I am so disgusted my discussion and mylotters comment had been copied!!

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

hi lizbenetua, Yeah, and even me it comes a surprises as i really have no intention to dug it but it just happen accidentally when i search i just notice the title i the same with my discussion and its content. So I check it up and maybe they just copy it with a link on my discussion, bit it is not even mention and so i just notice even the comment is copied itself.

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k sridharprasad

@yugasini (12836)

• Anantapur, India

27 Jan 10

hi neelianoscet, i have not faced this type of situation till now,but i have read a discussion some days back one of our member got more than 1200 friendship requests,she submit a discussion regarding that,now you are submitting another such type of thing to the mylot,some body will inform their experience of this type,have a nice day

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

hi yugasini, Yeah, they are different from my topic since it is all about a person who post my discussion as part of his blog entry in a website other than my lot. it is a case of direct plagiarism which very evident and it comes even as a surprises to me since i have no knowledge that my discussion is publish in other sites left alone even a link is not even provided with no permission of mine.

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k sridharprasad

@yugasini (12836)

• Anantapur, India

28 Jan 10

hi neeelianoscet, thanks for the response,i also agree that the person should take the permission from you when using your article,i congratulate you that your article was recognised,that you have written a good stuff,can you send a copy of that discussion and where it was copied also,have a nice day

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

28 Jan 10

hi there, This is the link in my lot discussion http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2227391.aspx?p=1 and the the plagiarized copy is http://my.chinese.cn/en/space-blog-uid-75-id-7348.html

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Heather Echola

@GardenGerty (157674)

• United States

27 Jan 10

I am sorry that has happened to you. I have never checked that myself so I do not know if I have been plagiarized. I am glad it is not a fellow MyLot user that has done this, though. We have had that happen here. So what will you do about this?

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

hi gardengerty, it just comes as a surprises to me since i never had any discussion of mine repetitively publish by me. I just discover it accidentally when i surf my username the title of my discussion comes out and there i see my discussion had been copied generally including the first commenter. A member tell me to contact my lot and tell something about it as they have their own copyright guidelines when it comes to plagiarism.

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Amber

@AmbiePam (85687)

• United States

27 Jan 10

Yes, it has happened to me. Another mylotter alerted me to the fact that my discussion had been copied word for word. I reported that mylotter, and the Mylot admin. deleted their discussion. I've also seen this happen to another mylotter. In that case I alerted her to the fact that her discussion had been copied. It was so obviously copied. It wasn't just a plain 'ol discussion, someone would definitely have to be copying that mylotter to come up with the discussion they did.

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

28 Jan 10

hi ambiepam, Yeah, it is the right things to do and so far i had not caught any member here who copy my discussion word per word but in other websites i found my discussion being copied. So this discussion of mine is to keep the member aware of the copyright as their discussion without their knowledge may have duplicate in other sites without their permission which very upsetting. I had seen too a lot of discussion here and including the reply from other respondents who copy their responses even with link in other websites in a long paragraph. Thus, depriving those member who honestly reply in their own wording and they take it easy to copy and have laugh all the way taking advantage of other member ideas without having to make their own discussion quality and originality.

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sid556

@sid556 (30960)

• United States

27 Jan 10

Hi neelianoscet, I have not had this happen to me or at least I don't think I have. I'd be so furious. Is there any way you can tell who did this? Are they posting your discussions here or somewhere else? I wouldn't know how to find out if someone is doing this. How do you find a plagiarism checker?

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copycatters

RawBill AKA MrAusAdventure

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

hi sid, I never check it with plagiarism checker as i discover that my discussion had been copied when I search my user name on the first page the entry title of my discussion exist and the name of the website where my discussion is published. Even if one had not check with plagiarism checker, just simply copying a paragraph from your discussion in the search bar it could eventually appear the names of any site who have the similar entries as yours.

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@RawBill1 (8531)

• Gold Coast, Australia

28 Jan 10

Wow, that is just so wrong and incredibly lazy!

The fact that they just left your user name in the comment as well indicates that they were too lazy to even modify it at all or just too stupid to realise to do it!

I hope this person can be found out and banned from here!

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@polachicago (18716)

• United States

27 Jan 10

I guess we can search all of our discussions and find it somewhere a copy. Some people are really stupid to copy internet content. Mylot has copyright, so maybe you can send a message to admin?

polachicago

@polachicago (18716)

• United States

28 Jan 10

my 4 years old discussion was copied word by word, including my original typo mistake: my discussion: http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/261537.aspx discussion posted January 14 2010 http://alltopmovies.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=10065 this come up after I checked it on http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

28 Jan 10

Hi polachicago, yeah, you see and check it by yourself that everyone here had been a victim too it is just a matter of time before they could discover it unless they dug their older discussion. I am so glad that you also discover one of your past discussion had been copied too and the next things to do is to inform the admin of the site whom your discussion had been plagiarized. The plagiarism checker is really reliable. Have a nice day!

