Plagiarists shouldn't be hotlinkers

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RJM62 said:
Wow! Google must have disabled their whole blog for plagiarism.

That's a bit more than I was hoping would happen. They're apparently just two kids.

But I guess they needed to learn a lesson about plagiarism -- and I imagined they've learned it now.

-Rich
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You know, next time, you might want to have a picture that describes the plagiarizer, and points them back to the legit source!
 
JeffDG said:
You know, next time, you might want to have a picture that describes the plagiarizer, and points them back to the legit source!
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Actually, the way they copied and pasted the text happened to accomplish that.

For some quirky reason (probably the obsolete JavaScript that site still uses to open the images), the hotlinked thumbnails actually pointed to the pages they appeared on on my site, rather than to the images, when they were clicked. So in a way, the plagiarists did it for me.

But your suggestion's not a bad idea at all. Pointing hotlinkers to a clickable image pointing to the genuine article would be pretty simple.

Also, I don't block hotlinks in general. I individually block only the most egregious ones (usually the ones that combine hotlinking with plagiarism). So maybe your idea is something I should implement. There's no chance for collateral damage because it would be a surgical strike.

Thanks.

-Rich
 
Rich, you're too kind. Back when it was a Slashdot meme (well, memes never really die at Slashdot...) and a going thing, I used to redirect hot linkers to goatse.

For those that don't know, don't Google it.
 
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