Halp Pls?

[luthaiseakit]

Erm...

Whilst googling 'luthaisea'  (I'm vain and nosey, deal with it) I came across this  - http://www.scoop.it/t/larp/p/1048039706/luthaisea-s-kit-astrid-and-the-lorien-trust

It would appear my blog post on Astrid's kit now appears in some kind of online larp magazine?  Only I wasn't asked and I have no idea what it is or anything.  If you click on it it takes you to my blog and stuff and they don't make out they've written it or anything but still...  Should I be annoyed?  Do I want to get it taken down and if so how on earth do I go about that?

I have sod all internet savvy.  Please give advice?

Comments

[pujaemuss.livejournal.com]

How annoyed you want to be depends on how much you like people finding your blog. It's rude not to ask permission, certainly, but as far as I can see, you have to go to your blog (from the link) to actually read the full post and there appears to be no real downside to letting him use your content.

However, it is rude and you would be well within your rights to ask him to take it down. Obviously, that would have the disadvantage of removing the free traffic you get from it.

If you do want it removed, then an e-mail to him giving him a deadline of two weeks to remove the link would be my first step. If he refuses or doesn't answer, then e-mail the host, scoop.it and tell them you want it removed.

PJW

[dantarian.livejournal.com]

Looks to me like this is some sort of curated links collection - a bit like the way @WeLoveBath works on Twitter. This sort of thing is fairly common on the internet these days. It has a similar look and feel to the QI site, too.

As Peter says, the most likely result of this is that more people will find your blog. If you think this is a good thing, then you can probably just leave it be.

On the other hand, if you don't want it there, I'd go for a polite email asking them to take the link down. Not too sure if there's much more you can do - the legal side is very confusing, particularly as there are likely multiple jurisdictions involved (scoop.it is an Italian domain, for one thing).

Not entirely sure I'd call it rude - there's definitely an internet subculture in which it's seen as positive to share blog posts you've found. Maybe a culture clash?

[baloonworld.livejournal.com]

It does seem to be some people with a list of Cool LARP Things. The question is what is your kit blog for - is it a diary for you, a way of telling your friends what you've been making? A offering to the wider LARP community on what cool kit could look like? A way to drive traffic to the blog shop or to get people to commission things from you?

[helbling.livejournal.com]

It is considered good online etiquette to ask before reposting or reblogging, unless the aforementioned site already has something in their FAQs answering that question. However, it is considered a far bigger faux pas to reblog without acknowledgement or a link back.

So, is this ham fisted and not particularly well done? Yes. Is it overly malicious? I don't think so. As everyone has already said, it really comes down to what you want done with it - if you're happy with whatever extra traffic you get, leave it. If you'd like them to take it down for whatever reason - perhaps if they're hotlinking your images or the like - then an email to them asking is the way to go. Technically, hosting copy righted material without the owner's permission is a bad thing, so if they refuse, you can contact their hosting provider and tell them, who should be able to insist they remove it or they will do it for them (we've done this). If they cut the reference back to solely a link to your site, this becomes more nebulous.

[lilacivy.livejournal.com]

What does hotlinking mean? :S

[xanthipe]

Directly linking to content like images on someone else's server. Generally bad because it eats their bandwidth, avoids ads for those who rely on them and frequently the content isn't attributed to its owner.