and I really hope for their sake I never bother to find out who their ISP is so I can report them for violating their terms of service.
For the record one last time: DO NOT STEAL OUR WRITING. We will find out, and we will publicly humiliate you and begin legal proceedings if you do.
Previously:
In April, I caught the Central Asia Times stealing a post I really didn’t want stolen. They fixed it after a few days, though I cannot gain access to their site to confirm they haven’t stolen other articles of ours. In May I caught some European kid doing the same, and he was much quicker about rectifying the situation. Finally, in June an intrepid MySpacer got caught stealing and I just couldn’t care enough to follow up to make sure he had stopped. At least we got a few weeks off, I suppose.
You are on notice, PakRealEstate.com—do not copy our work, ever again, and either take down or properly reference what you have right now stolen. I am not joking about this.
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Joshua Foust – author of 1771 posts on Registan.net.
Joshua Foust is a Fellow at the American Security Project and the author of Afghanistan Journal: Selections from Registan.net. His research focuses primarily on Central and South Asia. Joshua is a correspondent for The Atlantic and a columnist for PBS Need to Know. Joshua appears regularly on the BBC World News, Aljazeera, and international public radio. Joshua is also a regular contributor to Foreign Policy’s AfPak Channel, and his writing has appeared in the New York Times, Reuters, and the Christian Science Monitor.
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I did a quick google search on the title of that post. This is my favorite:
http://www.an-alliance.com/?c=131&a=2707
It look like their original work. Oh, well. Afghan sites are the worst for ripping off stuff. But why aren’t they stealing my stuff written elsewhere? I’m sad. I’ll think I’m gonna have that 2nd hefe-weizen now.
I’ve seen this pop up with some of my own articles and material as well. Generally it appears to be done through an RSS feed without any credit or linking to the materials source.
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You’ll know you’re bigtime when Xinhua and other official Chinese news agencies start copying your stuff )
Wait, what? When did Xinhua start copying us?
I was kidding, but I’m sure it will happen eventually
Oh, jokes. I get jokes.