http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html In a lack of a contact email address on phpfreaks.com (intentionally without any link, see here, why), I send this as an open letter: en CC by-nc-sa Tobias Schlitt Tobias Schlitt <toby@php.net> Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:29:46 +0000 Wed, 19 Nov 2008 22:29:46 +0000 eZ Components Feed dev (http://ezcomponents.org/docs/tutorials/Feed) http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#trackback_1 Back from vacation I found an interessting article via Kore, which deals with the problem of content aggregation, based on German law. The main sense is basically: &quot;Someone who provides forgein content on the net without asking for a permission viola Tobias Schlitt - a passion for php Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:06:28 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_9 Hi! Thanks for your feedback! As I said. I don't have anything against using my content. In fact I appreciate it, else I would not have published it. But the way of adding ads to my content is what makes me upset. The newspaper would be sold for the efforts they have (layouting, printing, etc.). Any other page can use whatever banners near my content as they like. But this case is quite different. Regards, Toby Toby Thu, 20 Jul 2006 23:44:04 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_8 On the one hand, you have a point. On the other though, I think that if you publish your site, you can't expect anybody using your feeds to play by your rules. What if a newspaper publishes information from your article. They sell the newspapers and make money from it. Would you have a problem with that too? Ivo Jansch Thu, 20 Jul 2006 22:38:38 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_7 Check out: http://www.thewebfreaks.com/about.php for names and contact information... Paul Thu, 20 Jul 2006 14:23:25 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_6 Hehe, yeah that one was quite funny. ;) Anyway, I think if lot's of people start blocking their spider it should work out. But since I seem to be the only one complaining against it, I don't have much hope here. Did you consider anything else against their abuse? Toby Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:55:26 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_5 I have actually thought about trying to figure out where they're coming from and block access to the feed from that IP, but it's kind of a silly thing to do. I hate how they put their ads all over everything... (..though I did find it slighly funny when they aggregated this posting to their news section: http://www.phpfreaks.com/articles/736/0.php) enygma Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:52:10 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_4 At least in Germany I can do, AFAIK. Providing an XML feed does not mean, that you are allowed to use the provided content for whatever purpose, re-publish and even modify it. As I said, in general, I have no issue with people aggregating my content, as long as they don't put put ads into my text and make money with exactly my words. Please don't get me wrong. I really appreciate getting aggregated on pages like PHPDevelopers, but the PHPFreaks site is only for the purpose of publishing other peoples content and adding ads to it. Toby Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:12:36 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_3 Tobias, Whois info will provide you both a administrative contact and a technical contact address. Besides the whois part I do wonder if you can deny anyone to use your xml feeds. It might even differ per country. A.f.a.i.k. there is no legal base for this. Regards, Hans Hans Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:07:25 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_2 Hi Wez! Thanks for the hint! Having the maintainer of PHPFreaks living in Germany would give me a legal basis against such stuff, I think. I will have a chat with my lawyer about that. Cheers! Toby Toby Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:05:41 +0000 http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0481_remove_the_aggregation_permission_of_phpfreaks_com.html#comment_1 If you feel so strongly about this, then you might find it interesting to note that we met with one of the people behind phpfreaks at LinuxTag 2003. At that time he was living in Germany--he may still be there, which might mean that you have better legal leverage. http://www.phpfreaks.com/articles/134/0.php?linear=true&sort=1 Wez Furlong Thu, 20 Jul 2006 11:55:14 +0000