Anyone who knows me, knows that I don’t generally have a foul mouth. I am a strong believer in using language appropriately, I don’t spit swear words out in everything I say for no good reason. I choose my words carefully, and use harsh language only when I’m pretty pissed off. That being said…
Hey Joey, Stop stealing my fucking stories!
They say imitation is the highest form of flattery, but there is a big difference between imitation, and plagiarism. Some disreputable sites out there don’t seem to know the difference, and this morning I came across one of those sites.
At first glance I thought… cool, this guy has similar interests, he’s writing about the same kind of stuff I write about. But, upon closer inspection I realized that his posts weren’t just similar… they were MY POSTS! After looking through the site I also realized that it wasn’t just one or two stories, the site is littered with my posts. In a few cases he changed the image slightly, or modified a few words… but in most cases they were word-for-word copies of my posts, using my images! My mood quickly changed from ‘cool’ to ‘you fuck-head!’
I’m not including a link back to the site, or referencing the site name because I don’t want to give this guy any traffic for stealing my stories. But, as you’ve probably guessed from my statement above, his name is Joey. This post is directed straight at you Joey!
I’m not against reposting content from other sites, I do it all the time. But the acceptable way to do it is to write your own brief opening statement, followed by the content you are quoting (in quotes… preferably in blockquotes), and including a link back to the original post. Basically you have to make it clear that these are NOT your words, and you must give credit where credit is due!
Joey, you’ve posted my stories (word-for-word) as if they were your own. You give no indication that you are quoting someone else, and you give no credit… that’s called stealing! I also noticed that you are doing this to a few other sites too, like Inhabitat, (yes, I recognized the other content). This is just wrong, and it’s unacceptable.
Joey, if you want to have a blog, then do the work… DON’T just be a lazy fuck-head and steal other peoples hard work!
I’ll be watching you!
That’s more f-bombs than I’ve heard you utter in all the time I’ve known you combined! When did we work together? Starting 11 years ago? I’m glad I’m not Joey (or a fuck-head, for that matter)!
lol….maybe he’ll just keep being a dumbass and repost this story too! :-)
btw, I’m a total fan of ODL……I love the original insights you give. always great content.
Joey, didn’t you feel guilty when you did that?
What was the point?
trying to be as cool as paul…..stupid poser
new word of the day:
blog+poser=bloser
That was my first thought ;) .
to his defense, he lives in florida. the heat combined with that kind of humidity has known to cause brain damage. what nerve ha.
Thanks for the lesson in blog edict. I have gone back as far as Mars Edit would let me and added the appropriate link and reference. I’m sure the 12 people (mostly family members and friends) who visited my blog last month will forgive this indiscretion and I hope you will. I have also unsubscribed from your blog.
My blog was meant to be just a journal of stuff I love, for me and my friends. But, it is “out there”, so I should give the appropriate credit. I certainly did not intend to send you into, what is apparently a rare fit of cursing.
bye,
Joey
Joey, I understand that you wanted to have a “blog of stuff you love”. But, many of the stories were written in the first person point of view… and you weren’t that person. Copying/pasting the way you did, can only be interprited as a deliberate deception… you wanted people to think you wrote those stories.
Although I do appreciate you going back and adding links to some of the posts, you still give no indication that you did NOT write them. If someone doesn’t follow the link, and compare the stories side-by-side, they will be under the impression that you wrote those stories.
I also noticed that you did not add similar links to your other stolen stories. You seem to be under the impression that it’s only wrong if you get cought, and confronted. As long as the original author doesn’t say anything, you can continue to pass off someone else’s work as your own.
It’s your site, therefor you can do whatever you want… but I personally believe 1) you should start writing your own content, and 2) you should make the appropiate corrections to all past posts.
note: Although MarsEdit will only go back so far, you can still make the changes from whitin the WordPress admin page. Blaming MarsEdit for the lack of corrections is just another cop-out.
Hey Joey, all this being said… I do appreciate you coming back to the site and commenting on this story. It would have been very easy for you to just ignore it. I’ll give you some credit for doing the write thing.
I just love this post. First, I just love me some good eDrama. Then, thanks Joey for stealing Inhabitat’s posts, prompting paul to post a link to them, and prompting me to follow said link, and find a terrific new (to me) blog. Then from there I found BLDGBLOG. Aren’t the internets just grand!?