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

hi polachicago, yeah, that is the better way to do and one would know if ever their discussion before had been copied as some are just out to take advantage of other effort on their own pleasure. And it is so funny they copied all those texts not even reverse some wording which is very evident on their foolishness could not even have the guts to make a cover up. I don't try it yet to report and maybe after my discussion had been finished it is then i would ask for the further procedures if i am gonna report it or i would directly inform the website itself whom the copy of my discussion is published.

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Lakota12

@Lakota12 (42600)

• United States

27 Jan 10

Did you also notice it was chinese that did this. hmmmmmmmmmmmm

Lakota12

@Lakota12 (42600)

• United States

27 Jan 10

When a member from China does this and only copies they should be BANNEd from mylot! We dont need cheats here. only faithful people like us with puwn thought up posts hard enough to come up with a good post

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

yeah, not even from those country all who have committed direct plagiarism since they only lower the quality of the poster discussion making it sometimes as their own original while depriving the original poster of its recognition. it really hard to comes out with topic since it is created from own wording and it is so sad that things like this happen and i think some members should also need to check their discussion it may even been highly circulated already in the internet.

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

hi lakota, yeah, and the mylotter member whose comment is also copied which comes as a surprises not only my discussion. I couldn't wait what the first commenter would be her reaction on this..lol..

Ingkingderders

@Ingkingderders (3832)

• Philippines

16 Feb 10

I am a member of another social networking site, and I have seen a lot of discussions here copied there. I'm not really sure if it's the same user or not, but it's definitely the same discussion word for word. I tried searching my name, and there were nothing but mylot, though I would maybe try again a little later. It's just really a shame that plagiarism is all over the net, and it's hard to keep your discussions and articles as your own.

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

16 Feb 10

hi ingkingderders, It is a non-english site website and so far i also encounter discussion of member here where they also found their discussion being plagiarized and so the ultimate solution is for them to contact the admin of the said site where copy of their discussion is publish since the admin of my lot is only concern with plagiarism that happen here and they are no longer responsible for contents copy by other sites from here as the maker of the discussion is the one who need to do the follow up. You could search your discussion by just adding like ingkigderder in mylot and all of your discussion here would comes out or if you suspect your discussion is being copied you coould check a portion by visiting the, www.plagiarismchecker.com, there you could find if any of your discussion have been copy.:)

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

18 Feb 10

In fact just last night i submit my discussion about eating and when i am about to reply in my three discussion, one of my discussion say it no longer exist or have been removed due to guidelines violation, then I receive a notification from my lot that i plagiarized, which is very funny as How could I plagiarized my own discussion then i just found out that my discussion the very same day it is publish in another blog, see here the link from my lot discussion which the admin just put back since it is the original and not the copied one for comparison here is my discussion http://www.mylot.com/w/discussions/2256229.aspx, and the plagiarized copy of my discussion,http://tambokekoy.blogspot.com/, you could notice they copied my discussion word per word including the comma and period.

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Ingkingderders

@Ingkingderders (3832)

• Philippines

17 Feb 10

ahhh. I would definitely check out the site later. In the other site that I am a member of, the admin checks if your blog is an original or not. And you could always tell the admin to take it down if the discussion was originally yours. They don't tolerate plagiarism but I guess it's just too much for them to keep track of all the posts.

@Lucky09 (1763)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

neel, i think you should try to log in on that blog then post your comment that that post was copied from you. you should take the claim because all were totally copied, even hatley's first response was also used as the first comment there

who's the lotter? PM please...i wanna kick his/her a$$ out of mylot

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

yeah, that the right attitude since we have no control over the power of internet is so magnificent and were just a part of small sectors. This discussion of mine just serves as a reminder to be careful of the content of one discussion and be wary that somehow out there is lurking to take advantage of one work. I deeply remember it and you itself check the link and many would have their earning reduce when those types of discussion is deleted which have happen many times as some have not yet know who he is and some even have their good impression on him.

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@Lucky09 (1763)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

i am calm neel, calm and so happy when they are out of here!

yeah he must have accessed mylot.... maybe there are more discussions that are being copied from here.. and remember corry's discussion about those as well? but it's vice versa, it's from a chinese blog to mylot...

