I’d like to introduce you to one of the most phenominally stupid people on the internet. But first, a little background…

In 2005, I wrote a review of the Rich Jerk ebook. I then split that article into two parts, and submitted the first part to the major article directories. In the resource box was a link back to my full review, (which you can view here: My Original Rich Jerk Review)

I’ve gotten some good traffic and some good sales from that one article…

Fast forward to today:

I stumble across this page: http://www.itsmyjourney.com/Reviews/TheRichJerkReview.aspx

(go ahead and follow the link - I want the moron to see traffic from here and come back to investigate who’s linking to him)

It’s pretty amazing how similar that page is to my review… with a couple exceptions. Instead of using the article I wrote and maintaining the link in my resource box, this buffoon has copied my whole review, removed all mention of me, and placed his own affiliate links into it.

Now, I’m not pointing this out to you as an example of blatant copyright infringement (which, of course, it is)… no, copyright infringement occurs all the time on the internet, and I’m sure there’s 10 other sites just like his that are illegally using my content.

What’s so monumentally stupid about this guy is that he actually copied and pasted directly from my website to his own website, grabbing the gif smiley image I was using. Yep, that’s right - the smiley image on his page is coming from my page (go ahead and check the source… I’ll wait)

Note: I’ve decided to replace the smiley image with something a bit more… interesting :)

So, because this guy apparently doesn’t have two brain cells to rub together, every time someone hits his Rich Jerk review page, MY webstats tell me, and provide me an exact link to where he’s placed the illegal content! Talk about stupid with a capital S!

That’s akin to breaking into a store, and not only not wearing gloves to mask your fingerprints, but also leaving a DNA sample and a photocopy of your driver’s license there for the cops.

Anyway, thanks to this dumb ass, now I have to type up a letter to send to Domains by Proxy to complain about copyright infringement (I guess he was smart enough to pay Godaddy the $8 to mask his identity), talk to my lawyer and pay him to write up a cease and desist letter, and jump through all sorts of hoops to get this guy to stop breaking the law…

If only the idiot had removed that image… I would have been blissfully unaware, and life could have continued as normal…

Ah well - his visitors will get quite an eyefull when they read that article… let’s see if he removes the article, or if he just removes the link to the image…

And, to the owner of ItsMyJourney.com (assuming he locates this post and reads it) - all I ask is that you remove my copyrighted content from your site. If you don’t, then I’ll have to pay my lawyer to deal with you, and that’ll just piss me off more. Thanks in advance for your cooperation.