I first heard about the whole sordid mess from Ann  last week.  But when I took her advice and went here to see if I was a victim, I didn’t turn up.  I figured since I used the aggregate search and none of my key words–fuctard, Diva Girl, and Zen Baby, in case you were wondering– popped up, I wasn’t affected. 

I figured I just wasn’t plaigerism-worthy (sniff).  I figured wrong. 

Mary P’s another victim.  Like me, she didn’t turn up in the more sophisticated aggregate search.  But the dead simple strategy of simply searching the blog listings for hers turned her right up.  So I checked again. 

And the bastards got me.  Twice. 

Now, I’m pretty much a luddite with a keyboard and DSL, so I’m not even going to attempt to delve into the whole “how to protect your blog” thing.  Ann and Mary P both have excellent links about that.  What I am going to do is sic a major corporation on their plaigerizing asses.

See, Ms Sisyphus is a labour of love.  (Yes, I snark because I love.)  But Solo Mom?  That’s a job.  A job I like, but a job nonetheless.  NBC pays me for those posts (and how cool is that?  My paycheques?  Have NBC stamped on them.).  And according to my contract, NBC owns that content.  Somehow, I don’t think they’re going to be to jazzed about the shiticales stealing their ad revenue.  You think I write nasty letters to the Fuctard?  Man, I cannot wait to see what iVillage sends to these bastards.