@Lucky09 (1763)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

well yeah, originality is really a problem now because one's idea maybe taken from someone else or from any source like books, newspapers, etc...but this case isn't...it's totally plagiarism! because it was copied word per word and why your name? waaaahahaha! didn't he/she realize that that is a name... go check my friend, maybe your name is another new English word in the dictionary that's why he didn't even dare to omit it... PS. i'll be back here tomorrow neel, i'll be out for now to Manila

faridmadeabillion

@faridmadeabillion (1127)

• Bangladesh

30 Jan 10

Yes my friend! Your complain is 100% correct. I think there should be rules in this concern to prevent this practice. Because, we the myLotters spend our valuable times in writing these discussions, responses and comments. If our valued discussions, responses and comments can easily be copied to other sites, what kind of honour and value myLot render to us? I urge all the myLotter members to raise their voices so that the myLot authorities may take steps to evaluate our privacy. I hope all my friends will agree with me.

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

30 Jan 10

hi faridmadeabillion, Yeah, and I do hope the other mylotter would be aware of this situation since i just discover I am not the only whose discussion are being copied. So their is still flaw when it come to the copyright matters of the discussion being made by member cause anyone could just copy and paste those recent and even older discussion to be claim by other people as their own. You know too that it is take longer time to think and some even devoted longer time till wee hours with too much sleepless nights and even some have neglect their health so it is necessary that their should be some protection provide by the site to its valuable contributor as way to protect their copyright to their work. have a nice day!

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

30 Jan 10

you are very much welcome my friend

faridmadeabillion

@faridmadeabillion (1127)

• Bangladesh

30 Jan 10

Hey dear friend! Thank your very much for your prompt support. Have a nice day!

saphrina

@saphrina (31552)

• South Africa

28 Jan 10

How the hell can something like this happen? We should really try and get who ever did that. It is not only rude but really bulls***t. I hope you can find out, otherwise a lot af us will see this happening. How damn RUDE.

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

29 Jan 10

I think their is a software or programming which could prevent plagiarism since i already saw many websites even if you highlight the paragraph which you like to copy you could not paste it and something like it is copy protected which is protected by copyright. I hope the mylot admin would also do the same things just like other blog owner had done to protect their work against the threat of plagiarism.

saphrina

@saphrina (31552)

• South Africa

28 Jan 10

I just went to that site. It is called friend confucius.. something. For some reason i cannot open any one of their discussions, they have the odassity to tell me i have no permission to exess that site, but they can come and steal and copy from our site. How is this possible? We should really do something about this.

saphrina

@saphrina (31552)

• South Africa

29 Jan 10

Aren,t there suppose to be like firewalls or whatever you call them on our site, to protect all of us from something like this happening? I don,t know what it is, but something just doesn,t feel or sound right about this nasty bussiness. If i know what is bugging me, i will surely let you know. I really hope something fast will be done about this. We are not going to let other sites steal from us and get away with it.

nocturn98

@nocturn98 (956)

• Venezuela

27 Jan 10

Lol, I just read the discussion on the chinese website. The guy who copied you is really stupid. He even mentioned your name in the comment. I noticed it was posted just a day apart from your discussion.

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

hi nocturn, Yeah, and even me I get shock

just imagine the lotter who reply on my discussion is a woman and there she become a He. Though, he do not even use my link to my discussion and i feel surprise upon seeing my discussion on that site. So I am not the only one who feel disgusted i think even the my lotter who comment would also feel the same things.

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@Lucky09 (1763)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

he didn't mention the name, because the comment there was also copied from the first response of neel's discussion

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

27 Jan 10

hi lucky, yeah, so it is very true just like what you observe before it is now happening to me. What a coincidence, but its true right in front of my eyes at first i couldn't believe but it is there as you see itself.

bystander

@bystander (2292)

• Philippines

30 Jan 10

plagiarism is a continuing and pervasive disease that has grown into pandemic proportions in the writing kingdom... this is more apparent and easier to perpetrate now with the "cut-and-paste" technology that evolved with computers... there copyright laws and patent laws... but the tribe of plagiarists increase by leaps and bounds... anyway, as there's not much we can do, in terms of regulation, it's up to them... NOW!... soon, i believe, there will be a way for technology to catch up on them... then, this plague, perpetrated by intellectual parasites, will be cured... hopefully, neelianoscet, in the nearest future....

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

30 Jan 10

hi bystander, yeah, your right and because this site should disallowed copy and paste capability to non member to access like those program or software which I have seen in other websites where even if you highlight a paragraph and try to copy it one could not paste it like it is something that have lock those words that it could not just be pasted. I do hope to that intellectual properties would be fully protected as new features and development are discover those cases of plagiarism would be prevented.

