Welcome to the Q&A Forum

I am more of a layperson, and joined this site to research certain topics.

I wrote a blog post on the topic of RSS feed scraping and content theft .. which if I understand it was not exactly the OP question.

Having read the other answers here, however, I am actually wondering if my blog post is inaccurate ... or incomplete, and needs correction.

Are you all saying that there is no harm in your RSS feed being scraped, and it might actually be helpful due to the backlinks you might get?  Or are you saying that Google ignores those links as it is clear they come from an RSS feed?

Or, am I misunderstanding your point entirely?

THanks for clarifyingl  Here is the post if anyone wants to scan it and respond.

http://info.icopyright.com/discovery-copyright-infringement-detection/blog-content-theft-protect-your-blog-from-rss-feed-scrapers

Thanks

PS if I have misunderstood the protocol, and am not to piggyback on someone elses topic, or add a link, please advise.  My first foray into this forum

Looks like you are in the UK ...

1. Copyright/ DMCA Takedown Process

Copyright laws differ country to country, but in the USA the minute she wrote the article  (not posted it ... actually wrote it and gave her ideas a tangible form) she owned the copyrights.

Showing proof of that -- and the timeframe -- should not be too hard. (email, draft doc. etc.)

In the US, we have something called a DMCA takedown letter.  You write a letter to the infringing site's ISP documenting the proof, and the content gets taken down.

( In the UK, is there the equivalent to the US DMCA take down procedure)?

This is how we do it in the US:

http://info.icopyright.com/discovery-copyright-infringement-detection/how-to-use-a-dmca-takedown-notice-to-protect-your-online-brand

2. Social Media Peer Pressure:

If you are active in social media ... don't underestimate the impact of peer pressure.  We wrote about this recently ... might be a good approach , it certainly is used to good effect here.

You publicly out them and have your social community apply some peer pressure to the infringer.  Here is an example:

http://info.icopyright.com/internet-piracy/fighting-online-content-theft-peer-pressure-can-work

Hope these links help.