People will copy your content, and there’s nothing you can do about it!
This is an excerpt from an interesting article over at friendlybit.com called, "Follow the 10 ground rules, or fail on the web!" - Very good stuff there.. check out the excerpt below:
People will copy your content, and there’s nothing you can do about it!
Some people are worried about the copying of their content. And if they see that as an issue, they better be worried. You see, each time someone reads your texts, or looks at your media, it’s copied from your server to the users computer. Web browsers are really effective copyright infringement machines, and by just clicking a link, you copy that page.
So if you are worried about users copying your content, please don’t put it online at all.
Other people think that they can have their content on the web, and still prevent people from copying it. This is pure lunacy, and all ways to prevent copying have failed. People even miss the most obvious way people can copy, by hitting the “Print screen” button on their keyboards. When it comes to video and audio it’s a bit more annoying, but everything that comes out of your speakers, or is displayed on the screen, is recordable. So stop worrying about copying, you can’t stop it.
Instead, know and accept that people will copy your content, and just ask for a simple link back if they do. That way, small pieces of your content on other sites will act as marketing for the whole site.
If you want this formalized as a license, there is the creative commons attribution license, which I use on this site (see footer).
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