Re: Pitiful Packards presented poorly.

Posted by Leeedy On 2019/10/17 10:57:41

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Thanks much for the heads-up and link. I repeatedly see my work posted all over the internet and in publications. The posters make it appear as if somehow it came from them! Usually they don't bother to ask for permission to use the item OR worse, they don't even bother to say where it came from! Many of the times, in my case I would probably grant permission to go ahead and use a photo for instance. But for heaven's sake, at least let me have credit for writing my own words or taking my own photos!

I have instances of whole sentences, even paragraphs pirated out of my writings with the copyrights and credits completely ignored. Often times when I protest seeing my work pirated, those who do the pirating just get angry-as if how dare I want credit for my work? How dare I enforce a U.S. copyright?

Not long ago a Packard-related article appeared with whole sentences out of one I wrote years ago. When I protested, the guy who wrote it went into a furor and denied what was very, very plainly obvious pirating. He then got others involved who ended up having to choose sides in a useless argument all over pirating. Why this continues at the rate it does in today's world of information is baffling. And why people who do pirating get indignant over being called on it is also baffling. So if the poster in this case apologized and removed it, all they really needed to do was ask permission...and credit the source. Period.

Again, when those photos were taken it was certainly not a laughing matter. It was a very, very, very traumatic event.

Thanks much.