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.
All I can say is wow.
Mountain Woman: I’ve tried several times to comment on your blog, but your blogspot settings prevent me from entering my name and URL. I was going to suggest trying a little ammonia on those chigger bites.
“I did just that.”
me too!!!
Ohhh… wait I shall write… “I just did that.”
Now it is my comment.
Some of my content gets stolen every few months and it really gets on my nerves
I hate when someone is obviously getting their info from somewhere but doesn’t give any references or links. Just like old Monkey Tales, who, by the way I think is back AGAIN!!!!! Nine Blogspot blogs – but he’s doing something new and REALLY annoying. For about 5 of these blogs there is no content only stolen pictures scraped off the internet. Seems ECs quality control is completely non-existent.
Sheila
Sheila: I’ll take a look at the user in question, as Monkey’s blogs have a certain air about them. I’m starting to feel the thrill of the chase again. If you can email me the name of one of his blogs, I’ll check it out.
Sheila, you must be kidding.
the monkey is back on five blogs ?
he needs his banana yanked hard.
and he’s in entrecard. honey where please tell us where
so we can avoid that mess like the bonfire it is.
@Turnip I can see where this type of thing is very much annoying. Perhaps the threat you may complain further will be enough to smarten this guy up.
@Sheila, so the monkey mane returns? This ought to be good although I still haven’t figured out the purpose of his/her first spoof in the first place. I’d like to know a couple of the blog names as well just out of interest.
I deal with it every day, just felt like venting online that day. I don’t normally carry through on my threats unless the person returns for an encore performance. Not all ad agencies police their own, which is a shame to those who write their own content. I just have a personal hatred for splogs. I hate them so much I even made one for testing. Blogspot is what makes it all possible in most cases. So the blame starts with google.
Amen Amen, let the Chuuch Say Amen !
I sent an email to both you guys (Turnip, Mom)
A bit different, I’ve been guest posting a bit, and finding pingbacks from other sites. I visit and find the site has duplicated the content 100% including “guest post by JoeTaxpayer.” DMCA notices for those guys.
You should check out Aaron Wall’s latest tirade on Mahalo … talk about an educated spammer (Calacanis that is).
that exchange was hilllllarious.
to think he got mad when you called him on his plagurism.
somefolks just don’t get it. sadly most of these new bloggers
don’t understand that you have to quote and cite the source
of your information. that’s just how it is.
I especially hate the educated pay for post spammers working on that branson mo piece. or the zinni optical. talk about crap-o-la la la la laaaah.
wow.. that’s really an educated spammer. but imho mr. turnip a knowledge improvement is made from a dialectic schema (thesis, antithesis, synthesis) so there is a reason to rewrite ^^ .. (sure, must write the credit tittle as a reference) .. keep da spirit to blog mr. turnip
Rewriting the works of others to analyze their technique or structure is fine. Rewriting your own work to improve your writing is also fine. But rewriting something to simply claim credit and get paid certainly is not acceptable. Most bloggers are not researchers, so I expect some content to be borrowed. My hope is that they supplement what they found with their own opinion or findings.
You’re beginning to sound like the conservative Michael Savage — I love it!
I had to google who Michael Savage was. I once had a roommate called “David Savage”, no relation though. I’ll accept the compliment, though I really have no idea what Mr. Savage stands for other than his version of Freedom of Speech.
Politically, I am an independant. On any one issue, you’d think I was either right right or left wing.
Pro: net neutrality, abortion, right to carry guns, death penalty, true national health care, cleaning up the environment, removing tax breaks from corporations who outsource jobs, creating a public works corps.
Con: School prayer, corporate election funding, pork barrel politics, bailing out corporations, nuts who treat national issues like they were cheering for their football team, unions, fake charities.
Any jackass that waves a team flag solely for the democrats or republicans is one of three things: Mentally ill. woefully ignorant, or financially motivated to do so. In New Jersey, I see both parties so deep into the polical payoff barrel they can’t pull their arms out. I learned this lesson 30 years ago when I was young and my car broke down at a toll booth. I asked one of the collectors “How much do you earn?” and “How do you get to be a toll collector?”. I found out he was making triple the minimum wage at the time with full benefits. How did he get the job? He said you have to be a relative of somebody with political power. 20 years later worked in a school district. The first question I was asked was “Who did you know to get the job?” Turns out it was a badge of honor there on who you were politcally connected to. When one party loses the mayors job, all the staff gets cushy jobs before they leave office. Yay! Go team go! But enough ranting.
Wow…that was some exchange. I’ve had articles stolen from me. It can be extremely frustrating, especially when you find the link at the top of a page…click on it and horror of horrors, it’s your article with someone elses credit.
There is a lot of good information out there, it’s important to give credit where credit is due when using it on your blog or site…Do I have a high-five?
Wow, this reminds me of Monkey Tales. That is definite plagiarism. Now, I can see taking information from multiple sources and doing research and writing something from those sources. This would be something along the lines of article writing. But this is done for any research paper. However, taking a line and changing one or two words is total plagiarism. I also consider using spinning software that takes an article and find words and changes them using a thesaurus is also plagiarism, but I find no problem with finding those bad apples within seconds since the articles usually don’t make much sense.
It’s not Monkey, though another person with 5 blogs has surfaced who may indeed be Monkey. Still investigating that personality.
I see things like that with my students trying to get away with stuff, but, optimistically, had hoped to see less of it with adults. Sigh. Thanks for pointing that out.
BTW – did you ever get that chipper/shredder? I couldn’t tell from the date.
Not yet. All I can afford is an electric model, which wouldn’t do the proper job for the branches I have.