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RJul 31st 2007 5:45PM

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Haha. This is awesome. I've been noticing a couple of different types of blog pirates.

Copy/paste raider..

Like you mentioned here, they copy and paste word for word. But they don't necessarily link back to their own site. If you google around for Ubuntu tutorials, you'll see that a majority of them are all copies of each other. And the worst part about it is they forget to copy/paste some parts, making the tutorial confusing and full of bad info.

The nonchalant booty thief..

When an article is posted on a site, someone leaves a comment like: "Oh what a coincidence, I happened to blog about this same subject matter a few days ago. You can read more about it at my site. ". Of course, the "coincidental" blog entry was written only a few minutes ago, paraphrasing the original source, and backdating the blog entry. And of course, the blog features a button for Digg, Redit, Delicious, and every other Web 2.0 site under the sun.

The internet is funny sometimes.

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