I give to you: The Luxury Travel Plagiarist
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Sort of a fine line, isn't it? Reprinting original work without permission but providing a 'HT' may not meet the dictionary definition of plagiarism since there is a cite, but wouldn't a blogger best practice be to simply describe and provide a link to that original material rather than reprinting it?
LOL, did I just use 'blogger' and 'best practice' in the same sentence!?!?
LOL, did I just use 'blogger' and 'best practice' in the same sentence!?!?
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And that is sad because I've met him a couple of times and found him well spoken and thoughtful if not a little too focused on the 'deal' angle.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
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that is my whole point. im talking about what people accused gary of.
and what is the title of this thread, that someone replied mentioning gary.
many of blogs discussed here allow specificity to go out the window.
that would apply to gary, as well as those accusing gary of plagiarism.
and what is the title of this thread, that someone replied mentioning gary.
many of blogs discussed here allow specificity to go out the window.
that would apply to gary, as well as those accusing gary of plagiarism.
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Plagiarism and the trademark/intellectual property concept of "fair use" are not congruous terms. Although plagiarism could be a part of a fair use complaint, a fair use action does not require an allegation that the defendant failed to identify and credit his source.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_use
I'm not a blogger, but I'd be mad too if I had spent time compiling a list and other people started re-posting it without my permission.
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One of my posts was quoted verbatim by a blogger and was the primary content of that day's blog, but he was very respectful about it. He asked permission first and credited me properly, including MP where the post had appeared.
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Credit posted alongside images or text is still copyright infringement. Doesn't make it okay without explicit permission from the content creator.
Source: Am photographer who has had plenty of work stolen, deal with this nearly daily, and have made a decent amount of money from infringement suits because people think it's okay to just lift and re-post with a credit link. Nope.
^ And that's how it should be.
Source: Am photographer who has had plenty of work stolen, deal with this nearly daily, and have made a decent amount of money from infringement suits because people think it's okay to just lift and re-post with a credit link. Nope.
^ And that's how it should be.
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That really viral story about a Singapore Suites flight report last October (like mega-viral) included five paragraphs completely lifted from a variety of my articles as well as two pictures.
Infringement without credit annoys me but I usually don't go beyond sending them a note. This guy was blatant, so that was a fun day fighting back.
Infringement without credit annoys me but I usually don't go beyond sending them a note. This guy was blatant, so that was a fun day fighting back.
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