Comments on: The ethics of automatic blogging http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging Successful Blogging Made Simple Tue, 07 Oct 2008 01:43:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Andrew http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13590 Andrew Wed, 13 Feb 2008 00:29:38 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13590 This is what happens when there are more people talking than there are things to say. This is what happens when there are more people talking than there are things to say.

]]> By: Frank C http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13577 Frank C Mon, 11 Feb 2008 22:25:55 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13577 It's perfectly OK to do this if your name is Google. It isn't against any copyright laws if you republish an excerpted RSS feed and put your ads on it. However, if you're Joe Schmuckatelly from Chicago and you do the same thing, well, you're violating copyrights!!!! There are blog generators out there of varying quality being used in the blackhat community. Some scrap, others Markov, others madlib and a few are starting to use more complex AI algorithms. Just Google around on some high paying Adsense keywords and you'll find examples of all of these. It’s perfectly OK to do this if your name is Google. It isn’t against any copyright laws if you republish an excerpted RSS feed and put your ads on it. However, if you’re Joe Schmuckatelly from Chicago and you do the same thing, well, you’re violating copyrights!!!!

There are blog generators out there of varying quality being used in the blackhat community. Some scrap, others Markov, others madlib and a few are starting to use more complex AI algorithms. Just Google around on some high paying Adsense keywords and you’ll find examples of all of these.

]]> By: parth http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13571 parth Mon, 11 Feb 2008 10:52:22 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13571 isn't the act of re-purposing, re-contextualizing information/content is a form of authorship ? isn’t the act of re-purposing, re-contextualizing information/content is a form of authorship ?

]]> By: Terry Finley http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13569 Terry Finley Sun, 10 Feb 2008 23:12:32 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13569 Whatever happened to blogging just for the joy of blogging? Whatever happened to blogging just
for the joy of blogging?

]]> By: Logan Snow http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13568 Logan Snow Sun, 10 Feb 2008 21:08:15 +0000 http://www.upstartblogger.com/the-ethics-of-automatic-blogging#comment-13568 That is very interesting. To me though it takes the personalization out of it. That is very interesting. To me though it takes the personalization out of it.

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