willthegeek: interesting, and it's certainly something I've considered in the process of the article submission process.
But...the way I look at it, for every idiot like that, there are at least 10-15 people who will take my article and use it the way I intended it (as a "linkware" article).
Some people (e.g. Corey Bryant from right here at WPW...big up to Corey) have taken the time to link directly to articles on my site while not only giving me credit for writing it, but complimenting the article and various aspects of it.
So chasing down the odd loser who might take my article and claim it as his own just isn't worth it. Eventually, these guys end up either getting found out or moving on to something else anyway, and with a fairly expansive distribution of all of my articles already, it doesn't really concern me all that much.
Besides, article submission isn't the only way I promote sites.
I do appreciate your comments and thoughts; don't get me wrong or anything like that. It's a valid point. It's just that the amount of time and energy it would take to launch any kind of action on these people vs. the net gain of doing so just doesn't work out in my favour.
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