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Sat Aug-01-09 04:59 PM
Response to Reply #39 |
| 50. So you started with excuses |
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Edited on Sat Aug-01-09 05:03 PM by Control-Z
for Alternet, for their "stupidity" and a "misunderstanding", and now you disparage the OP's wisdom. Nice.
Exactly who do you think you're fooling?
Edit: to correct quotes
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| -Alternet plagiarism |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 09:05 AM |
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Post the Alternet link, please? nt |
Christa |
Aug-01-09 09:06 AM |
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The link |
Dogmudgeon |
Aug-01-09 09:11 AM |
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Where's the link to your essay? n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Aug-01-09 05:01 PM |
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Alternet linked to my site but not the essay itself |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 05:05 PM |
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Oh, okay, thank you. n/t |
ColbertWatcher |
Aug-01-09 05:27 PM |
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Contact the site adminstrators and explain. |
MineralMan |
Aug-01-09 09:08 AM |
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I did. We'll see what happens. |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 09:30 AM |
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Want to be really infuriated? See who else is plagiarising you: |
muriel_volestrangler |
Aug-01-09 09:59 AM |
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Aiiieee! |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 10:07 AM |
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I'd ask them where the goddamn CHECK is, too. Your talent has VALUE. They stole from you. |
MADem |
Aug-01-09 10:29 AM |
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Copied and pasted with citation (wrong first name, but with a name) |
enlightenment |
Aug-01-09 10:41 AM |
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Wow, you're charitable. So, if I "copy and paste" an entire work by |
MADem |
Aug-01-09 11:28 AM |
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It's a common misunderstanding, at least in the Internet age |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 11:34 AM |
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But they not only credited someone else with your last name, they COPYRIGHTED "your" stuff. |
MADem |
Aug-01-09 11:40 AM |
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I doubt if they have a pile of money |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 11:52 AM |
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i wouldn't be so sure. besides the foundation grants, some rather wealthy people |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 04:24 PM |
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Hmm. Interesting points. |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 04:42 PM |
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you're not the first to have their content stolen. |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 04:53 PM |
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The big leftwing blogs need to get on this |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 04:56 PM |
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Especially since they now have copyright & syndication rights on your material & can sell it, unless |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 05:02 PM |
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I was not defending it. |
enlightenment |
Aug-01-09 11:47 AM |
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You'd think they'd PAY if they weren't being thieves about it. |
MADem |
Aug-01-09 01:57 PM |
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I can see we're just miles apart on this. |
enlightenment |
Aug-01-09 03:33 PM |
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I know. Oh well...! I just hate it when people steal from the Little Guy. |
MADem |
Aug-01-09 03:46 PM |
#38 |
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If it's on his site & it's his work, it's under copyright, whether that's explicitly noted or not. |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 04:45 PM |
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Well, you're clearly the expert on fair use - |
enlightenment |
Aug-01-09 05:54 PM |
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there's no definition of fair use under which one can publish someone else's entire article without |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-02-09 02:05 AM |
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sure, alternet doesn't understand fair use. |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 02:04 PM |
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Then they really have no excuse for having done this, do they? |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 02:07 PM |
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my point exactly. responding to #13. |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 02:17 PM |
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My apologies |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 03:07 PM |
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Fair Use is a complicated (overly so, imo) set of 'rules' |
enlightenment |
Aug-01-09 03:50 PM |
#39 |
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they knew what they were doing. copying an article w/o permission is in no one's definition of fair |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 04:19 PM |
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So you started with excuses |
Control-Z |
Aug-01-09 04:59 PM |
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I don't know what you're reading, but it isn't my post. |
enlightenment |
Aug-01-09 05:50 PM |
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I did mention that in my message to them |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 10:55 AM |
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they put your web link right on there - they just got your name wrong - no plagiarism... |
lame54 |
Aug-01-09 09:09 AM |
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It's more than getting my name wrong |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 09:29 AM |
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They've apparently confused you with the well-known Canadian journalist, |
Heidi |
Aug-01-09 09:41 AM |
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David, there is nothing that I can see either on your website |
enlightenment |
Aug-01-09 10:39 AM |
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I probably need a copyright statement on my site |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 10:54 AM |
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No, it should be necessary, but it's probably not a bad idea. |
enlightenment |
Aug-01-09 11:31 AM |
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"© 2009 Independent Media Institute. All rights reserved." ... They sure assert THEIR rights, though |
TahitiNut |
Aug-01-09 10:56 AM |
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What BALLS!!!! They need some serious correcting, the rip-off artists. |
MADem |
Aug-01-09 11:30 AM |
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Gee, I hope they don't sue me! |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 11:34 AM |
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They get syndication rights for everything they publish. So they'll attempt to resell his content |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 04:56 PM |
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he didn't give permission to have his ENTIRE WORK published, for free, by alternet. |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 04:31 PM |
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Let's all go there and point the finger at them, then!! YOU!!! BAD!!!!! nt |
MADem |
Aug-01-09 10:13 AM |
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Have you contacted them and advised them? |
TexasObserver |
Aug-01-09 10:56 AM |
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Yes, I have. |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 11:06 AM |
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Let us know how it shakes out. This is just wrong, what they've done to you. NT |
MADem |
Aug-01-09 11:31 AM |
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They don't make contacting them easy |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 02:11 PM |
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go post at the alternet & new cafe chat sites. a lot of the posters seem to know the people who |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 02:22 PM |
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Great idea |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 03:06 PM |
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I'd recommend a certified letter |
DefenseLawyer |
Aug-01-09 10:49 PM |
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According to their WHOIS |
blogslut |
Aug-01-09 02:35 PM |
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I fell for it & posted it in the Labor Forum |
Omaha Steve |
Aug-01-09 04:36 PM |
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"Narco News publisher Al Giordano is pulling out of Alternet, |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 04:38 PM |
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your article is now all over the net: under the name of jeffrey. |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-01-09 05:21 PM |
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Fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck. |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-01-09 10:44 PM |
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I would also contact the realJeffrey Dvorkin |
blogslut |
Aug-02-09 12:16 AM |
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I e-mailed him earlier today |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-02-09 12:31 AM |
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please keep us updated |
shireen |
Aug-02-09 01:07 AM |
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Maybe it's time to call your lawyer. n/t |
BirminghamExaminer |
Aug-02-09 01:29 AM |
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They never contacted you? |
dorkulon |
Aug-02-09 03:31 AM |
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Correct |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-02-09 10:46 AM |
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Kick |
EFerrari |
Aug-02-09 03:40 AM |
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K&R - Keep us updated, looking forward to the out come of this. |
Maine-ah |
Aug-02-09 07:37 AM |
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Update - Sunday morning, 8/2 - problem resolved |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-02-09 09:40 AM |
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congrats on the resolution. keep an eye out for reprints (they make $ from reselling the work, & |
Hannah Bell |
Aug-02-09 01:02 PM |
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Thanks for the warning. |
DavidDvorkin |
Aug-02-09 01:12 PM |
#71 |
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