They say, imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. But in this case, I would have to disagree. And I think you will too.
It all started innocently enough with a pending comment on my blog. It was a pingback for one of my blog entries:
Before approving it, I naturally checked first what the article was about. And to my dismay, it was a poorly paraphrased copy of my own blog entry. Just read the first two paragraphs here and you’ll see what I mean:
See the glaring similarities and inept attempt at paraphrasing? The title was even copied as is. And even the “Haha” in the second paragraph was copied for chrissakes. While I appreciate the courtesy extended by the author to notify me of using my work, it is clearly a violation of the No Derivative Works condition of my Creative Commons license:
But still, I tried to play nice. I tried to contact the author to ask him/her to remove the offending article from the site. But the email address ([email protected]) in the Privacy Policy turned out to be fake, as the email I sent to that address came back undelivered due to a “domain name not found” error. I looked all over the website but could not find anything more that would point out who the author is, or how I could contact him/her. That’s where I got really pissed off. So here I am ranting at my blog.
you can report him/her to Google (looks like he/she’s using Google Adsense and it is a violation of their TOS. It might take a long time before Google does something though.
That’s what one of the girls from GT said too. Do I still need legal counsel for that or pwede na direcho report sa Google?
you can report him/her to Google (looks like he/she’s using Google Adsense and it is a violation of their TOS. It might take a long time before Google does something though.
That’s what one of the girls from GT said too. Do I still need legal counsel for that or pwede na direcho report sa Google?
omigod sis. it’s not even paraphrasing..as in iniba lang yung words but the sentences are the SAME. like hinanap niya lang yung synonyms ng mga words na ginamit mo.
Kaya nga mas lalo nakakainsulto eh. 🙁 Naghanap din lang synonyms, hindi pa inayos. Naman. Whoever did this, KARMA na bahala sa kanya.
omigod sis. it’s not even paraphrasing..as in iniba lang yung words but the sentences are the SAME. like hinanap niya lang yung synonyms ng mga words na ginamit mo.
Aw. Buti you checked the pingback.
I always check muna bago mag-approve, lalo na kung pingback. Tapos ayan na nga. Tsk.
Aw. Buti you checked the pingback.
I always check muna bago mag-approve, lalo na kung pingback. Tapos ayan na nga. Tsk.
i feel for you. saw my photos and exact wordings being used by someone, at pag sinita mo, sila pa galit. haha
yaan na, wala naman silang followers at subscriber! ^_^
Hirap eh, no? Ibig sabihin lang siguro nun we write well para gayahin nila. 😉
Report mo sa google!
I checked the links you gave. Hindi talaga dapat tinotolerate ang ganyan.
In other cases naman, they use our reviews and pictures to sell the product. Baka madamay pa tayo diba?
At meron pang comment box and people really thought it’s that blog’s review.
Actually, even the comments box seems bogus. I tried commenting, but the comment link just leads back to the page. And notice that the comments themselves don’t make sense if you’ll read them chronologically. The whole page is a freakin’ fake.
May mga sites talagang ganyan… they harvest entries and pass it off as their own. But their website looks fake naman, puro feeds lang ang mga entries.
Btw, nice lay-out!:)
Thanks rOSe! 🙂 The website looks like one big fake nga, even the comments and links. Utang na loob ko pa at nag-link back sa kin at nalaman ko tulog kalokohan nilang ginagawa. Tsk.
May mga sites talagang ganyan… they harvest entries and pass it off as their own. But their website looks fake naman, puro feeds lang ang mga entries.
Btw, nice lay-out!:)
Thanks rOSe! 🙂 The website looks like one big fake nga, even the comments and links. Utang na loob ko pa at nag-link back sa kin at nalaman ko tulog kalokohan nilang ginagawa. Tsk.
grabe sis, binasa ko both, almost the same nga. Sad naman.
Kumbaga sa magkapatid eh, may resemblance..
Di lang resemblance sis, obvious agad na ginaya yun blog entry ko. 🙁
grabe sis, binasa ko both, almost the same nga. Sad naman.
Kumbaga sa magkapatid eh, may resemblance..
Simply killing some in between class time on Digg and I found your article . Not normally what I choose to read about, nevertheless it was absolutely value my time. Thanks.
Thanks, glad to know it was worth your time reading it. 🙂
Simply killing some in between class time on Digg and I found your article . Not normally what I choose to read about, nevertheless it was absolutely value my time. Thanks.
Thanks, glad to know it was worth your time reading it. 🙂
Kaasar lang no? Halatang Pinay din pati ang may gawa. That happened to me also and to other bloggers I know. Dito sa Pinas, wala lang magagawa kasi wala naman tayong specific na batas para dyan. Kung madadaan sa paki-usap eh di okay. For the meantime, report to Google Adsense nga ang pwede mong gawin kasi may ads sya sa site nya.
Karma na bahala sa kanya sis. 😐