I don't get why people don't give more credit. Do they 'forget' to do it because it will take the shine of their supposedly original ideas? Crediting someone is benefiting you in the long run. Readers like that and find you more human and a nicer person to credit where you got your inspiration from. Or maybe the printed media can't 'stoop so low' and credit a blog? If this is the case, well it's sad :'(
Well said! There are a few blogs I've stopped visiting because of this. Not giving credits where it's due is not very smart and shows a lack of respect for what others do. I'm always very careful about this. Naming your sources and providing links does not undermine what you do in any way. In my view it only enhances it and shows what kind of person you are.
HI BBB, I am Jiya from India. Guess what? I have been doing the same thing and I have definitely learned that plagiarism is not right. However, I thought that putting the credit link in small text is the indurstry standard. Sorry, I am not that dumb but I fell for it. It's never too late to learn. and I will credit the person as you said... if I want to put the entire information on my blog... I will only put some pcitures a paragraph there and then let everyone head to the original article. I may not be grammatically correct but I hope I was able to communicate what I wanted. I want to say thanks for psoting this article and I would NOT do what I have been thinking an Industry norm. Lots of Love from India. Jiya
I think it's extremely disrespectful and goes against the grain. Sources are always meant to be credited right? Also bit silly as very trackable - looking at the time/date of your posts and theirs. I suppose they rely on their readers taking their word as gospel.
One thing I do think is worth bearing in mind about info being leaked online is that's it not always the case of a brand allowing it to be leaked. It's a bit like stolen goods on ebay. The brand hasn't allowed their goods to be stolen. Or it could be a staff member breaking confidentiality or industrial espionage etc. If the company has released the details in another market first, then that's tough luck to the UK team but if it's been gained through some other means that's another matter.
Credit should be given where credit is due. If it I read something that made me want to write about it makes sense to include what inspired me to do it in the first place. Isn't the whole point of being a blogger is to be an original voice out there?
I often spend hours researching and putting together pics and info from Japanese and Chinese sources, and post these on my blog with proper credits. When I came across a blogger who kept copying my posts and asked her nicely to credit my blog as well if she was finding those sources through me, she responded that Google rules says that she only needs to credit the original sources and it did not matter who did the research. And this was despite admitting that she does find some of these sources through my blog. I wasn't asking that she not credit the original sources, only that she credit my blog as well if she was using my research. Many of these are obscure Japanese personal blogs and not the more established magazine websites. It was difficult to believe that she could find the same exact combination of sources from Twitter and blogs every time. The whole experience just left a very bad taste about how some bloggers have no qualms about just taking anything they like from other blogs. My pet peeve is when bloggers link back to the source with only the word "Source" in tiny font at the bottom. Unless you hover your cursor over it or click on the link, you would never even see the name of the original blog that was the source. It's so petty and ungenerous of spirit.
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Well said that girl!!
I don't get why people don't give more credit. Do they 'forget' to do it because it will take the shine of their supposedly original ideas? Crediting someone is benefiting you in the long run. Readers like that and find you more human and a nicer person to credit where you got your inspiration from. Or maybe the printed media can't 'stoop so low' and credit a blog? If this is the case, well it's sad :'(
Well said! There are a few blogs I've stopped visiting because of this. Not giving credits where it's due is not very smart and shows a lack of respect for what others do. I'm always very careful about this. Naming your sources and providing links does not undermine what you do in any way. In my view it only enhances it and shows what kind of person you are.
HI BBB, I am Jiya from India. Guess what? I have been doing the same thing and I have definitely learned that plagiarism is not right. However, I thought that putting the credit link in small text is the indurstry standard. Sorry, I am not that dumb but I fell for it. It's never too late to learn. and I will credit the person as you said... if I want to put the entire information on my blog... I will only put some pcitures a paragraph there and then let everyone head to the original article. I may not be grammatically correct but I hope I was able to communicate what I wanted. I want to say thanks for psoting this article and I would NOT do what I have been thinking an Industry norm. Lots of Love from India.
Jiya
I think it's extremely disrespectful and goes against the grain. Sources are always meant to be credited right? Also bit silly as very trackable - looking at the time/date of your posts and theirs. I suppose they rely on their readers taking their word as gospel.
One thing I do think is worth bearing in mind about info being leaked online is that's it not always the case of a brand allowing it to be leaked. It's a bit like stolen goods on ebay. The brand hasn't allowed their goods to be stolen. Or it could be a staff member breaking confidentiality or industrial espionage etc. If the company has released the details in another market first, then that's tough luck to the UK team but if it's been gained through some other means that's another matter.
Credit should be given where credit is due. If it I read something that made me want to write about it makes sense to include what inspired me to do it in the first place.
Isn't the whole point of being a blogger is to be an original voice out there?
I often spend hours researching and putting together pics and info from Japanese and Chinese sources, and post these on my blog with proper credits. When I came across a blogger who kept copying my posts and asked her nicely to credit my blog as well if she was finding those sources through me, she responded that Google rules says that she only needs to credit the original sources and it did not matter who did the research. And this was despite admitting that she does find some of these sources through my blog. I wasn't asking that she not credit the original sources, only that she credit my blog as well if she was using my research. Many of these are obscure Japanese personal blogs and not the more established magazine websites. It was difficult to believe that she could find the same exact combination of sources from Twitter and blogs every time. The whole experience just left a very bad taste about how some bloggers have no qualms about just taking anything they like from other blogs. My pet peeve is when bloggers link back to the source with only the word "Source" in tiny font at the bottom. Unless you hover your cursor over it or click on the link, you would never even see the name of the original blog that was the source. It's so petty and ungenerous of spirit.
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