Plagiarism of my reviews

Tristan Mulders wrote: So what you're saying is that anyone can freely rip-off our well-written reviews and we cannot do a damn thing about it Iván?

1. The reviews are not copyrighted, even when this could be assumed.
2. Prog Archives can't sue anybody because the guidelines clearly state that the reviewer is owner of the review.
3. The legal costs in USA or Canada would be so high that hardly could be afforded.
4. If you win, the site will simply vanish and the guy will change user.
5. If you're not the RIAA it's very unlikely you will get a subpoena ordering the IUnternet provider to disclose the information about the user.
6. Even if you get it, he probably got that nick and web account in an Internet Cafe using a public server that requires no ID.

Simple as that.

^Yes, Tony. See the seventh post on the first page in this thread for a copy of my e-mail to the Admins of that site. I've also sent the details to M@X and requested him to e-mail them too, but it's up to him whether he does or not.

As I mentioned in an earlier post, the punk also ripped off a review by salmacis. I have not checked the rest of this ZoolanderHotept kid's reviews but notice that he has one or two by RUSH too, so perhaps he plagiarised them from Prog Archives too.

The punk even had the gall to pass himself off as me ("Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept") on the other site. What a little twerp.

andu wrote: Tony R wrote: I have registered and posted a complaint on the site. http://sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13903564&posted=1#post13903564      i think you should correct the email you provided - shouldn't the ending be @gmail.com instead of @googlemail.com?

No, the address is correct:

[email protected]


    

Fitz, it seems that Brain Salad Surgery review is no longer there, so I presume the admins have deleted them?

I hope that is the case, as plagiarism is something I'd hate to happen to me.  Luckily I've only written three reviews here, so I believe nobody has plagiarised me.

My Astrid Proll review was used elsewhere (well, a shortened version), but that was by the bass player of the band and he referenced my name and PR anyhow, so I'm happy.

EDIT: it seems the the other reviews are still up though.  I hope this mess gets sorted out.


Edited by Geck0 - December 28 2006 at 14:00

OK, I'll do it. Perhaps the moderator has not read the e-mail I sent earlier to the Website's Admins.

I've looked through a couple of his Rush reviews and cannot see any obvious similarities with reviews on PA, but I've not looked closely.  Does anyone wish to look more closely, just in case?

All the Fitzcarraldo plagiarised reviews have now been removed and the user has been banned.  Good news!


Edited by Geck0 - December 28 2006 at 14:17

I did that many hours ago, and tried it several times, but I get the error message "That is not a valid activation code".


EDIT: But yet the site lets me log in, post comments on the review pages, and shows me as Logged In, and even let me upload my avatar.


    

Edited by Fitzcarraldo - December 28 2006 at 14:19

I doubt they're yours, they were written in September.

Here's the link to his reviews list though:

Link

Geck0 wrote: I doubt they're yours, they were written in September.Here's the link to his reviews list though:Link

    
Well if they were written in September then never mind.

I suppose the best thing we could do is to call out the offender on the site in question. If you see this happen, post the links to your original reviews. A little public humiliation could go a long way.