Please help, this guy ripped my article!
@lordwarwizard (35747)
Singapore
April 16, 2007 8:25am CST
Thank you crazynurse, for alerting me to this. I must say it is not doing the best for my day, seeing someone plagiarize my article and stealing my pictures.
Dear friends, please refer to http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/996643.aspx , a discussion titled "reiki-heeling touch". This person ripped the words from an article I wrote myself which you can see at http://lordwarwizard.blogspot.com/2007/04/reiki-healing-touch.html . I have mirrored this at 2 other places and I certainly did not give this person permission to repost my words.
And to top it, the picture he attached was one I drew by my own hand, and also included with the article. This is a serious infringement of my copyright.
I have reported this person and I hope you will help me do the same. We simply cannot condone plagiarism at our myLot community. Thank you, my friends.
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@phonevolts (919)
• Ireland
16 Apr 07
That shouldn't be allowed. I know people post similar topics on here all the time such as about the weather or mylot earnings etc. But copying something like this really stands out. The topic should be deleted and some of that persons earnings taken away and warned not to copy and paste other peoples topics.
I know the feeling. It has happened to me before on another site where i am a moderator. A new moderator joined and all the stickys i had posted were deleted and reposted under their name. There was murder to say the least.
The time and effort some one puts into some posts and then other people go and take credit for them and put their own name on it.
I hope you get it sorted.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
16 Apr 07
It just got on my nerve when he stole that symbol as well. It just feels even more wrong than stealing "mere" words.
As for your experience of moderating, that is really murder. That moderator should be removed from his position.
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@leighannmohr (156)
• United States
16 Apr 07
It's pretty pathetic that someone would steal someone elses's thoughts and opinions and use them as their own. It's not that hard to think and use your own mind, some people can just be so extreme when it comes to making money that it's absolutely sad to watch.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
16 Apr 07
Maybe he had trouble locating his brain. :P
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@phonevolts (919)
• Ireland
16 Apr 07
You probably won't get one because they probably don't know anything about what they actually posted. They are probably going around the site copying long topics and reposting them so that they earn bigger money.
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@kgwat70 (13387)
• United States
17 Apr 07
Hi my friend. I have reported them to myLot as well and am sure that they will take action against this person for stealing your post. It is horrible that they did this to you and whoever else they did this to. I am sure this person has done this to other people as well. I have had people steal my discussions and comments as well. You are very welcome and hope they do not try this again. If I see anyone else steal your posts, I will let you know.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
17 Apr 07
Thank you kgwat. They have deleted that discussion. ;-)
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
16 Apr 07
Exactly. And I must say he is quite resourceful. I wrote that article only a while back.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
16 Apr 07
It has been around for quite some time. Popular in especially Japan and India.
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@avonrep1 (1862)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I reported it also for you. I to agree that is not right. It is one thing to find something on the internet and post it here, but it is only okay if you site the source where you got the information and who the writer of the information is.
I sometimes find out something then paste it in here, but I always put in the link and site the source where I found the information. This person was clearly plagiarizing you and I reported, we need to get people doing that out of here.
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@aidonia (4209)
• Greece
16 Apr 07
I'm sorry for what happened to you.I went to the discussion ,I add some *nice* comments and of course I reported him.I hope the delete him topic.I'll be back tomorrow to check with the hope he get out of here...
Don't worry ,as you see all your friend are here to help you...
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
17 Apr 07
Hey Wiz - running way behind here but the last few days have been a bit of a nightmare for me.. off topic there...
This is so sad, now if the plagerizer had given a link to your blog giving you credit and allowing the reader to read the entire article it would have been a bonus and compliment. The way it was done though is totally wrong...
Now I see once again we have an idiot who is so stupid as to plagerize on a discussion about plagerisim - second time I've seen this happen on myLot but not as good as the one who did it on a discussion that named him specifically.
Faith is off to play unofficial 'mylot detective'
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@jazzafrazz (910)
• Canada
17 Apr 07
So my discussion on "Copy, Paste or SCRAP IT" is a good one right?
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@byfaithonly (10698)
• United States
17 Apr 07
LOL - some people just have no brains at all and are more than willing to show that for a penny or two... the bvb guy actually copied one of my responses on another discussion, profile says male but he's experienced his water breaking when pregnant, and one person gave him 'best response' for his copied response :( So far I've reported 5 different discussions they 'copied' responses on.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
17 Apr 07
No worries. Any day with Faith is a good day. ;-)
And yup, if the link was given, then fine. The situation would be quite different.
And see my comment one post up.
