Shelly has kindly notified me that there is a blogger out there completely ripping off my work; including my sewing creations, my words, my pictures and even my image! and claiming it all as their own work. To make it semi-laughable, they are not re-phrasing or re-writing my posts at all but copying and pasting everything; word for word. I have only checked the first four pages of the blog but already have come across FIVE of my own posts; completely un-credited to me and claimed as their own work. I have no idea, but wouldn't be at all surprised if it turned out the other posts on those pages are also ripped off, from other sources too...
I really do appreciate Shelly letting me know, thank you Shelly :) however to say I am a bit upset is an understatement.
I'm not hugely internet-law savvy, but I do want to check out what my options are, what I could do to stop him/her immediately! if it is even possible to do this.
See, for the whole time I have been blogging I have been extra vigilant about keeping my own blog as original as I knowingly can and have been scrupulous about referencing anything that is not: everything that appears on my blog is my own work. When it comes to my pictures, I never use un-referenced images that do not belong to me; rarely do any images appear on my blog that I did not take myself, with my own two hands using my own camera. On the few occasions I have used an image from the internet owned by another party I have always been scrupulous about searching for and citing the source of the image. To find someone with absolutely zero scruples in copyright, or even any morals at all about someone else's intellectual and artistic property is... disappointing.
Please, I would really appreciate advice from anyone who might have faced the same situation. Have you every come across another blogger stealing your images, using them unreferenced on their blog, claiming your own work as theirs? And if so; what did you do? I would really like to know :)
I really do appreciate Shelly letting me know, thank you Shelly :) however to say I am a bit upset is an understatement.
I'm not hugely internet-law savvy, but I do want to check out what my options are, what I could do to stop him/her immediately! if it is even possible to do this.
See, for the whole time I have been blogging I have been extra vigilant about keeping my own blog as original as I knowingly can and have been scrupulous about referencing anything that is not: everything that appears on my blog is my own work. When it comes to my pictures, I never use un-referenced images that do not belong to me; rarely do any images appear on my blog that I did not take myself, with my own two hands using my own camera. On the few occasions I have used an image from the internet owned by another party I have always been scrupulous about searching for and citing the source of the image. To find someone with absolutely zero scruples in copyright, or even any morals at all about someone else's intellectual and artistic property is... disappointing.
Please, I would really appreciate advice from anyone who might have faced the same situation. Have you every come across another blogger stealing your images, using them unreferenced on their blog, claiming your own work as theirs? And if so; what did you do? I would really like to know :)