A little over 10 hours ago I was accused of having based my last post on an idea from an existing article. I respond by explaining the unwritten code of acknowledging sources of inspiration among bloggers.
Carlos Bravo11
The fear of having your ideas stolen is quite common among bloggers. It is something they have in common with beginning entrepreneurs who do not want to share their project with anyone because they think that someone might copy it and they will be left empty-handed.
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Recently a blogger accused me on Twitter of having run out of inspiration because I was stealing his ideas. It is a very strong accusation and doing it publicly without even having contacted me does not seem to me to be the most appropriate way. I am writing this post to respond to this unjustified accusation.
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1 The different levels of “theft” of intellectual property
2 My alleged theft of an idea for a post
3 You must always acknowledge the authorship jordan list of the posts that have inspired you
The different levels of “theft” of intellectual property
It is not a good practice to copy your blog posts without your permission. However, it can also be interpreted as a positive sign since the blog is perceived as relevant by some users. There are some rules for using third-party content correctly , which should be respected. There are different levels of intellectual property theft in the blogging world:
Inspiration from third-party content : Sometimes your own ideas come from third-party content. This is a mild form of “theft” if the source of inspiration is not cited but is still incorrect.
Plagiarism of main ideas : there are bloggers who base their posts on entries from third-party blogs. It is not a literal copy of the post, but the ideas already exist in the original article.
Copy-and-paste content : It is quite common to see blogs whose only way of adding new posts is through “copy and paste” of existing content.
Copying without citing the original author : in the above case, it is usual to leave at least a link to the original author. The worst form of intellectual property theft is an authentic copy under one's own authorship.