Of Note: Plagiarism Today
One of the most frequent complaints from writers that I read about on message boards is that of content theft. Plagiarism Today describes itself as “a site targeted at Webmasters and copyright holders regarding the issue of plagiarism online.”
If you want to learn more about the issues of plagiarism and copyright infringement, Jonathan Bailey’s site, Plagiarism Today, may be just what you are looking for. In fact, in today’s Internet environment I’d call it a must-read for serious content writers.
Recent posts of interest at Plagiarism Today include:
Check Plagiarism Today frequently for more information about this troubling problem.
Note: If you’re consistently posting great information and haven’t seen your blog featured in “Of Note†yet, I apologize. I’ll probably find you soon. I know there are a lot of great blogs out there; I discover more new ones each day. (So many blogs, so little time …)
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I am one of the lucky writers, I have only had my work stolen once(knock on wood). I can’t beleive how common of a problem it is.
Many people plagiarise for popularity and it’s like a mania.when i saw my poem in a website under someone’s pseudonym,i was shocked beyond words.The person that plagiarised was a great,but still i still don’t don’t why he did this.I would say the internet is not a very good place for storing personal stuff and our own creations.
Hi Rosa!
You are lucky indeed. Sadly, many are not so lucky (especially those who publish online).
Rampantheart – I’m sorry that someone stole your poem. Some people think that everything online is public domain. (It’s not.)
Plagiarism/Copyright Infringement is spreading like mold.
Michelle Dresbold, of “Sex Lies and Handwriting,” her coauthor and her publisher, Simon & Schuster were sued for copyright infringement.
Dresbold a Handwriting Experts analysis of the JonBenet Ramsey Ransom Note and published it in her book. She went on National TV and radio claiming it was her work.
If you are going to plagiarize, don’t do it with a famous subject matter and don’t go advertising it on National TV and radio, or on the front cover of your book. Common sense, ya’ think?
More information about this story at these 2 URLS (includes comparison graphics of plagiarized work):
http://www.dailypress.com/news/local/hampton/dp-news_handwriting_1019oct19,0,6282604.story
http://www.forumsforjustice.org/forums/showthread.php?t=8837
Side note: Dresbold’s coauthors last job was at Random House Books. He was an editor. His job? When a Random House author wanted to use specific graphics/photos/images, he would find the owner of the image, ask permission for use, then pay the owner a licensing fee. How ironic!
Hi Detector! Thanks for all of the additional information about plagiarism.
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