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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Are You Paying To Read This Post?  You Don't Have To!</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/03/06/are-you-paying-to-read-this-post-you-don-t-have-to.aspx</link><description>In the age of the blog, it may well be that republishing is the sincerest form of flattery. The same RSS technology that many of you use to read the blog through wonderful rollers like this one also can be turned to far more nefarious purposes. I'm going</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>re: Are You Paying To Read This Post?  You Don't Have To!</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/03/06/are-you-paying-to-read-this-post-you-don-t-have-to.aspx#2974235</link><pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 19:59:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2974235</guid><dc:creator>Hugo Kornelis</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Hi Ward,&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;This bothers me very much. I'd love to check whether those (expletive deleted) are ripping people off with my blog's content as well.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Can you send me an email with their URL, so that I can check it out? You can reach me on hugo at perFact dot info.&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>Yet Another Blog You Should Check Out</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/03/06/are-you-paying-to-read-this-post-you-don-t-have-to.aspx#2976717</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 05:56:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2976717</guid><dc:creator>Ward Pond's SQL Server blog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;The comment space for yesterday's rant about the web site that's charging for access to MSDN and TechNet&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Are You Paying To Read This Post?  You Don't Have To!</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/03/06/are-you-paying-to-read-this-post-you-don-t-have-to.aspx#2976944</link><pubDate>Sat, 08 Mar 2008 06:31:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2976944</guid><dc:creator>Ward Pond</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;I've sent Hugo the URL, and he's found some of his content on the site.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;If anyone else would like the URL, please contact me via the &amp;quot;Email&amp;quot; link at the top of the left-hand pane.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>re: Are You Paying To Read This Post?  You Don't Have To!</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/03/06/are-you-paying-to-read-this-post-you-don-t-have-to.aspx#2985003</link><pubDate>Mon, 10 Mar 2008 23:10:27 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2985003</guid><dc:creator>Nadyne Mielke</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;It mostly didn't bother me, until I noticed that one of those sites picked up a post of mine about the death of a colleague. &amp;nbsp;That one really bothered me, to have someone else cashing in on death like that. &amp;nbsp;:(&lt;/p&gt;</description></item><item><title>March Omnibus</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/03/06/are-you-paying-to-read-this-post-you-don-t-have-to.aspx#2994503</link><pubDate>Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:03:36 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:2994503</guid><dc:creator>Kevin Kline</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;Kevin gives a run-down of the dozens of SQL Server topics (and other topics) he's been trying to stay on top of.&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>Another Word On For-Fee Aggregators</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/03/06/are-you-paying-to-read-this-post-you-don-t-have-to.aspx#3001998</link><pubDate>Sat, 15 Mar 2008 12:22:59 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3001998</guid><dc:creator>Ward Pond's SQL Server blog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;One more post before I turn in.. Blogging is about passion and community, which may well be two sides&lt;/p&gt;
</description></item><item><title>I Hate to Bring This Up Again..</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wardpond/archive/2008/03/06/are-you-paying-to-read-this-post-you-don-t-have-to.aspx#3203820</link><pubDate>Wed, 18 Feb 2009 05:56:32 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3203820</guid><dc:creator>Ward Pond's SQL Server blog</dc:creator><description>&lt;p&gt;..but, once again, the dark underbelly of human nature has shown itself in my trackback pool.. Back in&lt;/p&gt;
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