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:ScreenShot012

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:copycat

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:ScreenShot013

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.

So whoever the hell you are who copied my blog, I hope you read this too and be warned against doing the same thing to other blogs. And SHAME on your botched-up attempt too, for your article is (quoting a movie line) “nothing but a second-rate, trying-hard copycat!”

30 thoughts on “Blog Rant: This is NOT flattery!

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. 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! ^_^

  6. 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.

    1. 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.

  7. 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!:)

    1. 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.

  8. 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!:)

    1. 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.

  9. 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.

  10. 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.

  11. 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.

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