If you missed my bulletin on Myspace earlier, I recently found out that Industrial-lyrics.com has been the target of content stealing web bots. (And the Industrial-lyrics.com forum has been under attack by porn and pharmacy bots
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Is there anything that can be done regarding reporting the sites in question to their ISP? I realise it may be a bit iffy as it's technically not a copyright issue - although if you've had to get permission from some of the bands to post their lyrics, that's a matter for debate really. Hmm.
How big is the ISP? How likely is it that folks using from that ISP will be accessing your site? I think banning the ISP is the simplest solution. Unless you're talking about something huge like AOL, Earthlink, or Comcast (or other popular broadband/DSL providers), I don't think banning the ISP should be an issue.
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But if you think about it, the fact that robots busting in and stealing peoples' stuff is becoming a problem now is kind of awesome. Or not.
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you can make it a little more difficult for them, but not impossible.
my advice, relax, let people get the lyrics and use them as they want, even if it is for money.
of course, it's just an advice, you can take it or leave it :)
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Good luck in whatever choice you make!
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