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COPYRIGHT.
INFRINGEMENT -
PLAGIARIZED CONTENT.
It has
taken over twenty years
to create, design, research and write this
website, which is of course ongoing. This site
contains extensive information, written in my own
words and style, with the exception of specific
articles, flyers and personal experiences
(reproduced with permission and/or source
acknowledgement).
MESSAGE TO WEB DESIGNERS:
PLEASE CREATE YOUR
WEBSITE
USING YOUR OWN WORDS, NOT MINE!
Being such a huge
website makes this body of work a target for
copy/pasting by amateur web designers who refuse to
take the time to research and write data in their
own words. These people think stealing an authors
work is meaningless, quick and easy to duplicate,
and that there will be no ramifications. Deliberate
copyright infringement is offensive. Plagiarized
content is unacceptable.
Copy/pasting info from
someone else, apart from being unethical and
unprofessional, can potentially seriously damage the
body of work that has taken so very long to create
and present in concise and easily understood form.
Several technical reasons include search engine
robots and ranking. Another reason is that web
surfers are turned off by having to read identical
duplicate content over and over that is posted on
multiple sites.
We understand that some
people think it is ok as they honestly have no clue
that copy/pasting without permission is wrong. We
also understand that others practice this deceitful
action knowing full well what they are doing.
Some people steal entire
pages, whilst others take paragraphs. Some people
copy/paste info and apply it to imitation machines
or completely different products.
I have a computer
program that i run occasionally to see exactly who
and what specifically has been taken without
asking permission.
Deliberate plagiarism and
copy/pasting of information and
data from this website will not be overlooked.
If you really want to
use some specific information found within this
website, or any other website, please send an email
permission request to the author and if approved,
include the source of the info out of professional
respect to both the author and the reader.
Info on
this site may be printed out, but may not be
copy/pasted to another website.
Offenders
when confronted:
1) 99% of
offenders apologize and remove the stolen info
immediately.
2) The 1% that
refuse to cease and desist,
will then have the option to legally
explain to a lawyer why they are knowingly committing copyright infringement by refusing to remove it after being politely requested
to do so.
It may
be noted that I am not American and
therefore not
into lawsuits,
but if you refuse to play nice
and be an asshole, there are consequences.
Trust me, there are plenty of
greedy lawyers with equally
greedy clients who will
not play as
nice.
Thank you to my fellow
professional web designers and writers for your
support and and expertise. You well understand the
challenges and frustrations that go with our work in
cyberspace!
Walking The
Talk: I
apologize in advance if any random images
found and used herein are copyright - to the
very best of my knowledge all the images
chosen, that i did not create myself, are
available for public use. If i am mistaken,
please notify me and the image will be
respectfully removed immediately.