Stolen content is a serious issue in the blogosphere. Particularly for me, since my job at CMF Ads is to approve and deny every blog submitted. If most of the content is original barring the occasional image or video, I let it slide. (I’m talking to you, funny cat people). If the majority of content is stolen, then I draw the line and reject the blog. However, every so often I get a plagiarizer who submits their blog to CMF Ads and then flat out denies they stole any content. This is one such exchange.
Souravrc:
This Blog/article site is absolutely original and written by me. What makes you think this is not original? Please clarify. I repeat this is no duplicate content site.
Expecting a reply soon.
Turnip:
http://factoidz.com/john-keats/
http://article-junction.blogspot.com/2010/01/remembering-john-keats.html
At the least you are double posting every article on both factoidz and your own site.
Written by you? Probably. Original? no. Unless you knew John Keats you certainly used sources you didn’t bother to cite.
So let’s see where you stole your information from. You wrote “In the same autumn, Keats contracted tuberculosis and he felt that death was already upon him.”
Now let’s check poets.org: “Keats contracted tuberculosis, and by the following February he felt that death was already upon him.”
You wrote ” His posthumous influence on poets such as Alfred Tennyson and Wilfred Owen was immense.”
http://ephemera.typepad.com/ephemera/2009/10/john-keats-gravestone-rubbing.html wrote “…his posthumous influence on poets such as Alfred Tennyson and Wilfred Owen would be immense”
Now, you certainly write well enough to rewrite other people’s work. But to say “absolutely original and written by me” is a pretty boldfaced lie, don’t you think? Congratulations on changing enough words on subjects you Googled to claim expertise on any topic. Expecting a reply soon. turnip
Souravrc:
Hello
No, I don’t knew Mr. Keats personally. Neither I knew Tagore or Wordsworth (personally that is). But we all know about any personality or any subjects by going through some information. Can you deny that? As far as I know paraphrasing is on in the blogging industry. Many sites accept articles if someone re-write a subject by his/her own way. I did just that. I never claimed that I’m a expert of any subject. Show me the proof that I said that. I never realized that it would be better to give the refs. in side my article. That is a point you made and I accepted it. But that doesn’t mean my article is not written by me or not original.
This is my personal article site. So few of my articles could have been published earlier on different sites. what’s the big deal? It’s my article after all not others.
Sorry I don’t have anything against your site or you. But your message was insulting. I didn’t say any bold faced lie. I have written articles in my own words. You didn’t like it it’s okay. It doesn’t match your site’s criteria this is fine to me. At least i’m not insulting others. I Repeat I haven’t claimed to be a EXPERT and you are talking unreasonable things.
Best of luck with your site. I DON’t WANT ANY HELP OR ADS FROM CMF. You can cancel my account if you want. Good luck with your business. I have regards for your site and hope it’ll do great. Thanks
Turnip:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism
Here’s a topic for your next article: “Plagiarism is not only the mere copying of text, but also the presentation of another’s ideas as one’s own, regardless of the specific words or constructs used to express that idea.”
The reason I called you an expert is you are a paid writer for factoidz.com. To quote their website “Factoidz Writers … establish a reputation as an expert in specific topics,… and earn recurring revenue payments on their work.”
Save me the speech; you are stealing other people’s content for profit. “As far as I know” that is theft. If calling you a liar and a thief is upsetting, so be it. You won’t be half upset as you are now if I contact the original authors and factoidz.com itself and asked them to explain why they approve your articles. “paraphrasing is in” is no more true than “cheating on taxes is in” or “drunken driving is in”.
Being an English teacher at one point in my life, these spammers drive me nuts. But when someone says “prove it”, and I do, the least they can do if run off with their tail between their legs.
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