Comments on: How Do You Feel When Someone Copies and Pastes Your Post?

By: Ashley

Ashley — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 15:51:52 +0000

so the ny observer and the gothamist recently copy and pasted an entry from my blog to one of their articles on a major news case, they did put in a link to my blog however i wasn’t otherwise notified they’d be using my content. is that allowed?

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Tue, 10 Apr 2012 10:57:54 +0000

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By: Mary

Mary — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:14:13 +0000

I agree. Plagiarizing can be really annoying especially when you have put so much hard work in to it. Theft of website content is a rapidly growing problem and owners should check their content frequently to find out whether it is being used somewhere else. I use PlagTracker.com – http://www.plagtracker.com/ You may also try!

By: Selena Gomez

Selena Gomez — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 02:44:29 +0000

You may also try a service like Tynt on your website. Anytime a visitor copies x amount of words from your site it includes a link back. It’s been useful for some of my other blogs!

By: Mandy

Mandy — Fri, 23 Sep 2011 02:46:15 +0000

It is very disappointing when some one copy my or somebody else’s post. I don’t get angry because by getting angry I loose my own blood or feel bad myself.

By: EdTechSandyK

EdTechSandyK — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 13:50:54 +0000

Jack, as a blogger, the issue for me is no one should repost an entire post of mine without permission. I posted it on my blog because it represents my thoughts. If readers comment on my thoughts on my blog I can interact with them. If they do that on another person’s blog, I have lost an opportunity to connect with my readers and they with me, the original writer.

If someone values my words so much that they want to post the entire contents on their blog, it can be a high compliment, but they should seek my permission so I can be aware of, participate in, and grow from any conversation which surrounds my thoughts.

Also if someone likes my thoughts, they may be interested in other things I have to say. If they are on my blog when they read my post, it is easier for them to connect with other topics I have written about.

When posted to someone else’s blog, my words may take on a different meaning depending on the context in which they post them. Even if the meaning is not impacted, they are driving traffic to another blog, not mine.

If a blogger really values something I have said, they should be able to quote the small bit that really “stood out” to them, share their thoughts on it, then link back to the entire original post on my blog with a recommendation for their readers to follow the link and read my entire post.

To me, it all boils down to professional, intellectual, and scholarly courtesy and ethics.

By: Jack Green

Jack Green — Sat, 02 Jul 2011 04:58:45 +0000

I agree to an extent. I dont think it needs to be over the top a link to the post or their website should be sufficient as long as its not being passed off as their own work I dont see the issue.

By: B.

B. — Sun, 27 Mar 2011 13:39:11 +0000

(continuation of previous discussion …)+(oh, my English is lacking! Sorry!)
I wanted to explain that in the future I would like to write (especially for my pupils but also for others who will read my blog) a series of posts in which to present / explain the rules of etiquette on the net. When I will do this, I would like to exemplify my posting, with articles from various blogs of others – among which I would put the spotlight on this post and others on the same theme. The idea is that I do not have to translate all/everything in Romanian because my students understand English well enough, just to indicate they read here and in other blogs where it deals with this issue. However, you have done important things in edublogs so we thank you and try to take the example (even if things do not work in my country so well and even though it will take time before we can say that we really started in blogging). I will translate what is necessary, I will show my students to read here and I hope things go well – just need time.

By: Sue Waters

Sue Waters — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 08:44:51 +0000

Hi B, the key as you highlight is to ask permission and then if granted than make sure you acknowledge who originally wrote the content and if you have translated it to then add your details to it to say that you did the translation.

For example if someone asks to translate my work they get me to quickly check how it has been acknowledged to make sure I am comfortable with it.

So if you would like to translate this post or any of my other posts into your language — please let me know and I would be honored.