Blogs that use other people's content

[RawAlex]

If you are not comfortable where the content for a blog / site / gallery / whatever is coming from, then don't link to it. You should never encourage thieves at any time. There are a number of VERY large sites on the net right now (I won't mention any names, but you Can Jump to your own conclusions) that generate huge traffic and money from purloined, lifted, copied, and basically stolen content. They use the tired old "if this is your and you don't want it here, drop us an email" type excuses for their content. Many of them spray their URL all over videos and pics that are not their own.

Typical of many things on the net, most people know it, most people don't like it, but most people turn a blind eye because "they know the guy" or "they partied with them in vegas" or whatever.

Spam, theft, toolbars, hacking, viruses... it's all the same stuff. Our own tolerance of it makes it painful to watch.

Alex