Comments on: Outing a Fraud

By: brooke regans friend

brooke regans friend — Thu, 05 Jun 2008 18:11:38 +0000

i can see that

By: Kathy

Kathy — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:05:44 +0000

brooke — Because dishonest people always want a free ride.

By: brooke regans friend

brooke regans friend — Tue, 03 Jun 2008 22:34:21 +0000

that really stinks why would someone do that

By: Kathy

Kathy — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 10:45:19 +0000

Lisa — Misery loves company. I, too, had one splogger who fought me over and over until he finally backed down. The woman in this incident wrote to say she thought “anything on the internet was free for the taking.” Uh. Yeah, right. No apology. Just that lame response.

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 03:14:19 +0000

This happens to me weekly. And it is extremely frustrating. I did find out that you can report the site to Technorati, and they will block it entirely. What's really amazing to me is that when I've contacted these sploggers, they are absolutely unapologetic. In fact, several have been abusive to me. Lisa's last blog post..Work at Home Recruiting for StaffingForce

By: Kathy

Kathy — Wed, 21 May 2008 00:41:33 +0000

BigNerd — Thanks for that link. Lorelle is an excellent resource. Her article is great. I’m telling you, it took me about a week to get over this. Not fun. And, yes, I think this post had the highest comment count ever. It’s an important topic. I’m glad it got the conversation flowing. We all need to be mindful of content thieves.

Stephanie — That Random Static thing sounds a little familiar to me. I know how rotten it feels. Your words coming out on some other site. I make it my mission to save my words from thieves. It makes me feel better to shut them down, one at a time.

By: Stephanie

Stephanie — Tue, 20 May 2008 23:29:11 +0000

Hey Kathy,
Sorry to comment on this older post (especially since you probably don’t want to think about it anymore), but I just used that copyscape you mentioned and my content was copied, but has since been removed. Its some place called the Random Static Network along with something called So Say. I’ve never heard of it before. Whatever it is, I don’t like it.

I just thought I’d let you know about it, because it is so weird. I don’t know if its an automatic system or what. Here’s the link to my content if you’re interested.
http://www.copyscape.com/view.php?o=68534&u=http%3A%2F%2Frandomstaticnetwork.sosay.com%2F2008%2F05%2F16%2Fgoodbye-toby%2F&t=1211325325&s=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.mytwentysomethingcents.com&w=19&c=1

Stephanie’s last blog post..why aren’t you watching?

By: BigNerd

BigNerd — Sat, 10 May 2008 12:48:09 +0000

1) wow.
2) There is a comprehensive article on what to do here: http://tinyurl.com/283dd5
3) Don’t ever get mad enough that you quit doing what your doing.
4) You’ll need even thicker skin if you publish a book!
5) Judging by the 86+ comments here, you have a very sympathetic crowd! That’s a great thing.

BigNerd’s last blog post..Vee-Vah Indiana!

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 09 May 2008 18:07:04 +0000

Stacey — You’re right. I’ve cultivated the blog for so long, it feels like a child of sorts. I’m finally feeling better about it. Every day removes some of the anger.

By: Stacey Kimmel-Smith

Stacey Kimmel-Smith — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:05:36 +0000

You're the victim of a theft, but when you talk about writing, it's almost child abduction. Stacey Kimmel-Smith's last blog post..Does your horse have hip pain?

By: Kathy

Kathy — Fri, 09 May 2008 09:52:49 +0000

Forest Parks — I’d much rather have my stuff be stolen generically. I can take a “copy and paste” kind of thing. A whole different matter if people change my words to make it sound like they lived it. They’re duping their readers. It’s probably healthier for me to ignore and more along, but I’m compelled to challenge it every time. Thanks for chiming in.

By: Forest Parks

Forest Parks — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:13:31 +0000

Wow, my content gets stolen all the time for those silly sites with no visitors and they always retain my link..... never have I been copied like this. I think you just take comfort in the fact that you well and truly dealt with it. I have been a designer for many years. My ideas have been stolen many times and you often just have to deal with it and move on. Still it is a hard fact to deal with. Forest Parks's last blog post..I’m Blind…. thank Poseidon for saving my life

By: Kathy

Kathy — Thu, 08 May 2008 23:55:14 +0000

buffalodickdy — I did indeed express myself on her site. Then she locked it down! I wonder what’s going on at her site now. I haven’t had any of her friends visit here, to my knowledge, so maybe they don’t even know what she did.

Poetikat — Thank you. I’m happy to have received some helpful links in response to this post, including yours. In the end, I think we’re all better off for knowing this can happen and what to do about it. Appreciate your support!

By: Poetikat

Poetikat — Thu, 08 May 2008 16:11:14 +0000

Kathy – I’m no expert, but I did some research and these sites may be of help to you. You have done all the right things so far. It just makes you with you could post some banner claiming your own work and denigrating this con-artist.

Here are the sites:

http://www.todays-woman.net/article1376.html
http://www.positivearticles.com/Article/4-Steps-to-Combat-Website-Plagiarism/33807
http://www.schleimerlaw.com/CountermeasuresArticle.htm

Hope these are of some use to you.

Grrrrr!

Kat

By: buffalodickdy

buffalodickdy — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:04:02 +0000

It is flattery, in a way.. but it is also a violation of your creative abilities. I know this sounds tedious, but find who responed to this, and write your feelings on their blog- it will discredit this person quickly.. Good Luck!