Comments on: Mid-day Bangalore steals content from WATBlog! - Plagiarism at its best! http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/ The Refreshing Blog on Web, Advertising and Technology in India! Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:15:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Reality Check http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-597 Reality Check Tue, 24 Jul 2007 05:19:15 +0000 #comment-597 Do you get permission from Mid-Day before you posted that copy of hte article? :-) Anyway, welcome to the world of the Internet. Everything is free. India has one of the worst piracy records for IP and software in general. I am not sure why you are outraged. Plan on all your content being stolen. Now how can you still get people back to your site? THAT is the key. Do you get permission from Mid-Day before you posted that copy of hte article? :-)

Anyway, welcome to the world of the Internet. Everything is free. India has one of the worst piracy records for IP and software in general. I am not sure why you are outraged. Plan on all your content being stolen. Now how can you still get people back to your site? THAT is the key.

]]> By: Jayanth S http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-596 Jayanth S Tue, 05 Jun 2007 18:50:01 +0000 #comment-596 An article i wrote was published without credits.. I did post it elsewhere after that.. Some lame reason was given saying they INSTRUCTED the EDITORS to add my name but apparently didnt.. And the article was horribly disfigured! An article i wrote was published without credits.. I did post it elsewhere after that..

Some lame reason was given saying they INSTRUCTED the EDITORS to add my name but apparently didnt.. And the article was horribly disfigured!

]]> By: amit http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-595 amit Sat, 02 Jun 2007 23:19:08 +0000 #comment-595 Yes, This reflects poorly on Mid-Day. They should have attributed the source. amit Yes,

This reflects poorly on Mid-Day. They should have attributed the source.

amit

]]> By: Tarana http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-594 Tarana Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:04:55 +0000 #comment-594 This is really unfortunate. You're right. We do need some legal protection in place for bloggers. Do update us on when you hear from them. This is really unfortunate. You're right. We do need some legal protection in place for bloggers. Do update us on when you hear from them.

]]> By: Daksh http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-593 Daksh Thu, 31 May 2007 20:36:09 +0000 #comment-593 Very Shocking ! Plagiarism at its very best. Daksh http://themarketingblog.wordpress.com :)) Very Shocking !

Plagiarism at its very best.

Daksh
http://themarketingblog.wordpress.com :))

]]> By: Deepak http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-592 Deepak Thu, 31 May 2007 18:19:55 +0000 #comment-592 Why would you be following jokers? I think you follow them because of their awesome content and are simply jealous of their abilities. Why would you be following jokers?

I think you follow them because of their awesome content and are simply jealous of their abilities.

]]> By: Sridhar http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-591 Sridhar Thu, 31 May 2007 18:11:24 +0000 #comment-591 I am up there to support Bloggers, I have few journalist friends as well, I am going behind it. Cheerz http://srinix.wordpress.com I am up there to support Bloggers, I have few journalist friends as well, I am going behind it.

Cheerz
http://srinix.wordpress.com

]]> By: Rajiv Dingra http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-590 Rajiv Dingra Thu, 31 May 2007 18:02:39 +0000 #comment-590 @WATblog Reader - Firstly Thanks for calling yourself a WATBlog reader! That in itself is a reward for jokers like us.. And im glad that you agree we should have been given credit :). On the fact that we overuse alexa and publish a lot of reliance.. well we love feedback and we have made a note of what you have mentioned. But still i would request you to go through watblog again. We use alexa as one of the metric (Coz there aren't many others available) and as far as reliance is concerned we are HONEST in our reviews about them. Also please make a note dear WATBlog reader WATBlog doesn't put ads or earn any revenue from running WATBlog so we may be a bunch of jokers but we are jokers who are passionate enough about this space to continue contributing in our own small way. Thanks again for your comment we appreciate it. And we hope you remain a watblog reader for life! :)) @WATblog Reader - Firstly Thanks for calling yourself a WATBlog reader! That in itself is a reward for jokers like us.. And im glad that you agree we should have been given credit :). On the fact that we overuse alexa and publish a lot of reliance.. well we love feedback and we have made a note of what you have mentioned. But still i would request you to go through watblog again. We use alexa as one of the metric (Coz there aren't many others available) and as far as reliance is concerned we are HONEST in our reviews about them. Also please make a note dear WATBlog reader WATBlog doesn't put ads or earn any revenue from running WATBlog so we may be a bunch of jokers but we are jokers who are passionate enough about this space to continue contributing in our own small way. Thanks again for your comment we appreciate it. And we hope you remain a watblog reader for life! :))

