tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post7424146860381833627..comments2024-01-16T01:42:41.699+11:00Comments on Tune into Radio Carly: Encountering plagiarism of my own workCarly Findlayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01368145710452826385noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-69796953723197872662015-03-09T11:05:45.408+11:002015-03-09T11:05:45.408+11:00I had one of my recipes plagiarised by another blo...I had one of my recipes plagiarised by another blogger last year. We had a mutual friend who gave her my link as inspiration then tagged me in her post because she was excited and thought I should be flattered. She'd taken my recipe, changed the protein powder in it and taken her own photo, but it was my recipe. When it had been pointed out that she had plagiarised, instead of linking to my blog or my facebook page, she tagged my personal account with a thank you. It was incredibly dissappointing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-16697566697360141862015-03-08T13:50:48.949+11:002015-03-08T13:50:48.949+11:00It's a good thing that yours were direct copie...It's a good thing that yours were direct copies so you could call them out on it, and be properly credited as the original author or have it removed. I've had two articles ripped off by two different writers on two different mainstream websites. Both articles were so obviously "influenced" by my work that they were pointed out to me by a number of my readers, but the content was changed enough that I wasn't able to make accusations of direct plagiarism, even though they basically stole the headline, story angle, content, sub-heads and structure down to certain key phrases and even some of my jokes. LOL. It's not flattering. It's infuriating. It also irked me that the two writers who did it probably got paid for it too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-46706913999185413412015-03-07T17:30:20.032+11:002015-03-07T17:30:20.032+11:00And it's so hard to get Google/blog company to...And it's so hard to get Google/blog company to remove that content. Sorry that happened :(Carly Findlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368145710452826385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-13006032714107323972015-03-07T17:29:40.837+11:002015-03-07T17:29:40.837+11:00Thank you so much Rebecca - it might be a case of ...Thank you so much Rebecca - it might be a case of no knowing the law, or no malice intended, but for the original owner, it's not great to see your work republished elsewhere.Carly Findlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368145710452826385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-30083573557632527422015-03-07T17:28:52.500+11:002015-03-07T17:28:52.500+11:00I don't think plagiarism is flattering. Sure, ...I don't think plagiarism is flattering. Sure, it's nice they like someone's work but disrespectful to steal it. Carly Findlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368145710452826385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-39974314896137039042015-03-07T09:30:57.102+11:002015-03-07T09:30:57.102+11:00I have an editor when I write for a news publicati...I have an editor when I write for a news publication, in this case, Daily Life. Carly Findlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01368145710452826385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-71995425454041472762015-03-06T21:38:34.025+11:002015-03-06T21:38:34.025+11:00Well done for standing up for your rights, Carly. ...Well done for standing up for your rights, Carly. It is a sad state of affairs and too many places seem to 'not know' they are breaking copyright laws. It also makes me wonder how much more this could be happening but people don't know (as you only discovered this latest breach by accident). Hopefully the message is starting to get through and again, well done for being so on the ball with this!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17442641050422175852noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-81959594374333516952015-03-06T19:48:21.729+11:002015-03-06T19:48:21.729+11:00Sorry how do you have an editor?Sorry how do you have an editor?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-29497627462339663392015-03-06T10:42:25.593+11:002015-03-06T10:42:25.593+11:00I suppose you can take some comfort in that your w...I suppose you can take some comfort in that your writing is good enough for people to want to plagarise. Good on you for confronting them. But sad that it happened. And I agree that writers should be paid for their work. Graham Clementshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430135062211828206noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1720872153813357167.post-72668520863008085162015-03-06T08:21:00.392+11:002015-03-06T08:21:00.392+11:00I blogged in another genre for sometime and we use...I blogged in another genre for sometime and we used to get people who would scrape our RSS feeds and reproduce our blogs word for word and stick a heap of advertising on it - thankfully their google ranking never got high enough to top the genuine blog Sarahnoreply@blogger.com