Copyright abuse!
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A WordPress blog stole one of my entry. My space is copyrighted and there is a clear sign on my blog about it.
The blog which stole my entry:
http://jaynelsonmanela.wordpress.com/My stolen entry:
http://zeynepankara.wordpress.com/2008/06/15/an-open-letter-to-a-father/I am new here and this is a bad experiment for me… Sigh.
Zeynep Ankara
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You may go this link too: http://jaynelsonmanela.wordpress.com/2008/06/21/scrisoare-deschisa-catre-un-tata/
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tellyworth’s post here will point you in the right direction:
https://en.forums.wordpress.com/topic.php?id=24331&replies=2#post-177187
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I saw an e mail address there:
(email visible only to moderators and staff)
Will I sent this report there? -
Yes, after following all the procedures outlined here:
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I see more than “citing.” I see the whole piece reproduced on the 2nd link provided. Crediting someone does not negate copyright violation.
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Okay, so someone reproduced the whole thing — they’re still crediting the author. They’re not pretending they wrote it or trying to pass it off as their own.
I think trying to talk to the person running the blog, and asking them to post an excerpt rather than the full post would be better than accusing people of “stealing” — nothing has been stolen.
At best, it’s a misunderstanding.
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Zeynep — leaving dozens of comments on the blog is not going to help. They’re crediting the post to you — can’t you see it as flattering that someone has found your post inspiring enough that they’ve put it on their blog for people to see as well?
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Mark now I am going to your space for details.
cnuk; no, he can’t use my post without permission. -
Hm. I guess I’m having trouble understanding the damage done by someone reproducing something you wrote, and then telling the world you wrote it.
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yes you are cnuk. Their are procedures for following copyrighted material. Permission to be use a copyrighted material must be obtained.
Also a blogger has a right to moderate the comments he/she recieves on a post.
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No, I understand the concept of copyright, but I am unable to see how there’s any harm being done here.
Someone makes a public blog post, and then someone else, reads it and copies the text to their blog, whilst admitting below the copied text that they didn’t write it, and providing a link back to the blog they got it from.
What’s the harm in that?
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The link under my stolen post doesn’t go to the original post??? But at any case he must get permission. It is rude and it is a copyright abuse. I am an auther, I have some books and other things, I know what is what anyway…
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Okay, sorry, the link goes to your blog though.
Maybe you think it’s rude… I wouldn’t take it so hard, personally. If you’re an author, and you’re publishing books, is it really so smart to treat potential customers like criminals? Treat it like free publicity — hell, I wish more people would republish my work on their blogs? The more people you can get to read cool stuff you’ve written, the more people can become fans of your work. Don’t expect people to come looking for you, and instead treat all these instances like people doing your marketing efforts for you..
I don’t see anywhere on your blog where I can buy your books. This is a shame. This is a missed sales opportunity.
As for “I know what is what anyway” — I don’t doubt you know what you’re doing, but I’m asking you to reconsider your actions, and not treat people like criminals for what is ultimately, free publicity for you.
Capitalise on this, get links to places selling your books on your blog, so when people find stuff you’ve written, no matter where it was reproduced, you can turn that to your advantage :)
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It is pretty simple.
Someone’s copied something you’ve written, put it on their blog, and is linking back to you.
You have two choices:
1) Get it taken down. Leave that person feeling pretty bad about something innocent, and treating a potential customer and fan as a criminal.
2) Be cool about it. Ensure people who find it via the other website can get your books when they come to your website. Use this as free publicity and marketing for your work, and treat this things as sales opportunities, instead of problems.
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If you Google my name, you can see my books and the other things. But I have no worry about to get money for my books via my blogs. On the other hand, I am a psychologist also. I don’t use any personal story without permission. That space have so many psychological posts. My entry is stolen without permission and it is not ethical. Either in psychological way or in the blog atmosphere, or in the literature anyway, it is not right. Sorry about my English…
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