My blog is beginning to be somewhat successful, and after finding my content in various places without attribution I'm a little nervous.
I'm using Wordpress, hosted somewhere else... What sort of steps should I be taking to protect my content? I've certainly no problem with people quoting a bit, etc. but I take a dim view of someone reposting an entire article with new ads, etc.
I'm aware that a lot of sites simply steal and make use of your feeds - anyway to stop that short of not having full feeds?
Also, what sort of copyright notice should I be employing that both protects me and separates me from any comments people may make?
Thanks!
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