It's NOT like CMG didn't think we'd be upset by plagarism !
Mar 27, 2015 15:31:23 GMT -5
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Post by copperkid3 on Mar 27, 2015 15:31:23 GMT -5
Paul Wheaton discussed this very topic on a thread in Homesteading Today, nearly 5 years ago . . .
www.homesteadingtoday.com/general-homesteading-forums/homesteading-questions/307366-plagiarism.html
One wonders, whether a class action lawsuit might get someone's attention?
Although (it appears at this time), that willow_girl and possibly another member,
were the only one's who were actual plagarized 'victims'. And then there is problem of what actual
damages were incurred by the parties involved; although in many cases, damages don't have to be proven -
just having done the act intentionally is all that is necessary.
("ALICE" -aka- 'Steve', CMG administrator, knew those works copied & pasted elsewhere, weren't his own intellectual property)
As a (former) tight-knit community however, we've ALL suffered from the lack of integrity of a faceless profit-motivated corporation,
who seemed to be more concerned with damage control and company image, then doing what was right initially.
What can definitely be defined as damaged, was "trust".
And how does one put a value on that commodity?
It is EVERYTHING . . . or we have nothing.
www.homesteadingtoday.com/general-homesteading-forums/homesteading-questions/307366-plagiarism.html
One wonders, whether a class action lawsuit might get someone's attention?
Although (it appears at this time), that willow_girl and possibly another member,
were the only one's who were actual plagarized 'victims'. And then there is problem of what actual
damages were incurred by the parties involved; although in many cases, damages don't have to be proven -
just having done the act intentionally is all that is necessary.
("ALICE" -aka- 'Steve', CMG administrator, knew those works copied & pasted elsewhere, weren't his own intellectual property)
As a (former) tight-knit community however, we've ALL suffered from the lack of integrity of a faceless profit-motivated corporation,
who seemed to be more concerned with damage control and company image, then doing what was right initially.
What can definitely be defined as damaged, was "trust".
And how does one put a value on that commodity?
It is EVERYTHING . . . or we have nothing.
