Don’t take web copy, photos and various other items from someone else’s web site. Seems like a pretty basic rule to follow, but for some people…well…I guess it isn’t. You have to know it’s wrong. Thanks to technology like Copyscape. It can be pretty easy to find out if you are a victim of web content theft. You don’t have to steal web content or anything else for that matter. There are other avenues one can take. For example, if you aren’t the greatest writer hire someone to write your web content for you. If you would like to use a picture, why not contact the owner and ask for their permission to use it. Don’t let your fear of rejection stop you from doing the right thing. They may in fact grant your request. Think about the consequences of your actions! Your victim has a host of resources they can take against you. It does not have to be this way. Sure their is a talent to writing web content and not everyone has it. If you fit into this category…I’ve already given my advice on this matter, but here it is again…Hire someone to do it for you. If you are a good writer…give yourself the time you need to write, edit and rewrite the content until you get it just write. Will it take days, weeks or months? Perhaps it will. But it will be your words, your time, your effort. Now ask yourself…How would you feel if someone just came along and took it? READ MORE…

Along the same lines…one of THE BEST explanations on copyright infringement I have found was written by Brad Templeton called “10 Big Myths about copyright explained“.

Over the years I have had numerous virtual assistants, WAHMs, etc. take steal information from my sites. If they would have asked permission first, I probably would have said yes. But since they did not, I had to deal with it myself or my attorney had to get involved.

Moral of the story….when you are creating copy for a website, writing an article or creating an info product and you have to ask yourself, “should I use this information?” The answer probably is “no.” But you know, it doesn’t hurt to ask…you may be pleasantly surprised by the reply.

Becki