Comments on: Bitacle splogger scam update: some thoughts

By: Alison

Alison — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

What do I think? I think you've done a great job summarizing the situation.

Thank you.

By: Billy The Blogging Poet

Billy The Blogging Poet — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Well, I see you've decided to call me names, taken my statements out of context, and failed to give proper attribution in violation of US Copyright laws concerning "Fair Use" and yet you consider yourself somehow better than Bitacle.

I see a stupid jerk who doesn't know his ass from a hole in the ground and no one with half a brain would consider you a "serious blogger."

I first reported on Bitacle in November 2005 http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/bloggingpoetcom/2005/11/20/bitacle.html and did you or anyone else give a damn? Hell no, for you it's all a show. Get off your high horse, face reality, check #6 on your own Blogging Code of Ethics and stop being a hyprocrit.

By: Allan Jenkins

Allan Jenkins — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Ooops.. Billy, I apologize wholeheartedly if anyone connected "SillyBilly" with you.

Readers, "SillyBilly" is a down-home expression for an absurd opinion. It has nothing to do with Billy or any other "William" in the world.

Allan

By: Allan Jenkins

Allan Jenkins — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

And let me elaborate...

The "myths" and "sillybillies" I put together are composites from many blog posts. Some were inspired by questions; most were inspired by statements. You should not think any one post prompted my remarks.

And, again, I welcome your comments. I've been a published and paid writer for more than 20 years, so I know precisely how copyright law applies to my jurisdiction (the EU, which is where Bitacle and I reside). If you live somewhere else, your mileage may vary.

But this is absolutely true if you live in the Western world: you own your words until you explicitly give them up. Don't let anyone tell you that "publishing on the internet" voids those rights. Don't let yourself be ripped off.

Allan

By: Jacques

Jacques — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Anybody familiar with http://www.kinja.com/ ?

By: Billy The Blogging Poet

Billy The Blogging Poet — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Allan,
I just sent you an e-mail apologising for my actions. I also updated my blog to reflect my apology and point out my mistakes. You can view it here:
http://bloggingpoet.squarespace.com/bloggingpoetcom/2006/9/25/your-business-needs-help-with-communications-dont-hire-allan-jenkins.html

Again, I'm sorry for any pain I might have caused you as I was out of line.
Thank you -Billy Jones

By: valerie

valerie — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

I am entirely frustrated with these people. I've had to move my RSS down to summary now, because somehow they still got me again. *sigh*

My goal right now is still to get them kicked out of the Adsense program. At least that's a start.

Do we know who their host is?

Oh, also I am not getting any traffic whatsoever from my ripped off posts. Currently my biggest traffic is, unsuprisingly, coming from Owen's AntiLeech plugin announcement.

By: Sylvia

Sylvia — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Excellent summary, thank you!

(By the way, I've seen that "anyone familiar with kinja" comment in a few places. Smells like spam to me.)

By: Jacques

Jacques — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

Right behind you Allan, all the way so far!

But Sylvia, are you serious about "Smells like spam to me"? I found content from my weblog on that 'kinja' site as well, so I was wondering if anybody had also noticed their practices.

Don't you have any clue to who's behind stopbitacleorg Sylvia? Send an email there asking for a nice customized button in the colors of your weblog and see who replies to that! ;o)

But Allen, if you're not happy with that comment from me containing that full URL from 'kinja', please remove it. I don't mind.

By: blumoon

blumoon — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 06:00:00 +0000

In some ways, it seems doubtful that a search engine, like google, who are profiting from ads running on this site & others, will be proactive in making this happen.
Why not have the internet service providers weed out the abusers, and hopefully that could shut them down eventually. They 'are' stealing. And it is supposed to be okay just because it is on the internet, and not IRL?