Hi,
this is just about as layman’s answer as you’ll ever find since i know nothing about tech stuff …. but I have noticed many scrapers are so damn lazy that not only do they steal instead of making their own content …. but many are too lazy / stupid to take time to remove links that are built into the content.
what i”m saying is …. ad some of your own aff link codes into your content and while this won’t work for every situation ….. it may actually work to your advantage when the thief is too lazy+stupid to take time out to change the aff link codes in the content itself.
not an answer ……. I admit that. but I have seen times when content thieves actually published the aff codes belonging to the original writers. I’d also include as many times as possible a reference to your website.
I’m guilty of not listening to my own advice and I’m glad you started this thread because it has served as a reminder to myself to do these things.
I also recall someone that had their images stolen from their website and they replaced them with some of the ugliest, most sickening porn pictures with the added text below the pics saying ……. this is what happens when a website steals images from another ….. its too gross to go into detail but trust me …. as sick as it was … it was also too damn funny!
wish I had more to offer because content thieves are the lowest forms of life. I mean …. how freakin’ hard is it to change a few words around and make it your own? I have no problem with that. I mean you can only say … hit an eleven in blackjack so many ways …… right? so in my eyes …. most of what is said about gambling has already been said …… probably a more than a hundred years ago if you want to get down to it. we all learned somehow right? its true some learned by experience but i would bet 90% of us that write about gambling …. learned in one way or another …. by reading how to play on some kind of format.
so stealing? not if it is not word for word from my perspective. Gambling is about like sex. its been around so long that at best case scenario …. somebody has come up with a new or semi-different approach to the subject but lets face it …. when it gets down to the actual deed. ….. its either hit or stay ….. / lay ….. or get away ….. eh?
*sorry ……couldn’t resist the pun. feel free to sue me at [email protected] ….. or send dirty pictures via my PM 
onery tonight aren’t I?