My article was plagiarised - is the offender's response sufficient?
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Today I found out that one of the articles I had written for PHPWomen had been plagiarised, by someone running a development company. I was more disappointed than angry because;
- PHP is a development *community* - we are supposed to have respect for one another as developers
- I wouldn't have minded if the article had been referenced and commented on
- The person who committed the plagiarism, although young, appears to be quite switched on
The correspondence between Tim and myself follows;
> Hi Tim,
>
> I was just wondering why you plagiarised my article from PHPWomen and passed it off as your own?
>
> http://www.phpwomen.org/forum/index.php?t=msg&th=225&start=0&S=dc5fb133c9c86f9fb3deb2aed6242e60
>
> http://debuggable.com/posts/comparison-operators-when-equals-does-equal-equals:480f4dfd-e744-445d-8717-45b3cbdd56cb
>
> Regards,
> Kathy </p> Tim's reply; > Okay I can't seem to fix it for now. > > I will delete the post now. I obviously should have linked back to you explaining your article instead of reflecting it and adding my two cents here and there. > > I hope you are fine with the deletion. Sorry for the inconvenience. > > Best,
> Tim </p> Well, at least he's done the right thing by deleting it - but he never should have copied it in the first place! Is the deletion enough, or should he publish a public apology?
> Kathy </p> Tim's reply; > Okay I can't seem to fix it for now. > > I will delete the post now. I obviously should have linked back to you explaining your article instead of reflecting it and adding my two cents here and there. > > I hope you are fine with the deletion. Sorry for the inconvenience. > > Best,
> Tim </p> Well, at least he's done the right thing by deleting it - but he never should have copied it in the first place! Is the deletion enough, or should he publish a public apology?
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Damo ·
happens all too often… people do not tend to take intellectual property very seriously. after years of copying CDs for friends, copying software for others, etc… it is inevitable, i suppose.