If you need help with that, i’ve got a stock letter on my site anyone here is more than free to use. But if you don’t meet the requirements, it is unlikely most hosts, at least in the U.S., will work with you on this matter.

Hope that helps and let me know if there is anything that I can do to assist!

Thanks for compliments. Hope you found post useful.

I hadn’t run into copygator before, thanks for mentioning that. And RSS Footer plugin, I’ll find other uses as well, so this was most useful.

As a blogger it’s important to understand that ignorance and misinformation about copyright law and fair use has escalated and the numbers of content thieves and e-beggars has dramatically increased. Bloggers are expected to be able to sort facts from fiction, so if you are a newcomer becoming familiar with copyright law is part of the territory.

As I am a paralegal I have created a collection of posts on these issues that include copyright basics for bloggers; fair use limitations; plagiarism versus copyright infringement; how to copyright your digital works; preventing content theft; how to spot a splog; tracing who has stolen your content; and what to do when your content is stolen.

Using both deep linking to earlier posts in your text and using static pages for some content can be helpful ways of preventing some theft. Reducing RSS feeds to “summary” and using anchor text in the first 50 words to link back to the same post can also be helpful as a preventive measure. When all else fails, learning how to make a DMCA complaint is a necessity for bloggers these days.

Your post is a good resource for bloggers and I thank you for creating it. The more informed we bloggers become, and the more we spread that correct information throughout the blogosphere to combat the ignorance and misinformation in circulation, the better things will become for all of us.