Comments on: Thievery, Deceit, and Copyright Stomping

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:00:41 +0000

LOL! I agree. 🙂

By: Paula

Paula — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 15:21:55 +0000

first i was spammed, then i was saved. thank you – being surrounded by spam is only good if it's in the middle of a monty python skit.

By: Lori

Lori — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 14:48:53 +0000

Found your comment in the Spam folder, Paula! You've been saved. 🙂

By: Lori

Lori — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 19:26:56 +0000

Cathy, both you and Jake in a posse is a sure-fire winner. :)

Wendy, maybe that's where the practice became rampant. I've seen it, too.

Not that ideas are all fresh, but the spins put on them sure are.

Ashley, I suspect karma has already started to work its magic, judging from what I've heard over the past year. :)

Sam, it does make me feel good. I knew you guys were great support, and I appreciate you all for it. :) That said, the nameless one will remain so. I saw the writing community nearly ripped apart not long ago over one particular disagreement (and it wasn't even someone doing anything close to this). I won't be the cause of it.

Thanks, Lillie! I'm so glad to see you. :)

By: Lillie Ammann

Lillie Ammann — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 11:03:17 +0000

Lori,

I'm so sorry this is happening to you. But as you and others have said, thieves may be able to copy your words, but they can't copy your unique voice.

By: whatlittlethings

whatlittlethings — Tue, 29 Mar 2011 02:10:48 +0000

Lori, good on you for not reacting impulsively! What seems important is that people are recognizing the situation even without you having to take any action! You've got a lot of people on your side! =) Hope it makes you feel warm and fuzzy (to counteract the ickiness)!

Sam

By: Ashley

Ashley — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 20:17:05 +0000

This really makes me mad. I haven't read everyone else's comments yet, so forgive me if I'm repeating, but I do think that that kind of action will come back to bite that writer. Call it karma or what you will, but those kind of people rarely learn until they get caught. But they will get caught because who can keep up that facade forever? And you're exactly right -- readers notice! Keep up the good ORIGINAL work, Lori. You're really an inspiration for many of us :) And you've got a great attitude about this.

OK I'm done. Going to read the rest of the comments. *grumble grumple*

By: Paula

Paula — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:57:06 +0000

ex-spurts – i love it, wendy. i think you hit the nail on the head.

By: Wendy

Wendy — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:09:51 +0000

I like when you said:

“My Voice cannot be stolen or copied.” (Loving that quote, Lori.)

You’re right. You have a unique voice. A person can put their name on your work, try to change a few words, but YOUR voice will still come through. People are not stupid, they do figure those things out. When they do, they’ll feel cheated and leave. The blogger in question, will bite themselves in the butt, without any flame wars or accusations on your part.

I’ve seen things like this in motivational blogs. People become Ex-Spurts by adopting the exact same expressions and views of other motivational bloggers. Credit is given to themselves instead of where it’s really deserved. The consistency isn’t there anymore, because they’re not using their own voice.

By: Cathy

Cathy — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 19:03:44 +0000

Well, if you don't want to for the posse with Jake riding shotgun, we could just use words like his self-immolate in their comments and have them scrambling for a way to use it their next post.

PS-Paula-I laughed out loud & you are soooo right on. :-)