User-agent: *
Disallow: /tape/

# Block GPT Crawler
User-agent: GPTBot
Disallow: /

# Block Google
User-agent: Googlebot
Disallow: /

# Block Microsoft
User-agent: Bingbot
Disallow: /

# The next three are borrowed from https://www.videolan.org/robots.txt

# > This robot collects content from the Internet for the sole purpose of # helping educational institutions prevent plagiarism. [...] we compare student papers against the content we find on the Internet to see if we # can find similarities. (http://www.turnitin.com/robot/crawlerinfo.html)
#  --> .
User-Agent: TurnitinBot
Disallow: /

# > NameProtect engages in crawling activity in search of a wide range of brand and other intellectual property violations that may be of interest to our clients. (http://www.nameprotect.com/botinfo.html)
#  --> .
User-Agent: NPBot
Disallow: /

# iThenticate is a new service we have developed to combat the piracy of intellectual property and ensure the originality of written work for# publishers, non-profit agencies, corporations, and newspapers. (http://www.slysearch.com/)
#  --> .
User-Agent: SlySearch
Disallow: /

# BLEXBot assists internet marketers to get information on the link structure of sites and their interlinking on the web, to avoid any technical and possible legal issues and improve overall online experience. (http://webmeup-crawler.com/)
# --> .
User-Agent: BLEXBot
Disallow: /

# Providing Intellectual Property professionals with superior brand protection services by artfully merging the latest technology with expert analysis. (https://www.checkmarknetwork.com/spider.html/)
# "The Internet is just way to big to effectively police alone." (ACTUAL quote)
# --> .
User-agent: CheckMarkNetwork/1.0 (+https://www.checkmarknetwork.com/spider.html)
Disallow: /

# Stop trademark violations and affiliate non-compliance in paid search. Automatically monitor your partner and affiliates’ online marketing to protect yourself from harmful brand violations and regulatory risks. We regularly crawl websites on behalf of our clients to ensure content compliance with brand and regulatory guidelines. (https://www.brandverity.com/why-is-brandverity-visiting-me)
# --> .
User-agent: BrandVerity/1.0
Disallow: /