[stylist] A peculiar copyright infringement

Tue Jan 18 21:33:46 UTC 2011

Thanks, Anita, I'm thinking of putting up a query for an expert in 
plagerism to comment. I just can't get over that they did this rather 
than taking the article as it was for free. Go figure.
Donna

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On 1/18/2011 1:56 PM, Anita Adkins wrote:
> Hi,
>
> It's a very interesting article. Someone did plagiarize your words 
> from how it sounds, and I think your article about it is the right 
> thing to do. Bad publicity for the place that published it and other 
> legal procedures may also be in order. Excellent writing. Anita
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
> To: <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 1:44 PM
> Subject: [stylist] A peculiar copyright infringement
>
>
>> Hi Friends,
>> The following is the most rudamentary draft of an article I'm working 
>> on regarding something which just happened to me. I was more 
>> interested in sharing the content with you than asking for help on 
>> this, but any suggestions are always appreciated.
>> Donna
>>
>> ***
>>
>> A Most Peculiar Form of Plagerism
>>
>>
>> When I was pursuing my songwriting career, I occasionally indulged in 
>> the fantasy that someone would steal one of my songs. They would 
>> become famous, and I would successfully sue them based on my 
>> copyright. I would use my PR skills to get publicity for the trial -- 
>> Famous musician rips off blind lady's song. I would ride to stardom 
>> and my other songs would finally get their day.
>>
>> Now that my writing involves only words, however, copyright 
>> infringement has taken on a different tone. It's happened, and it's 
>> not what I thought it would be. I won't be sueing anybody or riding 
>> to glory on the event. I'm not outraged or hurt -- well, maybe 
>> disgusted a little. Mostly, I'm mystified.
>>
>> As a writer on blindness issues and an activist trying to spread the 
>> word about the challenges facing blind Americans, I publish articles 
>> on the Braille literacy crisis and related subjects to online article 
>> directories like EzineArticles and American Chronicle. I don't get 
>> paid a cent, but the sites don't demand exclusivity, so I can publish 
>> the same article in multiple locations. Furthermore, other sites can 
>> go to these "ezine directories" for free web content and republish my 
>> articles to their hearts' content.
>>
>> To see where my articles end up, I subscribe to Google Alerts for 
>> "blind, blindness and Braille." On my 61^st birthday, I was catching 
>> up on that week's Google Alerts, when I noticed a familiar title. I 
>> went to the site. When I started reading the article, I thought that 
>> I must have been mistaken; maybe it was another article with the same 
>> title. Then, I began to realize that the article was rather poorly 
>> written. In fact, I struggled to understand it at all. It slowly 
>> dawned on me that it contained the same information as mine. On 
>> closer examination, I realized that someone had re written my 
>> article, published it and thankfully not embarrassed either 
>> themselves or me by crediting it to anyone.
>>
>> The rewrite reminds me of what might happen if someone translated my 
>> work from English to Chinese and back again with only the most 
>> rudimentary knowledge of either language. I wrote to the site 
>> requesting that the article be taken down and inviting them to use 
>> the real one for free. No reply.
>>
>> Here is the first two paragraphs of my original article (August 6, 
>> 2010), followed by the "equivalent" of the butchered version.
>>
>> From American Chronicle:
>>
>> 5 Shocks Braille Gave a Visually Impaired Audio Book Reader
>>
>> http://www.americanchronicle.com/articles/view/174754
>>
>> Block quote
>>
>> At age three, before learning to read, I heard my parents talk about 
>> the family who lived next to us in our cookie-cutter suburban 
>> development in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley. I thought they were our 
>> "next store" neighbors. As I learned the alphabet and meanings of 
>> words, I asked my mother what the neighbor's sold at their store. I 
>> learned that I had, of course, misheard.
>>
>> That wasn't the last time my ears let me down in the spelling 
>> department. Reading, however, is supposed to clue us in about those 
>> words that aren't spelled the way our ears think they should be.
>>
>> Block quote end
>>
>> From Best Special Education
>>
>> http://www.suite101.com/pages/article_list.cfm
>>
>> Block quote
>>
>> At grow older some, before finding out study, My spouse and i heard 
>> this mothers and fathers discuss a family who resided close to people 
>> inside our cookie-cutter suburban growth throughout Pennsylvania's 
>> Lehigh Pit. I thought we were looking at each of our "next store" 
>> friends and neighbors. When i figured out your alphabet along with 
>> descriptions associated with phrases, Gurus our mummy what are the 
>> neighbor's bought in its shop. I found that I had put together, 
>> naturally, misheard.
>>
>> That weren't one more occasion the ears ok , i'll all the way down 
>> inside the punctuational department. Examining, on the other hand, 
>> should really hint you throughout about people words which are not 
>> wrote how our own hearing believe they should be.
>>
>> Block quote end
>>
>>
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