How would you feel if someone steals ideas from your articles?
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How would you feel when someone steals ideas from your articles and posts them as their "original thoughts" and you see them gain importance right under your nose? It is amazing I have seen this happen a few times. If I ever take anybody's idea or get inspired, I always thank the author and mention the link to their articles.
Answers to this question:Provided, DM, that they mentioned my link to their articles (my very own ideas) I would feel good that people can grab my ideas hungrily which means I am not insane , in a way.
You answered only one part of the question. Grabbing ideas are different from stealing, right? :-)
To me, there's no difference. If man's ideas serve a good purpose then others will want to steal it. We cannot stop people from stealing or borrowing or begging our ideas because our ideas are naked open.
If they used them as if they were their original ideas, then it would be fairly upsetting to me. But ... they would have to use them EXACTLY as I had presented them and then taken the credit for them. Lots of people have taken my idea and started with the basic part of it and gone on to elaborate and reach new conclusions and make points I'd never thought of. In which case, I'm happy to have inspired further thought. And ... I've found this sort of inspiration in the writings of other authors and written about it.
I do, in that case, give credit to the source of the inspiration. But if I've gone way past the intent of the other author's writing, I might not. Especially, if what the other writer wrote is really only responsible for getting me started on my own particular journey of discovery.
We take inspiration every day from all sorts of different areas of our lives. To credit every single one of them would likely make a good story into a very boring read.
I also thought about it and in a way even felt, probably we should never say "stole" rather say we inspired them. Knowledge is universal and as you rightly said, it should be shared and there is no point claiming ownership rights to it. Knowledge is as free as the breeze.
I would be honored. My problem is many copy my articles and post them and claim they wrote them.
I have been burned at least 6 times when I post on one article site, I post, they ban me, as they say I copied some other site, I go there, and they stole my article, arghhh.
That happens all the time, doesn't it? Should we take it serious at all, all the stealing ideas and making them their original and stuff? :-) I guess not. Just live your passion, express it and move on. After all, Tesla's radio formula was stolen, Newton and Leibnitz had a quarrel about who discovered calculus. He...he! Are the Gods fighting too - on who created the world? :D
I had trouble with ezine only because I wanted to change my original name to my pen name and they wouldn't allow it. They suspended my account until I change it back to my original name. I guess it was so trivial, they didn't have to act so "professional". It is obvious that my name and pen name are registered under the same account and email ID. I had some of my articles from SearchWarp posted over there too. They just acted stupid and then I had my account deleted finally.
Perhaps SearchWarp should also act as a defacto copyright documentation, as it has the record of when and who posted it?
I have often found that other teachers had filched a copy of my lessons or creative motivational teaching fact sheets, from the rexo room waste pails, only to use it with their classes, without ever mentioning it to me; I first felt an indignation and then a gratitude.
The stealing of one's ideas is, after all, one of the highest compliments one can be paid..
Cool! Stealing is better than just plain copying-pasting! :D
The Islamic way, the Biblical way, the African way, the Indian way is to approach your brother (sister) in secret and discuss it. Surely this person has done what you could not do - he took your ideas and marketed them in the way you could not do or you could have established yourself by them already. Both of you should come out of this as 50/50 winners. It is just like a publisher who takes someone ideas, package them and sell them in the way the author could not have done.
I can see your point in this. There must be some respect given to the person whom the author has derived inspiration from.
Total Answers: 6, Total Page Views: 613.get your own damn ideas! I get my own really.....really! NO!
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