
DearREADERS,
Once again we are faced with a "blog scraper" copyright infringement guy, i.e. someone who knowingly pulls in my DearMYRTLE blog content (among others), surrounding each post with advertizing that benefits him, rather than Ol' Myrt here.
WikiPedia.com defines this unethical practice as follows:
"Blog scraping is the process of scanning through a large number of blogs, usually through the use of automated software, searching for and copying content. The software and the individuals who run the software are sometimes referred to as blog scrapers.
Scraping is copying a blog, or blog content, that is not owned by the individual initiating the scraping process. If the material is copyrighted it is considered copyright infringement, unless there is a license relaxing the copyright. The scraped content is often used on spam blogs or splogs."
SOURCE: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog_scraping
NOTE: The screen shot I took just a few minutes ago clearly shows the blog address is not DearMYRTLE.com, instead it is the scraping site Genealogicalblog.com.
NOTE: There are 5 advertizing spots taking up the majority of the real estate on this page. My actual content under my title "Got Scandinavian Roots? See MyHeritage's 90+ Million New Records Just for You" begins with "DearREADERS". Because of the excessive amount of adverting, the unauthorized use of my copyrighted material is relegated to less than 25% of the page.
In the screen shot of the bottom of each of DearMYRTLE Genealogy Blog post, we find the copyright statement as follows:
The recently identified DearMYRTLE Genealogy Blog posts originally posted at DearMYRTLE.com and unceremonously cross-posted (scraped) without my expressed written permission include but are not limited to the following:
See also this listing in Google Drive format:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1DHU-3yQzOwvFLk6V1U7Ou9-rNc7PB1UmIjNow9ptPkk/edit?usp=sharing
From a search of the publicly available "WHOIS" database, we find that the website is registered as follows:
WHOIS search results for: GENEALOGICALBLOG.COM (Registered) |
Domain Name: GENEALOGICALBLOG.COM
Registry Domain ID: 1838655246_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2013-12-10 13:18:14
Creation Date: 2013-12-10 13:18:14
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-12-10 13:18:14
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.480-624-2505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Cesar Bielich
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 711 Valle Verde Ct.
Registrant City: Henderson
Registrant State/Province: Nevada
Registrant Postal Code: 89014
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: 7023218956
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: cbielich@yahoo.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Cesar Bielich
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 711 Valle Verde Ct.
Admin City: Henderson
Admin State/Province: Nevada
Admin Postal Code: 89014
Admin Country: United States
Admin Phone: 7023218956
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: cbielich@yahoo.com
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Cesar Bielich
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 711 Valle Verde Ct.
Tech City: Henderson
Tech State/Province: Nevada
Tech Postal Code: 89014
Tech Country: United States
Tech Phone: 7023218956
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: cbielich@yahoo.com
Name Server: NS55.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS56.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
Last update of WHOIS database: 2013-12-11T21:00:00Z
The data contained in GoDaddy.com, LLC's WHOIS database,
while believed by the company to be reliable, is provided "as is"
with no guarantee or warranties regarding its accuracy. This
information is provided for the sole purpose of assisting you
in obtaining information about domain name registration records.
Any use of this data for any other purpose is expressly forbidden without the prior written
permission of GoDaddy.com, LLC. By submitting an inquiry,
you agree to these terms of usage and limitations of warranty. In particular,
you agree not to use this data to allow, enable, or otherwise make possible,
dissemination or collection of this data, in part or in its entirety, for any
purpose, such as the transmission of unsolicited advertising and
solicitations of any kind, including spam. You further agree
not to use this data to enable high volume, automated or robotic electronic
processes designed to collect or compile this data for any purpose,
including mining this data for your own personal or commercial purposes.
Please note: the registrant of the domain name is specified
in the "registrant" section. In most cases, GoDaddy.com, LLC
is not the registrant of domain names listed in this database.
Registry Domain ID: 1838655246_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Update Date: 2013-12-10 13:18:14
Creation Date: 2013-12-10 13:18:14
Registrar Registration Expiration Date: 2014-12-10 13:18:14
Registrar: GoDaddy.com, LLC
Registrar IANA ID: 146
Registrar Abuse Contact Email: abuse@godaddy.com
Registrar Abuse Contact Phone: +1.480-624-2505
Domain Status: clientTransferProhibited
Domain Status: clientUpdateProhibited
Domain Status: clientRenewProhibited
Domain Status: clientDeleteProhibited
Registry Registrant ID:
Registrant Name: Cesar Bielich
Registrant Organization:
Registrant Street: 711 Valle Verde Ct.
Registrant City: Henderson
Registrant State/Province: Nevada
Registrant Postal Code: 89014
Registrant Country: United States
Registrant Phone: 7023218956
Registrant Phone Ext:
Registrant Fax:
Registrant Fax Ext:
Registrant Email: cbielich@yahoo.com
Registry Admin ID:
Admin Name: Cesar Bielich
Admin Organization:
Admin Street: 711 Valle Verde Ct.
Admin City: Henderson
Admin State/Province: Nevada
Admin Postal Code: 89014
Admin Country: United States
Admin Phone: 7023218956
Admin Phone Ext:
Admin Fax:
Admin Fax Ext:
Admin Email: cbielich@yahoo.com
Registry Tech ID:
Tech Name: Cesar Bielich
Tech Organization:
Tech Street: 711 Valle Verde Ct.
Tech City: Henderson
Tech State/Province: Nevada
Tech Postal Code: 89014
Tech Country: United States
Tech Phone: 7023218956
Tech Phone Ext:
Tech Fax:
Tech Fax Ext:
Tech Email: cbielich@yahoo.com
Name Server: NS55.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
Name Server: NS56.DOMAINCONTROL.COM
DNSSEC: unsigned
URL of the ICANN WHOIS Data Problem Reporting System: http://wdprs.internic.net/
Last update of WHOIS database: 2013-12-11T21:00:00Z
The data contained in GoDaddy.com, LLC's WHOIS database,
while believed by the company to be reliable, is provided "as is"
with no guarantee or warranties regarding its accuracy. This
information is provided for the sole purpose of assisting you
in obtaining information about domain name registration records.
Any use of this data for any other purpose is expressly forbidden without the prior written
permission of GoDaddy.com, LLC. By submitting an inquiry,
you agree to these terms of usage and limitations of warranty. In particular,
you agree not to use this data to allow, enable, or otherwise make possible,
dissemination or collection of this data, in part or in its entirety, for any
purpose, such as the transmission of unsolicited advertising and
solicitations of any kind, including spam. You further agree
not to use this data to enable high volume, automated or robotic electronic
processes designed to collect or compile this data for any purpose,
including mining this data for your own personal or commercial purposes.
Please note: the registrant of the domain name is specified
in the "registrant" section. In most cases, GoDaddy.com, LLC
is not the registrant of domain names listed in this database.
Happy family tree climbing!
Myrt :)
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