This blog has featured past articles and discussions about plagiarism. I wrote about my experience when I discovered my own post from this blog was used elsewhere without credit. Guest blogger Rob Greenberg also wrote about how to address plagiarism committed against you. (more…)
This is a Guest Post written by Rob Greenberg. Rob works at a plagiarism detection service.
“Where there's a will, there is a way”, goes the saying. You can apply these words to virtually anything and anyone, including people who want to copy your website's content and use it without giving you any credit or linking back to your blog as a source. This article describes why some of the most popular ways of fighting plagiarism fail and offers possible solutions. (more…)
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I can't believe I'm writing this post. I really can't. Every day there is something to read about how the Internet is a wide open platform, open to everyone and anyone who wants to use this gigantic blank canvas to express themselves and exercise their free speech rights. So, it was with total shock and dismay that I learned this week a blog post I wrote last week was plagiarized. TWICE! Now I'm not talking about someone lifting my idea, a sentence, or even a paragraph from the post. My post was copied, word for word and pasted on a website where they took credit for the writing. In the other instance, large portions of the post were translated to Spanish and posted on a website. Why would someone do this instead of taking advantage of their unfettered ability to express themselves? (more…)
