Protect Web Content in Coldfusion

Question

Our website is run on CF7, Windows 2000.
We recently discovered that a clone of our site was made by a competitor using Teleport Pro. I am looking for a method, or application that will protect our content in .cfm pages.
The robot.txt file is ignored by bad spiders, such as Teleport Pro, so this is not an option. We have considered TagsLock Pro by AeroTags; however this seems to be an application for HTML files only (tried contacting the vendor for clarification with no response as yet).
I would greatly appreciate any pointers for methods/applications that will protect our content. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

The copyright symbol, or lack thereof, does absolutely nothing to protect your content. It is NOT necessary (Note that the fact that it is not necessary does NOT mean that it is not a good idea). Copyright is implied from the moment of creation. This post I just created is copyright by me. Your response is copyright by you.
Basically, if YOU did not create something, or YOU did not get explicit permission to use it from the original owner, then YOU do not have the rights to use it. The concept is trivially simple.
That being said, the copyright symbol is is a way of letting people know that YOU acknowlege YOUR copyright to the work in question.It is akin to a "Beware of Dog" sign. The sign itself is of no real strength or importance, other than to inform OTHERS that you acknowlege your copyright. It implies that you will defend that copyright in the event that it is violated.
So, if you find that someone has copied your work, the fact that you did not have a copyright symbol is of no consequence, and, as you can imagine, it will not stop someone with the ethical nature that would allow themselves to copy someone else's work anyway.
The formal FILING of a copyright is the device used to establish a DATE OF ORIGIN. With this formality in place, you can demonstrate that your document was created BEFORE the other party's, when there may be no other way of proving it. Again, there is no real protection in place. The only time this would come into play is AFTER you sued someone for copyright infringement.
Another way to establish a date of origin is to print a copy of your work, put it in an envelope and MAIL IT to yourself via registered mail. When you receive it, DO NOT OPEN IT. File it away until an argument arises. The post mark on the sealed envelope will help establish a date of origin.