SOMPOST steals content
Pete is a very fine fellow. Firstly, because he said good things about this site, and I can never have enough of that. And secondly, he pointed out that some complete bastards are hijacking all my posts and sticking them on another site.
The evil empire is located here.
and if you scroll down to “most recent articles”, things may look familiar, but without the elegant enlargement of photos when you click on them, and no chance for you to make derisory comments.
If you happen to be reading this on Sompost, then please avoid the recycled rubbish and come to:
http://www.pattayadays.com/
for the original experience.
A visit to whois.net has given me an email address and telephone number. Armed with this information, I need to ponder what suitable actions I can take. Suggestions welcome, as annoying as possible.
January 15th, 2010 at 1:32 am
Interesting. They do give you credit (but you need to look closely for the by line) and even provide a link back to here. Maybe they are marketing your stuff for you rather than stealing it.
January 15th, 2010 at 3:14 am
Hey,
Sompost is stealing all my blog content too (and to Camberley) it’s STEALING – on the net, you are not allowed to copy someone’s posts/articles/anything without their permission.
I’ve already reported Sompost to Google Adsense – which means, Google will close their account and it’s the ONLY reason Sompost steals this stuff, to make money from it – so, without an Adsense account, it’s not worth them having their site, IMO.
You might also want to report them to Google Adsense.
January 15th, 2010 at 4:40 am
did you ever get compensated by ‘The Times Of India’ for your Bollywood shot on Jomtiem Beach that was likewise knicked ?
January 15th, 2010 at 6:11 am
Create a post with the domain registrants full details, he’ll soon learn theres nothing worse than having your personal details spread all over the web.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:45 am
Domain details are bogus.
There is no point in contacting these people. They know exactly what they are doing. After a site like this is banned from AdSense, etc. they just move on to another domain.
Report to AdSense and HostingLotus:
http://www.whois-search.com/whois/www.hostinglotus.net
January 15th, 2010 at 2:05 pm
While undoubtedly irritating, I have to agree with Camberley, though the derivation of the material could have been acknowledged a little more specifically.
Google News does something not too different every day; there is not one word of original content in what is no more or less than aggregation of the efforts of others.
Long live web-anarchy!! … mmm, webarchy, maybe I have coined a new word?
January 15th, 2010 at 4:43 pm
“I have to agree with Camberley”
Bloody hell Billy! That’s a first.
January 15th, 2010 at 5:51 pm
Google news provides summaries and then links to original content.
Thanks Phuket Observer, I will do as you suggest. Plus I have another plan which will be implemented in due course.
January 15th, 2010 at 7:07 pm
Do you feel violated?
January 15th, 2010 at 7:59 pm
I do, I do. So it’s not all bad.
January 15th, 2010 at 11:40 pm
They have turned off comments on their blog so we can’t even flame them… Karma can be a bitch…
January 16th, 2010 at 1:22 am
C’mon Camberley, don’t you remember when, erm, ok, you win
Scuse me, must go, checking out a thousand of Spike’s blogs looking for unattributed third party material ……
January 16th, 2010 at 10:08 am
If it’s unattributed, how will you know that it is third party material?
January 16th, 2010 at 10:25 am
contact their send them a DMCA and contact their webhost… they should cease & desist in short order
January 16th, 2010 at 2:12 pm
Jock,
Yes; I got discount on a Bollywood actress.
January 16th, 2010 at 4:39 pm
Have you noticed that they’ve actually stolen this entry complaining about them stealing?
January 16th, 2010 at 5:54 pm
Scuse me, must go, checking out a thousand of Spike’s blogs looking for unattributed third party material ……
Why bother, read these quotes instead.
“I pride myself on keeping up with the latest DVD releases which I enthusiastically steal by downloading them via torrents from the wide wide world of web”
“Unlikely to be showing in Pattaya, but there are ways of seeing it *cough*torrents*cough*”
“I download a rip of the DVD from the internet.”
“So I waited till it appeared in the DVD section, trotted off to Torrents, and have now watched it (alone).”
“A couple of weeks of torrent downloading”
“I used to hate Mondays; now I rather like them. First thing I do is head for the computer and start downloading the previous night’s Top Gear”
January 16th, 2010 at 6:00 pm
I’ve actually downloaded next weeks “Pattayadays”
and it’s really quite good. The cement truck driver from the last series has died and is haunting the underground car park.
January 16th, 2010 at 6:10 pm
Thanks Wentworth, saved me the trawl … I am minded of the old saw that “those who come to (the Courts of) equity should come with clean hands”
January 16th, 2010 at 7:09 pm
I don’t seek equity, I seek revenge.
January 16th, 2010 at 9:52 pm
Spoken like, errr Steven Seagal.
February 16th, 2010 at 11:42 am
I am delighted to report that sompost.com has disappeared from the wide wide world of web. Let that be a warning to others; there is no limit to the wrath of Spike.