Copy cat! Copy cat! You copy this and that!
Oct 23, 2015, 6:09 pm
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This thread isn't about me, my "law breaking", or anything else but bloggers stealing content. [I'm not a blogger, although I do write trip reports.] They stole my photos, not libel or defamation. And yes, they do in fact sell credit cards under the guise of free first class travel. Meh.
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Oct 23, 2015, 11:38 pm
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This thread isn't about me, my "law breaking", or anything else but bloggers stealing content. [I'm not a blogger, although I do write trip reports.] They stole my photos, not libel or defamation. And yes, they do in fact sell credit cards under the guise of free first class travel. Meh.
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Oct 28, 2015, 6:07 am
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Any one missing the hell out of Forward Cabin, rest easy.
I hear through the grapevine that it has not been booted from Boarding Area for blatant plagiarism, it has only received a 1-week suspension from the Boarding Area main page for a poor reaction to being caught out at blatant plagiarism. Hence the retention of the .boardingarea.com url.
I've also learned that this is not the first time Forward Cabin has been accused of blatant plagiarism.
It's the wild west out there, people. There are no rules. Don't forget to strap on your six-shooter!
I hear through the grapevine that it has not been booted from Boarding Area for blatant plagiarism, it has only received a 1-week suspension from the Boarding Area main page for a poor reaction to being caught out at blatant plagiarism. Hence the retention of the .boardingarea.com url.
I've also learned that this is not the first time Forward Cabin has been accused of blatant plagiarism.
It's the wild west out there, people. There are no rules. Don't forget to strap on your six-shooter!
Oct 28, 2015, 7:11 am
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Discussed (but no answer yet) starting in post #573 of this thread: http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/exter...s-fall-15.html
Jun 16, 2016, 11:00 am
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My blog post: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/89722
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
Jun 16, 2016, 11:39 am
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My blog post: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/89722
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
from me.
Jun 16, 2016, 11:50 am
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My blog post: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/89722
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
Jun 16, 2016, 12:20 pm
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My blog post: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/89722
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
Jun 16, 2016, 12:38 pm
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Ctownflyer's post above would also be relevant in the thread about Boarding Area's fail. Nice you did get attribution but the dude should have at least shown some effort on his own to not make it a so obvious cut and paste job.
Jun 16, 2016, 12:39 pm
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Definitely a crappy thing, but at least they gave you credit for where they found it. They could've at least put some effort in though to not copy your information verbatim. I recently had a BA blogger copy one of my posts and just reverse the order of things. Not even a mention of where he saw it.
Jun 16, 2016, 1:22 pm
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Hell I even credit finds to users and link to the post on Reddit churning/awardtravel when there's something I didn't find that I'm writing about. It's a shady and crappy game and from that perspective, I'm pretty sorry I even entered that world. I deal with that enough during my day job as a lawyer to last a lifetime.
Jun 16, 2016, 1:24 pm
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this is clearer, its focusing on (how) copy/paste, but not claiming "plagiarism"
much better argument to focus on best practices and "copying" etc
as newspapers and others have, with guidelines re how much can be copy/pasted
much better argument to focus on best practices and "copying" etc
as newspapers and others have, with guidelines re how much can be copy/pasted
Jun 16, 2016, 2:04 pm
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My blog post: http://www.dansdeals.com/archives/89722
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
BA blog post: http://canadiantravelhacking.boardin...gs-59-one-way/
Yes it starts off saying that he found it on my site, but what are this boards thoughts on the entire post being copied literally word for word from my post?
Jun 16, 2016, 2:51 pm
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Definitely a crappy thing, but at least they gave you credit for where they found it. They could've at least put some effort in though to not copy your information verbatim. I recently had a BA blogger copy one of my posts and just reverse the order of things. Not even a mention of where he saw it.