I find yet another blogspot blog stealing my posts. I login and decide to see if Google have yet changed their absolutely stupid rules regarding stolen content displayed on their domain:
See the Help link?
Takes you here:
See the Help Center link? Takes you here:
So not only do Google help spammers and sploggers by making it just about impossible to remove them (flagging stuff is a joke. I’ve flagged many blogs and many youtube accounts and it’s has not made the slightest difference) but it also does not let you find out.
And the DMCA?
To file a notice of infringement with us, you must provide a written communication (by fax or regular mail — not by email, except by prior agreement)
As they don’t provide free fax, and as they probably know fax machines are not easily available they choose to use it because it slows everything down to what must be a complete stop for your average blog creator. That’s being pretty evil to your average person.
Edit:
http://www.google.com/dmca.html
If you are sending a large number of URLs in one removal request, please also send an electronic copy of the notice to removals at google dot com.
Why don’t they have an actual email link there? Don’t they trust their own spam software? Are the people on the end of that email afraid of, well, work?
Provide information reasonably sufficient to permit Google to contact you (email address is preferred).
So they want the easy way but you take the hard way?
Apparently Google are hiring. I looked through several pages of their jobs. I couldn’t find a single one that was focused on user support. Now what does that tell you?
