Comments on: Getting fair use right: Maximize what you give, minimize what you take

By: John Mark Ockerbloom

John Mark Ockerbloom — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 15:19:46 +0000

Speaking of SEO, a lot of people seem to be using this post to put in unrelated spam links. (I remove those, or the comment that includes them, as a matter of course.) Since those seem to have a “feature” in all the comments submitted to this thread for the past several months, I’m going to assume the real conversation is effectively over and close comments on this particular post.

By: Gerry H

Gerry H — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 04:17:14 +0000

I remember the Harry Potter case..unfortunately copyright infringement happens way too often. I actually create pdf files for people that want to SEO their website. The problem is there’s no way to protect myself from thieves unless I go through the trouble and expense of putting a footprint in my documents in order to find the culprit.

By: aboutcorrietenboom

aboutcorrietenboom — Thu, 14 Oct 2010 11:28:02 +0000

You are definitely right Angela. A lot of people certainly don’t have originality or even the initiative of creating an original idea.

By: Tutor

Tutor — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 14:10:00 +0000

This is unfair to people who work hard on thier material. Perhaps more of us should look to self-publishing where we have our content in print.

By: Jason

Jason — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:08:55 +0000

Usually, it is very difficult to pursue any issues of intellectual property infringement.

By: Pitbull Training

Pitbull Training — Thu, 03 Dec 2009 22:59:00 +0000

Very interesting post,
Angela i totally agree with you.“Unfortunately, I’ve had terrible experiences releasing my books in electronic form. Twice in my career, ‘blind’ people e-mailed me, requesting a PDF of one of my books. Both times, I sent one over–and both times, it was all over the piracy sites within 48 hours, free for anyone to download.

“I’ve got a mortgage and three kids to put through college, and it broke my heart! Unfortunately, the bad apples have once again spoiled it for everyone else.”

Now, I realize that my position is unpopular in some circles. And the piracy issue really does bum me out.

By: April

April — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:22:59 +0000

I think it because it is so easy to use someone else’s material and hard to get caught that it happens often. I just starting writing online about a year ago and already have seen more then 20 people steal my works and I’m sure there is a whole lot more out there. The other thing is I don’t know how many people have used my stuff offline and there really isn’t a way to find out unless I read everything. In the end you just have to realize if you are going to write something more then likely someone will steal and you have to deal with it.

By: webgirl

webgirl — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 14:41:41 +0000

I think the main problem is really that there’s no sure fire way to stop it from happening. It’s really something that has been going on since the beginning of time and all we can do is be vigilant.

By: Paul Potts

Paul Potts — Mon, 17 Aug 2009 15:30:27 +0000

Yes, even online, people steal our work all the time. It’s hard to prove that it isn’t outright theft when it’s done in order to gain financially.

By: Vans

Vans — Fri, 24 Jul 2009 22:13:28 +0000

Kind of proves there are no real winners in court.