tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post372352423113008789..comments2024-02-25T03:29:01.043+00:00Comments on Mike's Movie Projector: Copycat alert !Michael O'Sullivanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-19355791992154253372012-07-11T21:16:07.885+01:002012-07-11T21:16:07.885+01:00I know that a lot of information and (especially) ...I know that a lot of information and (especially) imagery gets swapped around from place to place (though I try not to pilfer from the sites of my friends!), but it is truly disturbing to see one's work appropriated and reposted elsewhere. I had one of my posts (on The Big Bus) COMPLETELY LIFTED IN ITS ENTIRETY, including all of the pictures I'd made, research, etc... and plopped into someone else's blog. I left a comment (not a very nice one), but of course the comments were moderated, so only the webmaster got to see it and never responded. Anyway, I feel your pain, even if it is on a lower level. Chin up!Poseidon3https://www.blogger.com/profile/10465785002285422594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-90192157419672050672012-06-23T17:04:53.910+01:002012-06-23T17:04:53.910+01:00Perhaps all blogging is a form of showing off (&qu...Perhaps all blogging is a form of showing off ("see what I can do"...) and taking somebody else's and passing it off as your own must have some benefit for whoever it is - like cheating at exams there must be something in it for the doer.Michael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-63157123915619596232012-06-23T08:19:33.578+01:002012-06-23T08:19:33.578+01:00Why thank you Emma for those marvellous well-chose...Why thank you Emma for those marvellous well-chosen words. I just feel bemused by it all at the moment. I have reported the matter to Blogger here so will see what they can find out. The person has not done this since Feburary so maybe they have stopped or given up. All very peculiar. Copying my posts about movies and performers is one thing, but what would people where ever it is make of stuff like my musings on where I grew up, etc. <br /><br />Thanks again, I imagine I will be back before too long ...<br /><br />MichaelMichael O'Sullivanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17820802843771524920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5851593288215620717.post-46299701357711183342012-06-23T07:37:14.120+01:002012-06-23T07:37:14.120+01:00Michael it is most disconcerting to be plagiarized...Michael it is most disconcerting to be plagiarized & readers here understand how vastly upsetting it is for you as it emanates from an unknown source. The strangest form of any flattery, lacking accredited acknowledgement of your skill and artistry.<br /><br />This person is unable to create what they so admire, your long-term expertise of expression in an art form needed for enhancement of our mythological dreaming into many life forms for collective understanding of our human foibles & our very magical beingness. You write & illustrate this from many angles so very well.<br /><br />I have really appreciated your forum & would prefer you not decide to leave without first persisting a little in the pursuit of the offender via whichever avenue is open to sort this out responsibly.<br /><br />Perhaps others will add to this feedback making a difference to your decision making. By all means write your book but this forum reaches many. We all need to know whether we are valued for our contribution & your skill in relating diversity of information is the ongoing benefit. <br /><br />The pictures are indeed part of your friendly inclusive overtures to us all. Keep going please in whichever mode is possible.<br /><br />Thank you Michael, do not despair. You are in a unique position to comment on a broad spectrum of film history which your words always convey to the many, & the many more.<br />Best Wishes, Emma.EMMAnoreply@blogger.com