On January 9 last I lost the plot and flew into a rage after finding some scumbag in India had plagiarised at least 500 of my blog posts. If I understood Scott Kernaghan correctly at the time, these illegally lifted posts are being used as some "click through" device to raise revenue for a thing called Harry Yadav. Richard Polt, as always, managed to calm me down and I complained to Google that day, even before Scott had sent instructions on how to do so.
OK, that was on January 9. Yesterday, more than a month later, I got this reply from "The Google Team" (Note the capital letters on The and Team - like the A-Team, except this lot are the S-Team):
Hello,
OK, that was on January 9. Yesterday, more than a month later, I got this reply from "The Google Team" (Note the capital letters on The and Team - like the A-Team, except this lot are the S-Team):
Hello,
Thanks for reaching out to us.
It is unclear to us what the specific copyrighted work or works are that you are asserting have been infringed. Could you please provide more detail by identifying the work or a representative list of works? It would be helpful if you could provide us with a link to the original source of the copyrighted work. Once we understand better what your contentions are, we'll be able to further investigate the issue and take the appropriate actions.
Regards,
The Google Team
It is unclear to us what the specific copyrighted work or works are that you are asserting have been infringed!!!
What the ... !!! 500 blog posts and it's not clear to these idiots!
They don't understand my contentions???
What's there to get?
What's there to get?
So what am I to do? Identify more than 500 individual blog posts? Is it worth the effort? It strikes me, as I was warned, that Google don't really give a stuff, don't want to make an effort to stop this illegal activity and would prefer to brush it under the Google carpet by being difficult.
What a pack of clowns!