Monday, February 19, 2007
Remove Plagiarism
Plagiarism -- much has been said about it and I am not going to reiterate.
But it hurts to see when the content and the pictures we so lovingly create and put up being stolen and used. Most of us bloggers, blog to vent their creativity, they find it as a channel to showcase their passion, to share what they love doing with million others.
We all know that Internet is open and we were always aware that our work could be used by others, after all we all use free icons, free javascrips, free information. But we do that only when it says that is for "FREE". We do not abuse the free availability of this information (though there are people who do so)
However when we bloggers want to protect our content and we state that explicitly in the copyright statements all we expect is the user to use that information but not to lift it straight off our web page. We want them to post a request in the numerous comments that we have, to ask our permission, to use the content if permission is given and in the manner the owner says and last but not the least to give due credits. This is not much to ask for, after all we are entitled to our creative copyrights.
If large organizations like Yahoo do not behave responsibly and lift contents as stated here, we can not expect much from small independent sites like AndhraMirchy.com etc. It would not do Yahoo much good if they rise up one morning to see an exact replica of their portal with their Logo, Design and Content stolen, right ? And that's why they have lawyers drawing up statements like
"Yahoo! respects the intellectual property of others, and we ask our users to do the same. Yahoo! may, in appropriate circumstances and at its discretion, terminate the accounts of users who infringe the intellectual property rights of others. "
So why don't they practice what they preach ? Boo to Yahoo and join us on March 5th
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Excellent! Loved your artwork! Loved it!
ReplyDeleteSandeepa,
ReplyDeleteI think you can just change the date and republish this on March 5th.
Can I give a link to gif of yours for people who want a logo, with credits to you?
Inji
ReplyDeleteI will upload the image in "PhotoBucket" and give you the link. Don't give the blogger link
Shall do by today evening
Sandeepa,
ReplyDeleteThat was a lovely write up gal. I guess its really hard for them to practice what they preach isn't it. When I contacted blogger help and support and so many others regarding the plagiarism none of them even bothered to reply and finally after a long long time I get a reply from them saying-- Hello,
Thank you for your note. Please note that Blogger is a provider of content
creation tools, not a mediator of that content. We allow our users to
create blogs, but we don't make any claims about the content of these
pages. We strongly believe in freedom of expression, even if a blog
contains unappealing or distasteful content or presents unpopular
viewpoints. We realize this may be frustrating and we regret any anxiety
or inconvenience this may cause you. In cases where contact information
for the author is listed on the page, we recommend you working directly
with this person to have the content in question removed or changed.
In cases where the author is anonymous, please note that in accordance with US state and federal law, it is Blogger's policy to only provide a user's contact information pursuant to a valid third party subpoena or
other appropriate legal process.
Sincerely,
The Blogger Team.
Anyways gone is gone and now is the time for us to all try and do something.
Thanx
Seema
Good work sandeepa! Like the logo:)
ReplyDeletehi sandeepa
ReplyDeletelovely write up about plagiarism.the picture is so good..
Sandeepa,
ReplyDeleteLoved your article and logo. I have a question. How are we going to protest on March 5th?
Great Write Up Sandeepa.
ReplyDeleteSandeepa, I got the icon. Thank you so much.
ReplyDeleteNice write up Sandeepa. And logo too. The mass protest should have an effect!
ReplyDeleteThanks to all of you and it would be nice if you could all have a post too
ReplyDeleteCheck Ginger & Mango's blog for more information
Seema
Yeah I don't think Blogger or Google would do anything. But I think the blog AndhraMirchy shows no posts any more, have they changed names?
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ReplyDeleteHear Hear....! Well Said Sandeepa.
ReplyDeleteYou have my support.
Trupti
Nice writeup. Will definitel support...nice logo too.
ReplyDeletecxvcv
ReplyDeleteTs, Sri
ReplyDeleteThanks
Inji
The humor is lost on me. What was that ?
HUH!!!! whats happenning on blogosphere???!!!! I am surely missing it..... Count me in guys!!!! I will do my part as well!!!!
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