http://imwriterblog.com/2009/01/08/plagiarism-issues-revenue-sharing-sites/ Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:41:42 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://imwriterblog.com/2009/01/08/plagiarism-issues-revenue-sharing-sites/#comment-82 colinbrennan Sun, 05 Sep 2010 11:43:17 +0000 http://imwriterblog.com/2009/01/08/plagiarism-issues-revenue-sharing-sites/#comment-82 I can also share a story on this subject. My mother has a website at http://www.storiesforgrandchildren.com which showcases her original childrens stories. I grew up listening to these stories, as did my 2 daughters and in turn their children. Recently one of her stories was plagiarized and it was all we could do to prove that the story was hers and get it removed from the offending site. The stupid part of the whole story is that my mother was quite happy for people to share her stories as long as they gave her credit. The fool who copied her story verbatim for his own site only needed to add a link from the bottom of the article but he chose to fight us tooth and nail to prove it was his story. Unfortunately for him, we had signed and dated submission documents for a local publishing house that has reviewed her stories with a view to retailing a print version. While we chose not to go down that path, the comments and official responses from the publishing house ( dating back 7 years ) was the straw that broke the camels back. The article was removed from the offending site quickly, after viewing those documents but not everyone has that type of proof of ownership for their work. As Kristi states, take care to guard yourself against these unscrupulous operators. I can also share a story on this subject. My mother has a website at http://www.storiesforgrandchildren.com which showcases her original childrens stories. I grew up listening to these stories, as did my 2 daughters and in turn their children. Recently one of her stories was plagiarized and it was all we could do to prove that the story was hers and get it removed from the offending site. The stupid part of the whole story is that my mother was quite happy for people to share her stories as long as they gave her credit. The fool who copied her story verbatim for his own site only needed to add a link from the bottom of the article but he chose to fight us tooth and nail to prove it was his story. Unfortunately for him, we had signed and dated submission documents for a local publishing house that has reviewed her stories with a view to retailing a print version. While we chose not to go down that path, the comments and official responses from the publishing house ( dating back 7 years ) was the straw that broke the camels back. The article was removed from the offending site quickly, after viewing those documents but not everyone has that type of proof of ownership for their work. As Kristi states, take care to guard yourself against these unscrupulous operators.
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