Writing
Website with Plagiarised Content
There is a website by the name of history-of-india.net This site is filled with plagiarised content. Infact, one of my article on Akbar that was published in Encyclopedia of Leadership (Sage, 2004), and later on hosted by me at
http://www.i3pep.org/archives/2004/11/12/akbar/
has been copy pasted on the above mentioned site at
http://history-of-india.net/akbar_the_great.htm
I had brought up this matter when I found it at
http://www.codingforums.com/showthread.php?t=152029
To top it, the owner of the plagiarising site goes by the name of ‘Satya’ ! I had somehow managed to get the email of that guy, and also wrote an email to him. The details of that correspondence I have put up on my site:
http://indiapoint.net/archives/2010/05/31/internet-plagiarism/
However, till date I find that the offending and plagiarising website continues to host my article without any attribution or link.
Also, the Copyright policy of my website, clearly says that no one is allowed to make copy of full content of any webpage and post it on another site.
Anup Mukherjee
indiapoint.net
The London Photographic Association vs EPUK
Reporting a non-Indian plagiarism case this time. Former Magnum director Neil Burgess’s article “For God’s sake, Somebody Call It” had been lifted from EPUK and used by the London Photographic Association for a promotional campaign. (Now removed)
Apparently, after pointing out the plagiarism, EPUK members talking about piracy also received threatening phone calls! Read more here as reported by EPUK. As always, rampant plagiarism in the entire world.
Shocking reactions to plagiarism
Came across this carefully researched piece by Karthik, where he finds out that a blogging competition organised by U.S. consulate, chennai has chosen a plagiarist for a winner! Not just that, when Karthik confronts them, they look in the other direction and say
“It seems you examined and reflected on the featured blogs – we continue to be proud of Rajat, the finalists and the rest of the 100+ contestants. We want to encourage youth to be part of the global discourse and we hope that this is the first of many blog competitions on the horizon.”
What does the US consulate stand to gain by NOT taking legal action against something illegal? Maybe their whole PR exercise will fall flat on its face and that’s what’s dissuading them.
Read the full post here.