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

31 Jan 10

thanks for your concern too..since other have no say as simply they are just so concern in mind your own business dictum...

bystander

@bystander (2292)

• Philippines

31 Jan 10

let's just work on it... condemn plagiarists... let's vanish them... they are pests to those who work hard to produce original copies...

grecychunny26

@grecychunny26 (9483)

• Philippines

28 Jan 10

Oh, actually when I was in highschool, one of my classmate whom my close friend borrowed my project. That was when Pope John Paul the 2nd came here in the Philippines year 1994. She borrowed it because she was happy that I have a complete entry of Papal Visits events. So I lend her the copy, not even thinking. After class my teacher for Social Studies called me to appear in her office. I went there and there she show me my project and my closefriends project. You know what she did, she photocopied my entry and she just used liquid paper to erase my name. I was disgusted too, how can she do it to me. Instead of giving me high grades my grades after doing the more hardwork of that project was 85 only. Shameful. Well, back to the topic, I just shared what first plagiarism story I had to you, because I know how it feels. People don't care if they cheat on their writings just to earn. They have a very hard face. I will check on my discussion if that have been copied too. Thanks for sharing your story to us.

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grecychunny26

@grecychunny26 (9483)

• Philippines

29 Jan 10

the one that hurts me the most, is she was my friends and she fooled and used me. She did not even think that she will be caught by photocopying my project. She brought herself in a big mess.

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

29 Jan 10

hi grecy, yeah, it is a betrayal of friendship and trust is lose at the same things from least expected among other people she fool you which very hurtful.

Daddy Neil

@neildc (17239)

• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines

28 Jan 10

personally, i have not experienced my discussions being copied. but there were times in the past that i saw discussions created by other users and copied by other members, posting them as their own original discussions. the best thing you can do is to report them. we did it a number of times here.

Daddy Neil

@neildc (17239)

• Lapu-Lapu City, Philippines

28 Jan 10

is such a thing as "plagiarism checker" in the internet? i don't know about this one. i can only say that a post is copied if i can see both posts so i can compare.

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

28 Jan 10

hi neildc, You have not yet discover it but maybe some of your discussion had been copied too and try to check it with plagiarism checker and you could see it for yourself. What even annoying is that i just found out that i am not the only one whose discussion in mylot had been copied a lot discussion is also been copied by other member on those sites. They really have a bunch of plagiarizer on that site. I do hope the admin would take an action against those plagiarizer as lot of discussion here in my lot had been copied without the member permission.

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burrito88

@burrito88 (2774)

• United States

29 Jan 10

This is interesting. I goggled my nickname used here and found it used in a few other places (including myself here and in a few other stes), including someone from South America (Ecuador?). There wer also posts usng a cyrrillic alphabet, Eastern Europe. What also got me was a cancelled account with this nickname on eBay (possibly a banned user). I use eBay but have never used this nickname there.

burrito88

@burrito88 (2774)

• United States

30 Jan 10

I guess burrito is too common a name. I my caseit was a nickname I picked up based on a band, the Flying Burrito Brothers. Eight is my lucky number. Perhaps I need to be more creative in the future.

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

30 Jan 10

lol...yeah, it have many duplicates so it is better you invent a user name which highly different from your other user name so you would not get confused having so many similar name as yours. Have a nice day!

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@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

30 Jan 10

hi burrito, yeah, that is the only way to know the number of entries in your username just type your user name like example burrito in mylot then all your discussion would appear or just your user name. It is a good way to find out too if someone use your names which you already know and you'll be surprise to with the similarities of your user name with other people. It is also one way to detect if someone use your user name in some incredulous activities which you could find out by just googling their name. Also a good way if you are a writer then like to know if someone copy your articles you could check it with plagiarism checker and it the easy way to determine if any of your work have been plagiarized.

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cutelilbastart

@hexeduser22 (7253)

• Philippines

29 Jan 10

I have no idea if any of my discussions are being copied right now or had been copied without my permission. It's somehow good that someone noticed and promote your discussions neel but I couldn't stand the fact that they/he/she have done that without even asking permission and just tell the world that it's their own. It's utterly ridiculous but still someone stoop down to that lame idea of plagiarism... I don't know what can we do about such things but I hope we can do something to prevent such things from continuing...*disappointed*

@neelianoscet (9615)

• Philippines

29 Jan 10

hi hexeduser, You could check it using http://www.plagiarismchecker.com/, and just includes a portion of your discussion in the blank box and run the search, all the websites which have similar entry of your discussion would just appear instantly in the search page there you could know if ever any of your discussion had been copied.The sad thing about it if the maker of the discussion never made any complaint her discussion could still be seen on those sites. i just recently visit the said sites the 2nd member who copied the other discussion of mine still copied the recently posted discussion on this site.

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cutelilbastart

@hexeduser22 (7253)

• Philippines

29 Jan 10

I checked the site and I think one of your link you gave on the first box leads to a deleted blog post. I think that whoever is copying your discussions is monitoring you until now. I hope he/she should just ask for permission so that nothing will be violated. I don't know how this kind of people think but we should come up of a way to prevent this things from happening again