In Reply to: Re: Bullpen worthy? No ! Plagairism ! posted by ob on September 01, 2002 at 15:39:34:
ob and others --
For the record, the page in question at the Bullpen contained nothing whatsoever that was created by caddpower or anyone associated with caddpower. It contains:
the original question posted by Jose.
A very helpful response by Bo.
A follow up from Bill Stanley.
And a complimentary note written by me, with links to three anonymous posts made on this public forum. The post number assignments and URLs embedded in the html for the page were created by Artifice's servers, not by the authors of those posts. The Bullpen does not duplicate that content in a frame, it merely links back to a page in a public forum. This is the text in question, in full:
found at the discussion forum links here:
18098 & 18100 |
Plagairism is a strong word; it is not supported by the facts.
ob, I copied nothing of yours, and am utterly mystified by your reaction. If, by posting helpful advice here, you are demonstrating caddpower's expertise (and I think you are, very much so) then it would seem that additional links to your sage advice would only increase your audience and broaden your potential market. Linking to your posts from the Bullpen seemed to me to be a sensible way of facilitating communication among PowerCADD users, given your sensitivities.
In the meanwhile, I stand by my statement, which goes for everyone, anonymous or not:
If you ever see something posted in the Bullpen that you believe is your property, please bring it to my attention immediately and we will correct the situation. I hope that will be unnecessary. If you every have any information or content that you would like to post in the Bullpen, I would be very happy to include it, you have an open invitation.
When you claiming as your property a link to a psuedonymous post made in a public forum hosted by another company, you are standing on a thin reed indeed.