Hi @laserjobs –
As a first step, you can block Site Accelerator by adding the following code to your site’s htaccess file:
# Block Photon
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Photon/1.0 [NC]
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
For a DMCA request, you can consult this page:
https://wordpress.com/support/our-dmca-process/
You will need the URL of each piece of content you are seeking to have removed.
Thread Starter
Zee
(@laserjobs)
I have blocked Photon/1.0 and the offending site IP weeks ago and it still there. i0.wp.com is/was scraping thousands of pictures off our site and we don’t have Jetpack or use any other CDN. Do you not have any verification that the site using your CDN is authorized to do so?
All the content uses our domain in the URL, is there a way to block it on your end?
https://i0.wp.com/<ourwebsite>/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/—-
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Zee.
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This reply was modified 4 years, 6 months ago by Zee.
Hello @laserjobs,
I see how frustrating this can be for you and your business.
If you cannot or don’t want to use our contact form to reach out to us directly via email, the best action you take to address this is to report the violation via the DMCA form my colleague has mentioned earlier. Our dedicated team will deal with your request as soon as possible 🙂
Thread Starter
Zee
(@laserjobs)
I think I found a better solution. I have created an image called stolencontent.jpg that I redirect every image that Photon/1.0 bot tries to scrape. This way it announces the offending site is stealing content and where the original content is located.
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} Photon/1.0 [NC]
RewriteRule (.jpg|.gif|.png) /stolencontent.jpg [L]
Hi @laserjobs –
That sounds like a good way for you to deal with the situation.
Photon doesn’t have any kind of authorization mechanism, it’s designed to cache URLs by simply prefixing them, i.e.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/13-08-31-Kochtreffen-Wien-RalfR-N3S_7849-024.jpg
https://i2.wp.com/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e2/13-08-31-Kochtreffen-Wien-RalfR-N3S_7849-024.jpg
Since you have come up with a solution and shared it, I’m going to mark this as resolved.
