Does this fall under plagiarism?
By divineathena
@divineathena (1746)
United States
June 21, 2011 11:37am CST
I am little too much in dilemma. I wrote this http://goddessoftheworld.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-know-that-you-are-shallow-in.html
just last week and yesterday I found out that it was already taken away by another blogger. But I am not sure whether his technique can be called as plagiarism. He just copied and pasted my entire article to his site, but at the end of it he provided link to the original page which is mine.
Can I take this as plagiarism? Should I ask the site owner to delete what he pasted from my sit? I know google penalizes sites that have similar contents.
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6 responses
@courtknee525 (3742)
• United States
21 Jun 11
Hmmm that's tricky. Did he post your blog on his website and claim he wrote it? Because that would definitely be plagiarism. It's bad enough that your article was posted on his site.
But did he give you credit by listing you as the author? It's hard to decide, especially since he posted the link to your original....
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
21 Jun 11
That is the main problem. He did not mention that it was written by him. Here is what he did http://news-about-haiti-blog.blogspot.com/2011/06/how-to-know-that-you-are-shallow-in.html. Not a bit of the article has been changed.
@courtknee525 (3742)
• United States
21 Jun 11
Yeah that's hard, he posted the link and everything and didn't even claim it as his. But, he should've made note on his blog that you were the original author. If it's something that bothers you, contact him and tell him and maybe he'll take it down. If not, you don't have to do anything about it and you might end up getting more traffic to your blog.
@courtknee525 (3742)
• United States
21 Jun 11
If you feel that it'll hurt your own blog, then definitely contact the person who posted your article. It would be awful if your blog was ruined by one ignorant person who decided to use your article. Go with your gut feeling and things should work out
@OhSnapZ0rz (53)
• United States
21 Jun 11
Reblogging is very common. However, I do believe that you have the right to have him remove it is you wish. You could try contacting him and ask to be credited. The blogging site should also have a way to report something like this. Great thing about the internet is there's always a trail and always proof of date/ownership. :]
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
22 Jun 11
I am still looking for a way to contact this person. I wrote a comment asking him to remove my work, but after pressing the submit button, this is what I was shown, "Comments on this blog are restricted to team members".
@OhSnapZ0rz (53)
• United States
22 Jun 11
See if this helps : http://www.ehow.com/how_8536570_bloggers_contact_information.html
@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
22 Jun 11
Don't believe that there is little that can be done.
As one who has been paid for writing since 1969, it really bothers me when people steal words that someone else has written.
The last time it happened to me - yes, on the internet - I wrote to the thief and to the web site where he posted. Neither answered, of course.
The second time I wrote, I calculated how long the article had been up and sent each one a bill to be paid for $300. I didn't get paid, but the article was removed and so was the blogger who stole my words.
@kenzie45230 (3560)
• United States
22 Jun 11
Someone above said this happens a lot. The reason it keeps happening is that people don't try to stop it. I do hope you'll continue trying to get to the site and to the person who stole your words.
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
22 Jun 11
I am not giving up though. I will definitely take action against it and I am going on trying it. Just looking for a way to fill up the complaint from I found at report abuse section of Blogspot. That person basically has all copied work at his site.
@RebelBandGeek12 (129)
• United States
22 Jun 11
I don't think there's anything you can do about it. Technically, your material is copyrighted from the moment you write it down. However, if you wanted to file a formal lawsuit because you were earning on that article, you would have had (in the US) to pay the copyright fee of at least $35 and fill out the application to copyright it before it was ever published. I don't really think that doing so was worth the cost to you in this case, but that's the law.
On the internet, there's really nothing you can do about this supposed plagiarism except message the person and hope they remove the article or at least ask them to give you more noticeable credit. At least in this case they didn't directly claim the work was theirs, and since they posted a link to the original article on your blog, you'll probably actually receive more blog traffic if this person's blog has a following. Actually, this person is probably doing you a favor with the extra traffic.
@divineathena (1746)
• United States
22 Jun 11
Oh, they do that? I never understood the meaning of article spinner. But I know these days autoblogging is a big problem for original writers. There is this script that steals stuff from other people and post it at autoblogger's site. It is really annoying.
