This is your notice.

I to have come across people that have copied work, it really upsets me as I am one of those that puts a lot of though and time in to writing, even though I have just started on this site it is unfare to others. So I 100% support you and can understand why you may be a little upset as well.

Wow, OK, good thing I have not done that yet! I will consider myself on notice and I am with you, I don't think it is right to cheat the system. :D

I am definitely with you on this and am glad that you and the other good and honest members are helping with reporting people that are cheating and stealing other peoples words. myLot needs our help with preventing people from doing this so I am with you and glad that you will be taking action. :-)

yes im with you, i just reported someone on another site because he was taking topics from here and posting them there. it really is not right at all with all of us that are doing it the right way.

Well I must say you have been much more lienient than I have ...I never send nice little notes I just report them ... I think the way you have been handling is very good ... I might even try that myself ..but my friends haven't been doing that just other people ... I have found to be more so the newer people ...but we all need to watch ... new or old everyone should know the rules and abide by them ...

Copying something is not the same a using "copyrighted" material and not giving proper credit. Not everything on the internet is "copyrighted". I do agree that sources should be cited however.

Hay, thats very good. I am 100% in favour with you. I also have seen people copying other's posts. I found a person who has posted the same post which I posted some time back. I just kept quiet. But I know I shouldnt. In future, I would also follow you and take some action. Have a nice day.

Wow! You did the nice guy thing? Why? LOL Sorry, but if I see a person copy and paste, I don't care who you are, I am reporting that person. I am not going to be nice and send a message so that person can sit there and get mad and rate me badly...I am working hard to be sure that I put my own words that are quality responses! There is no way I am going to let a person cheat and not report it. If that person is cheating, I don't think that person should be paid for that discussion. Period. And if myLot decides to ban the person, well, that person did it to him or herself by cheating. Not my fault...I didn't tell that person to cheat and I know that person knew better than to copy and paste. myLot states in the guidelines that we should report abusers...and after being here for some time and seeing the abuse, I got fed up and started reporting. So, yup, I'm with ya!

Oh, I HATE when people copy and paste big long things into discussions. Whether or not they're my own. They don't answer the question and sometimes don't even have anything to do with the topic of discussion. I think I'm gonna start reporting them, too. I admit that I copied and pasted something tonight, but I also explained that I did and gave the site credit. Plus, it helped to answer the question (because I didn't know the answer, myself). I think THAT'S ok, but... who knows? What do you think?

Hey bun girl - you should never be nice with spammers. i have never come across someone copying stuff - but then i'm hardly on other sites apart from mylot/orkut/gmail. it's good you keep a watch when you can and reporting is surely the way to a better , cleaner , environment here at mylot. thanks for making our stay here that much more simpler :)

I hat it too someone copied min word for word then did it again changing the word in the title then did it again changing four words only I hope they get deleted we don't need members like that. I reported them over two weeks ago but they are still a member.

I'm just on mylot so I can't notice if something came from another site or not. I just watch my responses to make sure they are not duplicataed and have not found any as yet.

Well, I'm new here in myLot and I happen to post a new discussion with the title similar to the one previously posted. I was very surprised when I saw it. For a newcomer like me, I didn't intentionally copied the same title post. But at least I learned to check tru the post first before opening one.

Hi, I'm a new member here and it's highly appropriate for me that you've started this discussion because I was brought to this site by an alert that someone had cut and paste something from my website. I have an e-shop selling retro/vintage ceramics and glass and I've written and researched all the content on my site - where I've had help I've acknowledged those sources. I am constantly finding text and photographs lifted from my site and used on various places from eBay to blogs even on other selling sites and now, it appears, on here. It's an outrageous liberty and, as you quite rightly point out, a breach of my copyright. The plagiarised post that brought me here was 5 paragraphs of information cut and paste without my knowledge or agreement. The problem here is in educating people that just because a photograph or some written words are available on the internet they're NOT available to be copied and re-used without the copyright owner's permission - how on earth we go about educating everyone I haven't a clue but, like you, whenever I see plagiarism I will front that person and let them know what they've done is wrong. Quite often they don't realise until I point it out that they were doing anything wrong and I can forgive those people (the first time only!). However, there are plenty of people doing this who are fully aware it's wrong but will do it anyway - not only are they immoral thieves but they must also be pretty unimaginative and stupid. Grrrrr I'm with you 100% - plagiarists can bog off!

I am with you. if somebody just copy and paste, I think he is only want the money, not the discussion, just report him, no matter who he is, its unfair to most honest members here if he gets paid by doing this. Have a good day.

Hi BunGirl You are not currently on my friends list, but I DEFINATELY agree with what you have to say. I am "Wheedling" my list out as well!! I hate it when the other members do that! We have managed to get rid of lots of the "Cheaters" so far by being a "team" on mylot.com I think this is an excellent idea of yours!

i rated this discussion positive because i am with you on this 100%. it is against mylot rules to copy and paste someone else's work without proper attribution. and just like you i also put on a lot of effort into my writings and it's unfair to us if others will just copy and paste other people's work. go girl.

yes maam! i'm with you maam. thanks for the stern warning although i'm not part of your friends list, the notice is well takaen, thanks

I hardley ever start new discussions. I have ran across several that I swore I have seen somewhere before. I think its wrong especially to those that put real time and effort into the work that they put in here. I'm glad your finally standing up and doing something. I hope this gets the point across to everyone and if I see anything that seems fishy I will be sure to report it as well. P.S. I will consider myself warned.

Only across!I agree with you too.