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@rx4life (1930)
• United States
16 Apr 07
It is a shame that someone would stoop so low..I did report it ...he should be banished..we don't need anyone like that on this site...The goodness that came of it for me was that I got to read the thread of articles about reiki and learned that you are a trained reiki healer...I am very interested in that and will address that issue later..but for now I have reported this and hopefully it will be taken care of immediately...sorry this happened to you..
@liranlgo (5752)
• Israel
16 Apr 07
first of all, report it as an abuse. I can not stand seeing this kind of things being done. Do you know the lazy, unmoral kind of people that will do anything to earn easy money, and that means to still, be unfair and so on, well i do think that this person belongs to those kind of people. Your response is rather calm in compare to my response, if i had found out, that someone did that to me.
I also think that you should respond to his post, which he stole from you and publish it, so everyone can see, asking him why did he still you article. I am sure that he won't do that again, wiz.
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
17 Apr 07
I certainly reported him!
Didn't reply. I don't like talking to spammers and trolls. :P
@willfe (149)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I'm usually loathe to suggest invoking a nearly completely evil law, but in this case, invoke the DMCA. Send a DMCA-compliant takedown notice to myLot; since you're the copyright holder on the work, you're entitled to this protection under the law.
Throw the book at him and don't relent until he drops the material and apologizes :) Good luck!
@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
17 Apr 07
Haha, anyway myLot has kindly removed that discussion. Wonder if anything happened to that guy... didn't take down his username.
@helpmehelpyou (534)
• Canada
16 Apr 07
you only made one mistake sir, you should have requested that no-one reply to (his) plagiarized discussion. he's definitely got a following, all that hold a dislike for him, but he did get a response, and thats what counts. he may have made a grave mistake on his part.........cheers
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
17 Apr 07
Yes, I forgot to mention that. But it was too late - we can't edit discussions once they are posted.
@magicalmerlin (1623)
•
17 Apr 07
MyLot do take notice of things then as the offending discussion no longer exists and within 22 hours of you starting this post. At least they are doing their job efficiently. There are loads of wonderful people on MyLot that I have enjoyed meeting. Unfortunately, we can't stop the blaggards (isn't that a great word) from joining but we can get them expelled and that is more fulfilling anyway. Keep up the good work lordwarwizard.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
17 Apr 07
After so many people had reported it, they should be doing something. :P
But I am glad it was deleted already.
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@margieanneart (26423)
• United States
16 Apr 07
I am so sorry to hear this. I'm thrilled that you turned him in, and that crazynurse let you know. We need to stick together and keep the dishonest ones out. I gave you another + rating for a fine posting. I will turn him in too if I can find it. I'll check.
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@lossforredwords (3620)
• Philippines
16 Apr 07
Oh men! that could really ruin your whole day!
That one having the audacity to do that. I think I will browse my friends list and see if he is in there and if he is I think I will delete him and report him to the authorities! I think mylot should have delete the discussion by now? why is it still roaming the discussion page?
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
16 Apr 07
Exactly. To be honest, it ruined my day a bit but I am trying to brush it aside.
I did check to see if he was one of those friends I accepted. I would be triple mad if I had given him one of my "imperial decrees". It is a good thing he is not on my friend list. *humph*
It has been 2 hours since I reported it. Yes, the discussion is still there...
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
16 Apr 07
He was even making use of my article. He just pasted it there and expect people to say something. *humph*
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@totalearnings (1603)
• India
16 Apr 07
OMG!! yet another disgusting and deliberate act to witness. i appreciate our friend slickut who repeatedly alerted everyone who responded to the infringed post. it is really being insane and rediculous of the guy who could just scoop away your hardwork or for that even anyone without even giving a heed to the basic ethics of this wonderful forum. i believe the admn. people will act expeditiously.
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
16 Apr 07
Yes yes, I saw that. I am very thankful to her. ;-)
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@complexvanilla (653)
• India
16 Apr 07
You are absolutely right. People such as these must not be allowed to get away with plagiarism such as this. I have reported him too. I guess this is just another example of people going overboard just to earn a few cents. He probably crossed the five hundred post mark by just contributing dud replies. He probably has since then just been merrily copying and pasting stuff! I do wish stern action is taken against this errant user to put off other people who may be tempted to do the same. Take care and God bless!
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@lordwarwizard (35747)
• Singapore
16 Apr 07
I wonder if he has nightmares every night copying and pasting things lol. :P
Thanks for helping me report him. ^^
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@wachit14 (3595)
• United States
16 Apr 07
Again, thanks for pointing out this stuff. I can't believe that people would stoop so low but this is the kind of stuff that definitely should be reported. By the way, thanks for posting about Reiki healing. I am a Level I Reiki Healer and I love when people post about this wonderful form of alternative healing.
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