Full or partial? That is the big RSS question that continues to be debated in the blogosphere. Some like it full; some like it partial. Each side has good reasons and sound arguments for both. However, much like hardcopy text, digital text also has issues with certain unsavory characters lifting or borrowing without asking.

Recently, Creative Weblogging editor, Dameon Welch-Abernathy, who writes for a number of our blogs including the Gadgets Weblog, the VOIP Weblog, and I Got Spam, had this to say at his own blog, The PhoneBoyBlog, about RSS and one of the big issues he has had to deal with full RSS feeds:

One of the problems I've dealt with since back in the days where phoneboy.com was a resource for information on Check Point FireWall-1 is plagiarism. My content was appearing in places I didn't authorize it to be without due credit given to me. Really didn't like it then, and I'm certainly not a fan of it now.

Do you agree? Are full feeds just a way to encourage plagiarism?