12 Jan
2006
12 Jan
'06
12:02 p.m.
>> It appears he changed the forum posting to
something libelous
Oy, just what I need...
I'm upping the ante to a keg if someone over there will go kick his ass for
me. :)
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Jim Leonard
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 2:14 PM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Slightly OT: Bastard plagiarists
'Computer Collector Newsletter' wrote:
Someone copied almost my ENTIRE pda history site onto
the web forum at
http://tinyurl.com/bhvpv ... Does anyone know what the deal is with
this "britishinformation.com" site anyway? The thief who stole my
work even included the hyperlinks but they don't work. The site
includes a web form for contacting them so I sent a not-so-nice
message, but I'm not optimistic about hearing back. Unfortunately I
don't see any way to contact the user who posted this.
It is better to just forget about it at this point. Why? Because:
1. There's no question the work is yours 2. He doesn't care, and won't ever
care 3. In my experience, people who meet the criteria of #2 are gone in 2
years, so the problem corrects itself.
He's not trying to take credit for the work or gain profit from it, so
instead of worrying about it for a few days, use that time more
productively. Life's too short -- you could get hit by a bus tomorrow :-)
Update: It appears he changed the forum posting to something libelous -- not
sure that was your original intention. But the copied text is not there.
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