Re: [epub] Web Theft

["Lynn A. Johnson" <povertyacres@xxxxxxxxx>]

From: "Lynn A. Johnson" <povertyacres@pcsia.com>

Hi!

Catching another part of the subject, this just came in my email box from briefme:
"Legal Issues"

It's another ezine you can subscribe to at:

http://www.briefme.com/

WEB THIEVERY AND THE LAW
http://216.223.12.2/a/article.cgi?id=13804&uid=14096&link=wilsonweb Finally, after
long hours and hard work, www.mybiziworkedsohardon.com is ready for business.  Your
website is designed, your shopping carts are in place, your family and friends, with
credit cards in hand, are burning up the net filament ordering your merchandise, when
cousin Ed calls to say www.haha-gotcha.com sure looks familiar, as a matter of fact
it looks just like your site!  What is a budding e-tailer to do?  This informative
article by Dr.  Ralph Wilson, publisher of Web Marketing Today sheds some light on
the protections afforded by U.S.  and International Copyright Law that will allow you
to protect your business and your profits.  Lori Claxton-Anthony,
http://www.briefme.com/e/lori2157.html

I'm not a lawyer, but it does have some REALLY good articles in it.

Lynn Johnson


rdkwg@aol.com wrote:
> 
> From: rdkwg@aol.com
> 
> In a message dated 3/14/2000 9:44:01 AM Pacific Standard Time,
> rwhiting@bellsouth.net writes:
> 
> << How do others discover they've been ripped off?  >>
> 
> Generally, every 2-3 months, I go into maybe 3 of the major search engines
> and do 4 searches.
> 
> 1) on my name - Ruth D. Kerce
> 2) on my website name - Addicted-to-Romance
> 3) on my webserial name - Sleeping Sarah
> 4) on my ezine name - *Whispers of Love*
> 
> I discovered an article this way that was reprinted without my permission.
> They'd left my byline, but stripped out my e-mail address and my website
> address.
> 
> I also discovered what looked like (from the title of the page) one of my
> short stories duplicated on another page, but the page had been deleted from
> the person's server by the time I found it, so I don't know the details on
> that.
> 
> This is also a good way to discover who's linking to you.  Having
> romance-related content, I've found my site listed inside some "questionable"
> sites.  LOL  But haven't complained about it - publicity, you know -- as long
> as the sites aren't too offensive, I don't really mind.  It is interesting to
> keep a watch out though, just to protect yourself.
> 
> Ruth D. Kerce  :-)
> -~-~-~-~-~-~-
> http://www.addicted-to-romance.com
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