Beware of Scrapers

Posted on September 22, 2010 by greenbucks| 12 Comments

Early on, we have been taught that cheating is bad. It is bad and perhaps some or most of us have gone through the consequences of any cheating we may (or may not) have done.

Cheating is evil. It is synonymous with stealing, just as these two other words are synonymous with plagiarism.

Plagiarism?

Plagiarism is defined in dictionaries as “the wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author’s language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one’s own original work.”

Now there is this guy, a crappy scraper who started copying recipes AND photos of food bloggers some of whom I happen to know. No, I will not link his blog url here.

Proof. First time I encountered and had frozen Yakiniku beef, I looked for recipes in the net and I landed on this page.

Blog featured above had several entries copied by the scraper (whose url I will not post because it will give him more traffic).

I was so surprised to know that several of my friends’ recipes and photos were copied.

I can haz screenshots of this scraper’s FB fan page with a fan base of 900+ Merde! You’ve been had!

Grabe! Scrapers/plagiarists like you are also called ______________.

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Peachy’s post about the plagiarist

JMom’s Plagiarism People Never Learn post

Oggi’s recipe and photos were stolen too

Thess in “A Thief was Found”

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12 Responses to Beware of Scrapers

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  2. Ebie | September 25, 2010 at 5:33 am |

    Hi Teacher J, I have read somewhere that if you write a complaint, they will take down the site or blog.

    I know that some of my photos are stolen, but I do not know how to find out.

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  4. thess | September 22, 2010 at 1:42 pm |

    TJ, hindi tatablan nor titigil yan sa ginagawa nya dahil enjoy sa title na ‘chef’ at few bucks na nakukuha sa ads sa blogs nya. Madami syang FB pages and blogs!
    But his time will come….

  5. greenbucks | September 22, 2010 at 1:06 pm |

    Iska, napanaginipan ko pa nga tong blag ng kumag na to, grrr….

  6. iska | September 22, 2010 at 12:08 pm |

    Hay naku, I have so much work that needs to be finish adn I am not making any progress. Sa dami ng reporting na ginawa ko. I should make apost about this person, too. Hindi ko pa nagagawa tuloy.

  7. greenbucks | September 22, 2010 at 12:02 pm |

    Jenn, yung nga ang sobrang kapal to the max, yung “MY…” hay naku…

  8. Jenn | September 22, 2010 at 11:26 am |

    Bilib din naman ako sa tyaga nito mangopya! Ang ikinaiinis ko lang, may titles pa siyang “MY Skinless Longganisa,” my my ka diyan, kopya lang naman.

  9. greenbucks | September 22, 2010 at 11:02 am |

    Sana but the way he copied one after the other, baka di tablan ito

  10. greenbucks | September 22, 2010 at 11:01 am |

    Never seen anything like this one, grabe talaga

  11. Arlene | September 22, 2010 at 10:56 am |

    sana he will learn his lesson – the hard way.

  12. peachkins | September 22, 2010 at 10:35 am |

    Down with the evil blogger!!!!hehe..

    Ang kafal ng feslak nito..SOBRA!

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