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Apr 05, 2009 8:44 pm |
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re: re: re: re: Content Theft |
Tim Southernwood
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Hi Kathy,
Great to hear from you!!
Unfortunately I was involved in the discovery of a plagiarist of proportions that boggled even my imagination. Through an innocent and curious search because the phrasing of an article presented didn't seem to be true to the source..I did a simple Google seek, and word for word found the original article and author.
Another search from another piece, and another original article and so on.... and as I collected images of the original and copied posts it totaled over 15 megs of info!
Sadly, this information was posted and CLAIMED by the plagiarist with the sole intent and purpose to elevate themselves in the eyes of an entire community, and to influence people to join their marketing interests.
As this person held a position of responsibility with a "company" I was associated with, we had to act decisively and swiftly, but it was likely the most difficult exercise I've engaged in for quite some time.
Amazingly, the scene became little more than a denial and scream fest, and we were left no choice but to expell the person. Funny enough.. although the charges were denied..all mentioned posts were summarily deleted. I could only surmise acceptance that the truth had been discovered and attempts made to erase the tracks.
However, as we should all understand, that simple deletion did not remove forever from the collective memory of the internet..that a crime was committed. Publish anything online and it is there for all time as a record of your activity.
Be careful what you choose history to record about your business activities ;-)
Tim Southernwood http://blognetawards.com
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