In this way, the bandits save space and resources on their own servers at the expense of others. Every time the bandit's page is accessed, the original site is also accessed and slows down response time for legitimate visitors. No registration process is required. If no original contribution has been made by the publisher it is not copyrighted. You may be thinking that no one really gets hurt when web content is stolen.
Theft can also ruin a site for everyone.
One example of the repercussions of content theft had to do with, of all people, humor columnist Dave Barry of the Miami Herald. Dave Barry's column was being published on the web to attract his loyal readers to the Herald's web site. One of these visitors naively decided to post the columns to a mailing list dedicated to humor. Soon enough, the column was being circulated throughout the web without permission and without giving credit to the original publisher. When the Herald discovered this theft, the column was removed from the web site, denying it to many readers throughout the country.