TBO borrows from TampaBLAB
ATTENTION TampaBLAB BLOGGERS:
From approximately April 30 to July 15, 2009, we believe TBO.com
republished every post that appeared on TampaBLAB (and a few other
local blogs). They did this without the permission of TampaBLAB, and
therefore each instance may have been a violation of copyright laws.
I have been in contact with TBO, and they immediately stopped the
practice.
In each instance,
A. Your title was used as the TBO.com title.
B. The text “Opinion TampaBLAB” appeared under the title.
C. The text (and images) of the beginning* of your article appeared.
D. A hyperlink at the bottom read “Full Story>>>”, and linked through
TampaBLAB straight to your blog.
*As you may know, TampaBLAB publishes the first 20 to 50 words of your
posts automatically, and if visitors want to read the entire post (or
comment), they must click on the headline, which brings them directly
to your site. However, if you wrote a short (under 50 words) article,
it was likely posted on TBO in its entirety.
If you have signed your blog up with TampaBLAB, please visit our new Google Group at http://groups.google.com/group/tampablab/ and ask for an invitation to join. Feel free to comment here, too.
