Yesterday I was plagerized for the first time.
Without giving any more attention to the blog that did this, I responded by tweeting to that person, as well as some of my friends attempted to inform this ‘blogger’ what plagerism is, and the blog in question was removed.
This thief then attempted to explain to me, that what I read wasnt plagerism….but I certainly beg to differ.
So, heres what I consider plagerism:
* If my blog post is copy-pasted (I dont care if you claim its an RSS feed) and I have to click “Read more” to see my original post, its plagerism.
* If your blog features other peoples work, without trackbacks to the orginal blog, its plagerism.
* If you do not post on your site, that you have used RSS feeds to create your content, its plagerism.
Im glad that people outside of my circle of friends have read my blog. That is appreciated. To say otherwise, would be a lie. However, if you like what Ive posted, post a comment….do not take my content/my opinions and give the impression that they are your own.
If you disagree with what Ive posted, post a comment as well. Or, better yet, post your own ‘take’ and include a link to my original post (this creates a trackback).
Its called courtesy and it shows that you have journalistic integrity.
I should not have to call you out on twitter and facebook in order to show you what this means.
And honestly, your claim of featuring my RSS feed on your blog is bulloney. If this was so, this would not be the first time I have seen my blog title other than on my own site.
Your other claim that you were ‘only trying to give my blog attention’ is also a load of crap. My ego is not that big that I dont care where my blog is copied to – and that I dont care as long as its read.
If you cant abide by simple common courtesy, Id rather not have you read OR share my take.
And Im sure the reason you cannot begin to understand why Im angry about this, is that NONE of what you posted on what you call your blog is original content that you have worked hard on!
August 13, 2010 at 5:04 pm
I TOTALLY can appreciate this blog. When I used to run my Clooney website, I can’t tell you how many people would steal my scanned photos to use on their own pages. A few even brazenly set their sites up to be exactly like mine. It used to drive me nuts.
The only thing I disagree with is the generic “tweet” about plagerism. Some people are too dense to take the hint. Others simply don’t care. I think you should have e-mailed the person directly and confronted them.
August 13, 2010 at 11:45 pm
Ida-
I would have emailed the person in question but they tweeted their hijacked version, so I went to twitter to vent first 🙂
August 14, 2010 at 7:25 am
Ms Sheila, and people,
first, the word is “plagiarism”, not other.
Second, this may be misunderstanding, you probably are not familiar with this technology, public rss feeds.
So twitter.com/911news is using this feed, which is the titles of blog posts. if there is a link there, it goes to original http://factsnotfairies.blogspot.com/ blog. And the titles are properly signed – attributed, by “factsnotfairies:” attached to each title post.
BUT. if you do not like, Ms Sheila, and i will presume you are the owner entitled to speak for http://factsnotfairies.blogspot.com/ , THEN I AM REMOVING this feed as of this moment, if you do not like to call attention to your blog, with this rss techonlogy.
So, no need to use stronger words, just communicate your wishes regarding your public rss feed.
See, this is net, all public, a lot of people have troubles with “stealing”, using, referencing others stuff. ..Even big players do not like small sites even link to them, since they became ore successful, in terms of visit counts – lets mention drudgereport.com, and huffpost.com ..
well, here it is.
i hope you this is solved, and you are having a good time on there net, blogging and stuff.
and what pictures regards, its easy to download from the net. best is to mark them with your text, address, or some message.
Sincerely
Petr Buben
911UnitedWeInvestigate.blogspot.com
August 14, 2010 at 7:53 am
done! … factsnotfairies.blogspot.com ‘s public rss feed is no more used – listed – in @911news and @worldnewsrecord directories ….. sounds good? … are your expectations now met, Ms Sheila?
i might have been attributing better with full factsnotfairies.blogspot.com name, but that would displaced out most of message proper, since silly twitter limits free speech to 140 chars only …. well this http://twitlonger.com i just discovered is good for this !
greetings
Petr Buben
http://facebook.com/petr.buben
http://twitter.com/911news
http://ae911truth.org
August 15, 2010 at 8:56 am
Petr
If your blog uses these feeds to create content, then you do not host a blog with original content.
THIS is my point.
And in case all my tweets were not clear enough, I do not wish to have my content used in this manner.
I now have added a TWEET button so MY content can be tracked back when and if someone wishes to share it.
Its very simple to understand.