Comments on: Plagiarizing blog posts is stupid http://aralbalkan.com/848 Aral on Flash, SWX, Flex, ActionScript, and life. Fri, 22 Aug 2008 00:00:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Johnny http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-114683 Johnny Fri, 15 Feb 2008 10:26:48 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-114683 Oooh that's gnarly! If the guy in question wants to make a site with tutorials, all he has to do is write IN HIS OWN WORDS a description of the tutorial informing who wrote it and where it came from with a link to it so people can go and read the original source. That way the author gets a credit and a positive ping-back with visitors to his/her site. I do a little article every month called "Look What My RSS Dragged In" and basically I write a couple of sub articles in my own words about feeds I am linking to. This way I can generate interest in some cool stuff I find in my RSS feeds without the need to copy/paste stuff from the original article I am talking about. And as for images - it's easy to make your own! Be Creative! It's also nice to get positive comments and e-mails from the original authors thanking you for posting about their articles. That way, no-one gets hurt. Oooh that’s gnarly! If the guy in question wants to make a site with tutorials, all he has to do is write IN HIS OWN WORDS a description of the tutorial informing who wrote it and where it came from with a link to it so people can go and read the original source. That way the author gets a credit and a positive ping-back with visitors to his/her site.

I do a little article every month called “Look What My RSS Dragged In” and basically I write a couple of sub articles in my own words about feeds I am linking to. This way I can generate interest in some cool stuff I find in my RSS feeds without the need to copy/paste stuff from the original article I am talking about. And as for images - it’s easy to make your own! Be Creative!
It’s also nice to get positive comments and e-mails from the original authors thanking you for posting about their articles. That way, no-one gets hurt.

]]> By: Blog Plagiarism @ Jupiter Media? | Scott Clark - Finding the Sweet Spot http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-91226 Blog Plagiarism @ Jupiter Media? | Scott Clark - Finding the Sweet Spot Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:08:43 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-91226 [...] from those who spend the time and energy to create great stuff is to break trust, and people are getting called out about it. This stuff wouldn’t be tolerated in print, so why would it be [...] […] from those who spend the time and energy to create great stuff is to break trust, and people are getting called out about it. This stuff wouldn’t be tolerated in print, so why would it be […]

]]> By: Rick Vassar http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-77259 Rick Vassar Tue, 16 Oct 2007 13:16:22 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-77259 I had a guy named Greg Mcclain steal an article from my blog, adn I wrote about it. He just changed a few words and claimed it as his own. The funny thing is, he has a link on www.aim.org. AIM is "Accuracy In Media". I contacted him to give a credit, but he ignored it, so I published this post. If you guys can spread it around, it will help Mr. Mclcain achieve his accuracy in media goals... http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/10/11/135911.php The Wild Wild West: Blogging Gone Bad I had a guy named Greg Mcclain steal an article from my blog, adn I wrote about it. He just changed a few words and claimed it as his own.

The funny thing is, he has a link on http://www.aim.org. AIM is “Accuracy In Media”.

I contacted him to give a credit, but he ignored it, so I published this post. If you guys can spread it around, it will help Mr. Mclcain achieve his accuracy in media goals…
http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/10/11/135911.php
The Wild Wild West: Blogging Gone Bad

]]> By: Niqui Merret: Flash and Accessibility http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-26467 Niqui Merret: Flash and Accessibility Mon, 30 Apr 2007 16:43:27 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-26467 [...] Time and time again I see my blog posts on other sites and I am sure that I am not alone. Most of the time it is not too much of an issue as there are links back to my site and some credit. We normally don’t see the sites and posts that are stealing our content without credit or links. Aral recently had someone cross the line and he made it public. Clearleft had a French company rip off their site. Lucky that they found out what was happening so they could put a stop to it. [...] […] Time and time again I see my blog posts on other sites and I am sure that I am not alone. Most of the time it is not too much of an issue as there are links back to my site and some credit. We normally don’t see the sites and posts that are stealing our content without credit or links. Aral recently had someone cross the line and he made it public. Clearleft had a French company rip off their site. Lucky that they found out what was happening so they could put a stop to it. […]

]]> By: Plagiarizing blog posts is stupid… « Tons of Fresh News http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-11032 Plagiarizing blog posts is stupid… « Tons of Fresh News Thu, 22 Feb 2007 12:06:05 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-11032 [...] February 22, 2007 at 12:02 pm · Filed under Uncategorized Plagiarizing blog posts is stupid… Dude plagiarizes blog post by respected community member and expects to get away with it. tsk tsk…[news][entertainment][technology][industry news] [...] […] February 22, 2007 at 12:02 pm · Filed under Uncategorized Plagiarizing blog posts is stupid… Dude plagiarizes blog post by respected community member and expects to get away with it. tsk tsk…[news][entertainment][technology][industry news] […]

]]> By: James Governor http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10608 James Governor Fri, 16 Feb 2007 11:52:14 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10608 Hello Aral. I met you last year at Adobe Live, when i was on the panel. I wondered whether you would be interested in joining the Bedale Group, an unassociation for the UK Adobe software and services community http://bedalegroup.wordpress.com/2007/02/16/what-is-the-bedale-group/ Hello Aral. I met you last year at Adobe Live, when i was on the panel. I wondered whether you would be interested in joining the Bedale Group, an unassociation for the UK Adobe software and services community http://bedalegroup.wordpress.com/2007/02/16/what-is-the-bedale-group/

]]> By: sascha/hdrs http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10581 sascha/hdrs Fri, 16 Feb 2007 03:48:03 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10581 There's a great plugin for FireFox called ScrapBook. It's very good to capture websites and store them locally. There’s a great plugin for FireFox called ScrapBook. It’s very good to capture websites and store them locally.

]]> By: …a running commentary… » Blog Archive » Plagiarizing blog posts is stupid http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10577 …a running commentary… » Blog Archive » Plagiarizing blog posts is stupid Thu, 15 Feb 2007 23:39:12 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10577 [...] I agree. Aral Balkan noticed that some of his blog posts were being plagiarized by other sites and decided on doing something about it - calling them out on it. So he documented the plagiarism on his blog and let the blog community do what it will. [...] […] I agree. Aral Balkan noticed that some of his blog posts were being plagiarized by other sites and decided on doing something about it - calling them out on it. So he documented the plagiarism on his blog and let the blog community do what it will. […]

]]> By: aral http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10572 aral Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:33:41 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10572 John, it looks like the plugin is the one that you mention. It's called <a href="http://elliottback.com/wp/archives/2006/06/06/wp-autoblog-a-syndication-plugin/" rel="nofollow">AutoBlog</a>. Basically, it converts XML to Wordpress posts. It does have an option to give credit but apparently this isn't the first time it's been used to clone/scrape blogs and recreate the content elsewhere. It's apparently also a favorite tool of spam bloggers. John, it looks like the plugin is the one that you mention. It’s called AutoBlog.

Basically, it converts XML to Wordpress posts. It does have an option to give credit but apparently this isn’t the first time it’s been used to clone/scrape blogs and recreate the content elsewhere. It’s apparently also a favorite tool of spam bloggers.

]]> By: aral http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10571 aral Thu, 15 Feb 2007 20:25:08 +0000 http://aralbalkan.com/848#comment-10571 Thanks for the info, John. Also, just want to echo John's request that we give Anthony a break (in case the updates on my blog weren't clear, he's sorry, I've accepted his apology and it looks like it was an honest mistake.) Thanks for the info, John. Also, just want to echo John’s request that we give Anthony a break (in case the updates on my blog weren’t clear, he’s sorry, I’ve accepted his apology and it looks like it was an honest mistake.)

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