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These guys are not fans http://www.ericlander.com/324.html

Looks to me like Tynt is trying to head in a new direction with Tracer. I don't see any references on their homepage to the sort of technology that these guys are concerned about.

Re: Tynt: What's being copied from your website right now?

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Years ago I applied a trick I learned from the Associated Press. Back in World War I, the Associated Press suspected that the Hearst newspaper chain was copying their stories from the Russian front, and they began running stories about a fictitious general Nelotsky. When the Hearst newspapers picked up the Nelotsky "story," the AP called them on it, pointing out that the first part of the general's name is just the E…

When I was a kid I had problems with one particular boy always copying my tests in school. I mentioned it to my mum and she suggested I write fake answers in pencil, wait for the boy to copy, and then go back and correct myself in pen.

Similar technique I guess; and he took the hint after a couple of days.

Re: Tynt: What's being copied from your website right now?

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i use http://copygator.com but am interesting in how tynt solution differs

Copygator actually crawls the internet looking for your blog posts. All Tracer does is sniff for a ctrl-c command from someone visiting your website and injects a link into the copied text.
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