Someone copied the WHOLE content of one of my product reviews and posted it on their own website but they included a small link saying "source" which linked to my webpage, so is this copyright infringement? I'm a bit ticked off. While I appreciate them linking back, what I don't appreciate is that the have the nerve to copy the WHOLE review. They could have just copied a sentence or two and then link back but to copy my whole review which took me hours to create?!!! Need advice on what to do, thanks. The copied page is here: http://techwoo.com/sony-ericsson-w960i-review/ and my ORIGINAL review is here: http://natalie1981.blogspot.com/2008/01/sony-ericsson-w960i-review.html
perhaps you should put some copyright lines on your site. something like, this content is unique and it belongs to ... and i don't see that on your blog.
I visited your page and followed the copyright link to here: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/ph/ which states: It would appear to me to be a blatant infringement of the terms. Unfortunately enforcing it can be expensive and time consuming. Maybe a polite but clearly stated email asking the site owner to immediately remove the content would be a start?
I agree with albemarle24, that you should contact the site owner first and ask them if they know that they are infringing on your work. Could be it's a n00b who doesn't understand that this is a no-no. Enforcing, especially if the site owner is out-of-country, can be time-consuming and frustrating at best.
my advice is to move that 'creative commons license' from the left side menu to the blog's footer. maybe that's why he/she copied your text, because just like me he didn't see the copyright. and it's like albemarle24 & pamminikin said, you can try writing an e-mail and ask them to remove the text since it's protected.
If you put your reviews under the creative commons license then get used to people using your work without asking. That license explicitly gives people the right to use your work. In fact, copying the entire article is really their only choice. The license clearly stipulates that no derivation, altering, or transformation is allowed. Your suggestion that they copy a couple lines could be construed as outside the terms of the license. In this case, the only thing that might make it a breach is the amount of ads on that site. Having ads does not always classify as being commercial. However, the whole license reads that it can't be used primarily for financial gain. One set of ads would probably be fine. On the offending site it is hard to see the content through the ads. Bottom line, this person is infringing but if you don't want people to copy your work then do not publish it under creative commons. That is what that license is about (sharing and copying).
i recomend you to change the rss and set up it too just display part of your post... because this can be used for autoblogs too