alt Hacker News> If you have a public website, they are already stealing your work.
I have a public website, and web scrapers are stealing my work. I just stole this article, and you are stealing my comment. Thieves, thieves, and nothing but thieves!
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I agree theft isn't a good analogy, but there is something similar going on. I put my words out into the world as a form of sharing. I enjoy reading things others write and share freely, so I write so others might enjoy the things I write. But now the things I write and share freely are being used to put money in the bank accounts of the worst people on the planet. They are using my work in a way I don't want it to be used. It makes me not want to share anymore.
> nothing but thieves! cool band btw
If someone hands out cookies in the supermarket, are you allowed to grab everything and leave?
The problem I have, is they hammer my site so hard they take it down.
The content is for everyone. They can have it. Just don't also take it away from everybody else.