Posts Tagged ‘copyright’

Stop, thief!

Thursday, March 6th, 2008

I’ve been lucky. I’ve never really been a victim of theft, and when I have it has been for small amounts of money or insignificant items.


Creative Commons License photo credit: nocklebeast

Now I have come across someone stealing the content from my site – and anyone else who is aggregated in Planet Ubuntu – and seeking to profit from this through the use of Google Adverts.

The culprit? http://linuxindex.com

I have sent an e-mail to the domain contact asking them to cease reproducing my content without permission immediately. I have also reported the policy violation to Google AdSense. I would urge anyone else on Planet Ubuntu to do the same.

We the undersigned…

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006

We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to create a new exception to copyright law that gives individuals the right to create a private copy of copyrighted materials for their own personal use, including back-ups, archiving and shifting format.

via mrben and Aquarius.

Go and sign. Now.