Oh my word, who would ever think to steal someone else's blog posts? I follow Johnny Virgil's blog 15minute lunch and you should too http://15minutelunch.blogspot.com/. He has lots of fans, some of whom apparently think his blog posts are theirs for the taking. Did these blog thieves skip the most important lesson which should be learned in English, Literature and any other class they may have had to write a paper for?
Did they learn nothing about creative theft? Plagiarism? Have they not heard of Napster? Same thieving deal!
I am no stellar blogger, so I'm not overly worried about anyone stealing my posts, but some of your posts are as good as money in the bank and should be treated as such. I am somewhat of a poet though, and have written many poems which I think are noteworthy. I never post them here or anywhere else on the web, because I have always been wary of someone snagging them and claiming them for their own. The poems I have written came from the deepest and lightest of my emotions, and I love them as if they were children. They embody the people that I wrote them about or wrote them for and when I take them out of their little box, they bring back all the emotions I feel for those people. My greatest inspiration of all time was PJM ... who incensed my ire, fanned flames of passion and somehow managed to remain in my good graces in spite of all of his offenses. Only by the grace of our mutual love did that happen and only by the grace of inspiration did a good many poems (more than he has ever been privy to) practically write themselves. They are no longer mere words, they are snapshots of love for me to hold onto, and I reserve the right to keep them safe from thieves, the only way I know how.
There must be a way to protect creativity in blog world ... but I am not savvy enough to know if there is. How can Johnny Virgil protect his writing? An inquiring mind wants to know!
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It's a sas sorry world when people steal, tresspass, invade one's privacy and are otherwise are inconsiderate and stupid.
ReplyDeleteThe only defense I know of would be to not post (or email) anything you don't want stolen... or to write really badly (like I do) so that no one would want to steal it.
@IG -- seriously ... sad sad people that would steal someone else's blogs and post them off as their own, and then get busted doing it. How embarrassing must that be? I would be soooooooooooooo mortified.
ReplyDeleteP.S., thanks for the car tip ... I will probably take that to my local mechanic before it leaves me hanging again.