]]> By: Watblog Reader http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-589 Watblog Reader Thu, 31 May 2007 17:34:09 +0000 #comment-589 I have been following this site for quite sometime now... Looks like watblog has a bunch of jokers who are trying to use the Reliance brand name to get noticed. What you guys are doing is not original at all.. WatBlog focuses on only 2 things..either it is ALEXA stats.. or some or the other Reliance services. Do something different guys.. dont behave like CUT PASTE ARTISTS. You talk as if you have broken some exclusive news. The Reliance 'chinti' news that you were talking about was all over the place. I agree Mid-day should have given you jokers some credit. I have been following this site for quite sometime now…

Looks like watblog has a bunch of jokers who are trying to use the Reliance brand name to get noticed.

What you guys are doing is not original at all.. WatBlog focuses on only 2 things..either it is ALEXA stats.. or some or the other Reliance services.

Do something different guys.. dont behave like CUT PASTE ARTISTS. You talk as if you have broken some exclusive news.

The Reliance 'chinti' news that you were talking about was all over the place.

I agree Mid-day should have given you jokers some credit.

]]> By: Sirish Damle http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-588 Sirish Damle Thu, 31 May 2007 16:57:39 +0000 #comment-588 Very Ugly stuff... Journalism... My foot.... I do hope you get a chance to sue mid-day Very Ugly stuff… Journalism… My foot…. I do hope you get a chance to sue mid-day

]]> By: Rajiv Dingra http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-587 Rajiv Dingra Thu, 31 May 2007 15:31:54 +0000 #comment-587 @ Ravi - The article was posted by Arjun who had read the information first on information madness and had chosen to link to informationmadness. And many bloggers link words like "article" or "so and so said" to link to the source and arjun did exactly that. The reason arjun did not attribute the source to startupdunia is because he did not read it there. Also The article on WATBLog was completely original without a word being copied from anywhere so i disagree our article had any grey areas. @ Ravi - The article was posted by Arjun who had read the information first on information madness and had chosen to link to informationmadness. And many bloggers link words like "article" or "so and so said" to link to the source and arjun did exactly that. The reason arjun did not attribute the source to startupdunia is because he did not read it there. Also The article on WATBLog was completely original without a word being copied from anywhere so i disagree our article had any grey areas.

]]> By: Ravi Venkatraman http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-586 Ravi Venkatraman Thu, 31 May 2007 11:50:14 +0000 #comment-586 It was wrong on the part of Mid-day journalist to copy the entire article without permission. In addition, the posting of the article in this site itself had some grey areas about attribution to the source of the article. On April 17, 2007 Startup Dunia posted about Chintee based on a tip from Guarav http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/04/17/chinteecom-another-reliance-venture/ On May 18, 2007 information madness posts an article on Chintee citing Startup Dunia as the source http://www.informationmadness.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164&Itemid=49 On May 28, 2007 WATblog posts an article on Chintee with links to Information Madness, but without explicitly mentioning the source. Pranav of Startup dunia asks for appropriate attribution about Chintee. On May 28, 2007 Alootechie Posted an article on chintee citing Information Madness as the source. http://www.alootechie.com/news/2464.asp On May 30, 2007 Mid-day uses the same content available on Watblog without permission. It was wrong on the part of Mid-day journalist to copy the entire article without permission.

In addition, the posting of the article in this site itself had some grey areas about attribution to the source of the article.

On April 17, 2007 Startup Dunia posted about
Chintee based on a tip from Guarav
http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/04/17/chinteecom-another-reliance-venture/

On May 18, 2007 information madness posts an article on Chintee citing Startup Dunia as the source
http://www.informationmadness.com/cms/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=164&Itemid=49

On May 28, 2007 WATblog posts an article on Chintee with links to Information Madness, but without explicitly mentioning the source.
Pranav of Startup dunia asks for appropriate attribution about Chintee.

On May 28, 2007 Alootechie Posted an article on chintee citing Information Madness as the source.
http://www.alootechie.com/news/2464.asp

On May 30, 2007 Mid-day uses the same content available on Watblog without permission.

]]> By: santosh panda http://www.watblog.com/2007/05/31/mid-day-bangalore-steals-content-from-watblog-plag/#comment-585 santosh panda Thu, 31 May 2007 07:29:26 +0000 #comment-585 I am amazed with this !! This is complete fake journalism, one's hard work must be appreciated by linking attribution. I am amazed with this !! This is complete fake journalism, one's hard work must be appreciated by linking attribution.

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