If you are publishing on the Web, especially if you have loads of original content, it can be very frustrating and downright damaging to have your content ripped off and used on another website without your content. Your copyrights are violated, your brand is diluted, and you may even be slapped with duplicate penalty by the search engines, among other things. All your hard work used by someone else for their benefit – without your content.
Scripts that prevent copying and pasting do not work. Scripts that prevent right clicking do not work. I know I am sounding redundant, but finding your content (or worse, your entire website) on someone else’s website is really frustrating.
There’s a brilliant post at Webmaster World that summarizes the steps that you need to take if you find your content used by others without your permission. Read “A Guide to Protecting Your Content” to familiarize yourself with the steps you need to take when someone steals your content.
