Why do some websites insist on plagiarizing?

[Ian]

Lots of changes, but the bulk of it is the same.

Original - http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NE ... 23/132991/

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20514

[Ian]

Another..

Original - http://news.yahoo.com/s/infoworld/20070 ... ld/88737_1

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20505

[Wesociety]

pla·gia·rism
/ˈpleɪdʒəˌrɪzəm, -dʒiəˌrɪz-/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[pley-juh-riz-uhm, -jee-uh-riz-] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation
–noun
1. the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.
2. something used and represented in this manner.
[Origin: 1615–25; plagiar(y) + -ism]

—Related forms
pla·gia·rist, noun
pla·gia·ris·tic, adjective
Dictionary.com Unabridged (v 1.1)

[Ian]

Sigh...

Original - http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NE ... 07/133822/

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20648

[Ian]

They're off to a good start this week. They didn't bother to edit much of this one.

Original - http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6448241.html

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20652

[Ian]

Not quite plagiarism, but cdrinfo borrowed the picture with Steve Jobs from AV Watch.

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20663

Original - http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007/0612/wwdc02.htm

Picture in question - http://pc.watch.impress.co.jp/docs/2007 ... c02_00.jpg

[LoneWolf]

So has anyone either contacted CDRInfo, or the people they're plagiarizing from?

I'm guessing CDRInfo probably couldn't give a care if contacted themselves, but I'd think that if the sites they infringed upon joined together, they could make life pretty difficult.

[Ian]

I don't know if websites could do anything. cdrinfo is located in greece and I dont' think websites in the US or Asia have much sway there. If they really wanted to hit em where it counts, they'd contact their advertisers.

[Ian]

The never ending saga continues..

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20710

Original - http://www.allheadlinenews.com/articles/7007655285

[Ian]

They're on a roll today.

Original - http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/6762621.stm

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20712

[Wesociety]

CDRInfo's plagiarism and content theft continues.

Original:
http://oto-online.com/index.php?option= ... &Itemid=44

Stolen content: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20568
http://www.burnworld.com/burningnews/bl ... ware.shtml

[Ian]

Sadly, they both borrowed it from here:

http://oto-online.com/index.php?option= ... &Itemid=44

[Wesociety]

Thanks, I wasn't sure about burn world...

[Ian]

After a few weeks of half hearted rewrites, they're back to straight up copying.

Theirs: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=20933

Original: http://www.reuters.com/article/technolo ... 9220070712

[LoneWolf]

Would it even be okay if they just cited their sources?

[Ian]

Most reputable websites cite their sources and provide a link back to it. I've seen cdrinfo mention the source but they don't link back. They typically use most, if not all, of the original article anyway... which wouldn't really make a person want to click on a link if there is one.

[Ian]

These guys just don't get it.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=21106

They use the entire article and while they do quote the source, they don't provide a link back.

[Wesociety]

These guys just don't get it.

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=21106

They use the entire article and while they do quote the source, they don't provide a link back.

Yeah, that's pretty lame. Any visitor who doesn't know what Digitimes is has no idea where the source info comes from. Not to mention the fact that if you scrape an entire article, it is clearly copyright infringement...

[Ian]

They're definitely on a roll. Now they're copying entire articles from Canada.com.

Original - http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/fina ... b6&k=20857

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=21131

[Ian]

And another...

Original - http://cpilive.net/v3/inside.aspx?scr=n ... DLE%20EAST

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=21126

They either don't give a shirt anymore (which is most likely the case) or they have someone new doing the news and he/she doesn't understand that you don't do this sort of thing.

[Wesociety]

Another story scraped from HighDefDigest

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=21130

http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... ecords/844

[Ian]

And another from High-Def Digest:

Original: http://www.highdefdigest.com/news/show/ ... _Sales/845

Theirs: http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=21142

[Ian]

PC Magazine too!

Original - http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,2168349,00.asp

Theirs - http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/News/De ... wsId=21139

Anyone else find it ironic that they have an article on their website called Electronic plagiarism at schools is a blight on our society?

[Ian]

DVD-Recordable.org is getting into it now too. They don't mention DigiTimes at all.

Theirs - http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article3452.phtml
Original - http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070813PD216.html

[Wesociety]

DVD-Recordable.org is getting into it now too. They don't mention DigiTimes at all.

Theirs - http://www.dvd-recordable.org/Article3452.phtml
Original - http://www.digitimes.com/systems/a20070813PD216.html

DVD-Recordable.org has always been shady as well. I've seen them plagiarize on numerous occasions.