http://allanjenkins.mobitype.com/      what is this?

Good question. I've been asking ever since.

You see, http://allanjenkins.mobitype.com/ sucks up every post I make here at Desirable Roasted Coffee, stuffs it into one ugly skin, then publishes it. With no attribution to me or Desirable Roasted Coffee. For commercial gain.

Oh... and it is tailor-made for comment spam. Just check out the "Guest" comment at my post from yesterday. Who made that comment? Why, I did. In 2 seconds. With no sign-on, no "captcha", no security measure whatsoever.

Löic Le Meur ripping me off?

Normally, I would just suck it up. A lot of these post-suckers are untraceable. But not this time... Mobitype is a subsidiary of Tekora. And who chairs the Board of Directors of Tekora? None other than Löic Le Meur.

Now, I know what you are asking:

"Allan... Löic Le Meur is a well-respected Web 2.0 liberates-everything-blogger. His strapline is 'traditional media send messages. Blogs start discussions.' Surely you don't mean that Löic Le Meur?"

But I do.

"Allan... Löic Le Meur is the Euro-guy for Moveable Type and Typepad, the platforms you recommend to clients. Why would he be associated with a venture that rips off content without blinking?"

I don't know, but I assure you I will find out. I've written him to ask. I've written Mobitype. I've written Tekora. I'll let you know how it turns out.

For now, I am going to explain to newcomers to the Internet and social media the terms of the  average Creative Commons license and, specifically, the terms you agree to if you want to use my content

Read my Creative Commons License -- or take your chances

The Creative Commons license for Desirable Roasted Coffee is explained here. You'd have to be pretty stupid not to understand it, but let me spell it out for the slow people.

You may use my content if:

1) you attribute it to me. You must link to me and credit me.

2) you do not use my content for your commercial gain, unless I specifically allow you to do so. I have never done so.

3) if you alter my content, the resulting content must also be licensed under the same rules.

I am offering, though, a "We are stupid as dirt" license to companies, like Mobitype, who reprint my content without permission, attribution, for money, or in an altered form.

The contract terms are simple:

1) You may reprint my posts for a fee of €100 ex VAT  per day per post.
2) You may not print comments to those posts, nor may you allow comments to those posts through any other medium than I specify.
3) You accept an indemnity of €100 for every "spam" or frivolous post sent through your system to my weblog.

By publishing this post or any future post to Desirable Roasted Coffee, you accept these terms.

Desirable Roasted Coffee is a registered business in the Kingdom of Denmark. All disputes about this agreement will be venued in the Admiralty and Commerce Court of Copenhagen.

I think this is fair.

Correction March 20, 8:45AM: I see that my mail to Löic bounced back because of my misstyping the address. I've sent it again.