Comments on: iGizmodo (The Gadget World) shamelessly steals other tech sites content http://andymerrett.co.uk/2007/02/14/igizmodo-the-gadget-world-shamelessly-steals-other-tech-sites-content/ Reflections on work and life Thu, 23 Jul 2009 05:39:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: iGizmodo splog doesn’t learn-- Andy Merrett http://andymerrett.co.uk/2007/02/14/igizmodo-the-gadget-world-shamelessly-steals-other-tech-sites-content/comment-page-1/#comment-22233 iGizmodo splog doesn’t learn-- Andy Merrett Mon, 20 Aug 2007 09:34:22 +0000 http://andymerrett.co.uk/2007/02/14/igizmodo-the-gadget-world-shamelessly-steals-other-tech-sites-content/#comment-22233 [...] iGizmodo.com, the “gadget web site” which shamelessly rips off other people’s content and was shut down earlier this year by their hosting provider, has sprung up again. [...] [...] iGizmodo.com, the “gadget web site” which shamelessly rips off other people’s content and was shut down earlier this year by their hosting provider, has sprung up again. [...]

]]> By: Andy http://andymerrett.co.uk/2007/02/14/igizmodo-the-gadget-world-shamelessly-steals-other-tech-sites-content/comment-page-1/#comment-768 Andy Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:41:58 +0000 http://andymerrett.co.uk/2007/02/14/igizmodo-the-gadget-world-shamelessly-steals-other-tech-sites-content/#comment-768 Yep, sounds like their attitude. They seem to think that because an RSS feed is available, it's free for the taking. Yep, sounds like their attitude. They seem to think that because an RSS feed is available, it’s free for the taking.

]]> By: james http://andymerrett.co.uk/2007/02/14/igizmodo-the-gadget-world-shamelessly-steals-other-tech-sites-content/comment-page-1/#comment-767 james Wed, 14 Feb 2007 18:31:28 +0000 http://andymerrett.co.uk/2007/02/14/igizmodo-the-gadget-world-shamelessly-steals-other-tech-sites-content/#comment-767 Hi Andy, igizmodo.com completely ignored my requests to stop republishing our RSS feeds, so we changed several of the hotlinked images to include a "stolen from retrothing.com" watermark and wrote a post that outed the site and encouraged RT readers to complain. They did. The semi-literate owner of the site responded in the post comments that he was removing our RSS content, and that we should be happy he was doing us the favour of republishing our content. He's either very stupid or extremely brazen. Cheers, James Hi Andy,

igizmodo.com completely ignored my requests to stop republishing our RSS feeds, so we changed several of the hotlinked images to include a “stolen from retrothing.com” watermark and wrote a post that outed the site and encouraged RT readers to complain. They did. The semi-literate owner of the site responded in the post comments that he was removing our RSS content, and that we should be happy he was doing us the favour of republishing our content. He’s either very stupid or extremely brazen.

Cheers, James

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