[wp-forums] Content Theft on the Forums

[James Huff]

Agreed, but instead of a public response, I'll send an email.

He's one of our more frequent helpers, which is why I was trying to deal with it as quietly as possible (hoping he'd catch on to the edits). I don't want this to turn into a public spectacle with him in the middle.

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James Huff
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On Oct 24, 2010, at 2:55 AM, Peter Westwood <peter.westwood at ftwr.co.uk> wrote:

> 
> On 24 Oct 2010, at 10:25, Rich Pedley wrote:
> 
>> On 24/10/2010 06:57, James Huff wrote:
>>> So, this has been bugging me for a while, but what do we do about
>>> content theft on the forums?  I mean, ripping the majority of an
>>> existing article that you don't own and then posting it as a
>>> response?
>>> 
>>> User t-p seems to enjoy ripping most of my troubleshooting articles
>>> posted at weblogtoolscollection.com.  When I rip something, I
>>> always cite the source.  As you can see from the examples below, I
>>> have exercised my abilities to edit t-p's responses with
>>> blockquotes and the source.
>>> 
>>> Please keep in mind that these are just a sample from this week and
>>> none of the following examples were cited.  They were just ripped
>>> and posted verbatim.  The blockquotes and source were added later
>>> by myself:
>>> 
>>> http://wordpress.org/support/topic/blog-and-admin-totally-lost?replies=5#post-1754458
>> [snip]
>>> Now, I don't care when we rip each other's forum responses, but
>>> ripping from elsewhere without at least a citation is content
>>> theft.
>>> 
>>> I suppose I should just email t-p instead of stalking and editing,
>>> but I wanted to run it by you guys/gals first.
>>> 
>>> Pretend I'm not "one of you," just a member who sees his published
>>> copyrighted content being reproduced on the forums without his
>>> expressed permission.
>> 
>> I know this is directed at the moderators, but as I'm another user ...
>> 
>> Can I suggest you stop editing the posts, and reply in a couple of the threads citing the resource, and ask t-p publicly to cite the resource in future. That is what a.n.other user would do. (or me in this case)
> 
> 
> That feels like a better solution.
> 
> Cheers
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