Comments on: Where to Draw the Line with Copied Content

By: Ankit

Ankit — Mon, 25 Feb 2013 16:38:47 +0000

Thnx for the excellent post. One of my blog codemink.com content is getting copied the day I post any thing and I was just helpless.. Now I have some hope I can deal with it..

By: Ivana C

Ivana C — Tue, 29 Jan 2013 18:11:49 +0000

I was wondering what you have to say about images? If I see a dress on a website and want to write about it, can I use the image or a copy of it? A reference to it? What is fair usage? If I want to write something nice I don’t think the site would mind, but what if I want to criticize it?

I’d appreciate your thoughts,

Thanks,
Ivana

By: Lauren - Slowburn Fastburn

Lauren - Slowburn Fastburn — Mon, 17 Dec 2012 07:23:58 +0000

I can’t even think of a situation where I would want to directly copy another blogger. That takes everything out of the purpose of blogging! Excellent article.

lauren

By: Jenny

Jenny — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 05:55:20 +0000

Jennine this is a good article with some interesting discussion from readers and bloggers.

In my opinion, there is absolutely no excuse for plagiarism if you want to succeed as a blogger. People read blogs for original content and individuality, what’s the point of following a different person expressing the same things as another blogger? Fortunately, aside from the one well-known case already stated, I haven’t noticed too many blogs with constant vapid posts that obviously draws from other bloggers.

I’m sorry to those that have experienced this (Shevon, sorry to hear about your stacked arm post! Did you contact the other blogger? And if so, what was the outcome? Marie, shameful that the other blogger took your layout without crediting, did you contact them about it?). As a blogger, I hope I am never faced with such a problem because I wouldn’t know how to react.

By: Aily

Aily — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:27:45 +0000

This is a very sad fact that you can almost not be prevented. For all the ones that had to go through something like this I always say: “you can copy someone’s idea/work, but you can never copy their creativity and passion.”

By: Make the World a Prettier Place

Make the World a Prettier Place — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 19:34:23 +0000

The thing that annoys me the most and that is more common than blatant plagiarism is bloggers not crediting the source of their “amazing” idea. For example, I blogged about a designer collection and made a cool layout with the photos. A blogger commented on this post and how she liked it. The next day, she posted about this designer collection, used my layout but never mentionned that she got the idea from my website. I think it’s common courtesy to write a simple via.. at the end of the post.
– Marie

By: SW

SW — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 17:47:25 +0000

In reply to Jennine Jacob. Excellent -- well said. This truly captures the pervasiveness of the plagiarism and issues. It's almost too crazy to be true.

By: Shevon Miller

Shevon Miller — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 05:02:43 +0000

I had this problem the other day. I did a stacked arm post and i found some actually copy and past my whole pose and took credit for it! -_-

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 04:31:35 +0000

In reply to Daniel. I meant "I did that", not "I done that". Curse my own laziness for not reading over the comment before hitting that "submit comment" button!

By: Daniel

Daniel — Sat, 15 Dec 2012 04:27:15 +0000

News websites copy, fashion bloggers innovate. At least that’s how it should be. Copying content directly, in most cases, shows laziness, especially if you don’t even have the courtesy to credit the source. I’m all for quoting and referencing, but when it comes to outright copying, I really lose interest in a blog or website. Attempting to build a blog with a large readership is no fun if it’s not your own work. You have nothing to be proud of. Rather than looking back and thinking, “I done that”, you will look back and think, “damn, I’m great at using ctrl + c and ctrl + v!”