[stylist] A peculiar copyright infringement

Tue Jan 18 22:22:16 UTC 2011

Donna, People who steal in one way or another usually share a gene for 
lunacy.  In all of history has anyone ever been able to figure out why a 
lunatic displays his lunacy?  Judith
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Donna Hill" <penatwork at epix.net>
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Sent: Tuesday, January 18, 2011 4:33 PM
Subject: Re: [stylist] A peculiar copyright infringement


> 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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