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DavidDvorkin

(19,953 posts) Mon Mar 25, 2013, 03:06 PM Mar 2013

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but plagiarism ain't [View all]

Someone sent me an e-mail alerting me to a blog post about vampires (http://vampires284.tumblr.com/genderandsexuality) that lifted a lot of text from my essay (http://www.dvorkin.com/essays/vampallure.htm) about vampires.

A link to my essay would have been nice. A polite request to use some of the text, with attribution, would have been even nicer. Unfortunately, I don't see any contact information on that blog or even a way to comment.

Hmph.

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Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but plagiarism ain't [View all] DavidDvorkin Mar 2013 OP

That happened to me once. A third party alerted me. mainer Mar 2013 #1

The lack of contact information or a way to post a comment DavidDvorkin Mar 2013 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author liberty16 Apr 2013 #3

In the side bar it lists "Content contributed by Cassie Whitt, Carolyn Menyes, Agnosticsherbet Apr 2013 #4

I guess they want to pontificate without feedback DavidDvorkin Apr 2013 #5

Comment Deletion Request CasseWhitt Jan 2015 #9

Cassie, thanks for the update DavidDvorkin Jan 2015 #10

Thanks! CasseWhitt Jan 2015 #11

You could try sending Agnosticsherbert a message via DU. DavidDvorkin Jan 2015 #12

Unfortunately... CasseWhitt Jan 2015 #14

I didn't know we had such a limit DavidDvorkin Jan 2015 #15

Welcome to DU gopiscrap Jan 2015 #13

Someone advised me to send a DMCA takedown notice to Tumblr DavidDvorkin Apr 2013 #6

The stupidest piece of plagiarism I have ever come across Fortinbras Armstrong Apr 2014 #7

Wow DavidDvorkin Apr 2014 #8

reply dylb2 Feb 2017 #16