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Comment spam

WordPress is great. So far it’s caught 100% (after I turned on the feature) of my comment spam. The technique the spammers seem to be using the most is to embed links in an otherwise innocuous looking piece of prose. The most recent one turned out to use content from a book review of Beauty of the Husband. Surely, they wouldn’t be able to argue fair use to defend the practice if someone were to sue them for copyright infringement?