As far as the graphic snatching goes, you can fix that very easily. Just change the name of the image you host, both the file name and in the HTML of the post. The thief will have no image, then. Even better, come up with a new image and give it the name of the old one. Don't post it on your site, but just have it on your server. It might be a graphic of some text saying something like "this is a stolen image". You might even add a cartoon thief or something.
Even better, you could make the graphic say "this article was stolen by this website operator without permission from the author." That would get the point across.
I never properly set up my RSS feeds (I imagine many in the parenting niche don't know how to set up a reader, like me!) so I'm thinking they'd be the full content- why?
These kinds of scrapers do only post a part of your article with a link back to your site to "read more." I think that's how they keep from getting nailed for copyright infringement. What I don't understand though, is what good it does them to send a reader off site.
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