Comments on: Of All the Lame Excuses for Stealing Content http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/08/of-all-the-lame-excuses-for-stealing-content/ The leading source of news covering social media and the blogosphere. Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:18:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nick Gandy http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/08/of-all-the-lame-excuses-for-stealing-content/comment-page-1/#comment-1104800 Nick Gandy Thu, 03 Sep 2009 09:46:14 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11635#comment-1104800 We had content plagiarised (still have) from our Discount Vouchers site http://www.latestdiscountvouchers.co.uk where entire paragraphs were copied onto another discount site that is owned by one of the leaders in the field. In the end we just changed our content because it wasn't that great to start with. The copied content still remains to this day I believe. A few other sites have done the same over the years and one even copied our terms and conditions word for word without changing the website that the T&Cs referred to! It's a problem that doesn't go away, but one that needs to be monitored and action taken where required. Cheers, Nick We had content plagiarised (still have) from our Discount Vouchers site http://www.latestdiscountvouchers.co.uk where entire paragraphs were copied onto another discount site that is owned by one of the leaders in the field. In the end we just changed our content because it wasn’t that great to start with. The copied content still remains to this day I believe.

A few other sites have done the same over the years and one even copied our terms and conditions word for word without changing the website that the T&Cs referred to!

It’s a problem that doesn’t go away, but one that needs to be monitored and action taken where required.

Cheers,

Nick

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]]> By: Tracy http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/08/of-all-the-lame-excuses-for-stealing-content/comment-page-1/#comment-951306 Tracy Wed, 08 Apr 2009 19:31:48 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11635#comment-951306 How can anyone steal 50 posts from Darren? Everyone reads Darren and would know right away! How can anyone steal 50 posts from Darren? Everyone reads Darren and would know right away!

]]> By: Jonathan Bailey http://www.blogherald.com/2009/04/08/of-all-the-lame-excuses-for-stealing-content/comment-page-1/#comment-950910 Jonathan Bailey Wed, 08 Apr 2009 12:57:44 +0000 http://www.blogherald.com/?p=11635#comment-950910 Chris: This is actually very commom behavior among plagiarists. Of the ones I've dealt with, I've had many go public and claim that I was the actual infrniger, ignoring evidence, reality and even physical possibility. You can read about one such experience in my list here: http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/01/07/stupid-plagiarist-tricks/ This is the danger in going public and a big part of why I prefer handling things as quietly as possible. Sometimes though, that just isn't an option. Thanks for the heads up on this story! Chris: This is actually very commom behavior among plagiarists. Of the ones I’ve dealt with, I’ve had many go public and claim that I was the actual infrniger, ignoring evidence, reality and even physical possibility.

You can read about one such experience in my list here:

http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/01/07/stupid-plagiarist-tricks/

This is the danger in going public and a big part of why I prefer handling things as quietly as possible. Sometimes though, that just isn’t an option.

Thanks for the heads up on this story!

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