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.
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Date: 2012-10-11 10:20 am (UTC)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.