Lori....seems to be going around these days. One of my closest friends, a jewelry designer, had photos of her jewelry stolen from her site and posted on another so-called designer's site. Evidently, he stole content, INCLUDING A BIO word for word, from some 4 other designers. For the record, she sent a cease and desist along with copyright info like your friend, and he took her stuff down. For a comprehensive list of useful tools, see: (http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/25/the-20-best-free-anti-plagiarism-tools
That is just wrong. Copyright and patent law is complicated. We have to take a refresher class every year least we put the company at risk by violating someone's rights.
Lori....seems to be going around these days. One of my closest friends, a jewelry designer, had photos of her jewelry stolen from her site and posted on another so-called designer's site. Evidently, he stole content, INCLUDING A BIO word for word, from some 4 other designers. For the record, she sent a cease and desist along with copyright info like your friend, and he took her stuff down. For a comprehensive list of useful tools, see: (http://www.blogherald.com/2007/06/25/the-20-best-free-anti-plagiarism-tools
ReplyDeleteThat is just wrong. Copyright and patent law is complicated. We have to take a refresher class every year least we put the company at risk by violating someone's rights.
ReplyDeleteSpitting...foaming...grrring...
ReplyDeletehead.about.to.explode...
*sigh*
Wow... And how can you actually know if it's happening to you unless you learn about it accidentally?
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