Are Your Articles Being Stolen?

Publishing content on the Internet can be entertaining. In a few cases it can also be profitable. There are many content farms which encourage us to write for them and earn money. Minimal money of course. The real money goes to the owner of the Website through selling adverts. The Mad Scientist writes for one such content farm and has readers. That means we get a few pennies for each article. However, from time to time, the articles are republished on other sites without permission. This despite a warning at the top of the articles requesting (politely, of course) that this not be done. While it's a compliment to have someone steal our work, it also means we don't get paid for those stolen articles. Anyone publishing content should periodically check that their work hasn't been reproduced without permission. A notorious site for that is zimbio.com. People there just lift our work, even including the warning not to reproduce it. Here is an article about what to do: Are your articles being stolen ? ? Meanwhile keep writing!