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Topic: Plagiarism of my reviews
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Subject: Plagiarism of my reviews
Date Posted: December 27 2006 at 18:37
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I have just stumbled upon another site where someone going by the user name of ZoolanderHotept has plagiarised some of my reviews, for example:
http://www.sputnikmusic.com/album.php?albumid=5209 - Plagiarised review of Brain Salad Surgery I am NOT amused - I think it is a damn cheek for someone to copy someone else's work and pass it off as their own. 
Has this happened to anyone else who reviews on Prog Archives? ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
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Posted By: The Miracle
Date Posted: December 27 2006 at 18:42
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No, as long as I remember the only case was when someone copied Rico's review, but they gae him credit. I think you should email them(not the plagiarizing author but the site admins) ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/ocellatedgod" rel="nofollow - last.fm |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 27 2006 at 18:44
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3 of 3 thought this review was well written
One of my reviews was used without permission, but at leats they mentioned the original source and my name, so i saw that as a compliment.
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Posted By: johnobvious
Date Posted: December 27 2006 at 18:49
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That ain't right. Then he has the gall in the comments to reply to someone else's critique of his review Critique of the review Good review, you should include a paragraph about ELP's overall sound, as I don't really understand what they sound like from just this. Finally someone submitted an ELP review to follow up my Love Beach review, their defining moment  This is my favourite ELP album, but I find the band to be a bit too prentious and pompous.his comments to the critique: I did have an introduction paragraph which described the overall sound, but the review turned out to lengthy so I had to cut some bits out. Im currently trying to write as many prog review as I can in an atempt to fill this site's lackluster collection. ------------- Biggles was in rehab last Saturday |
Posted By: tuxon
Date Posted: December 27 2006 at 18:50
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The dude also coppied VDGG's pawn heart review from you.
You've got fans  ------------- I'm always almost unlucky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Id5ZcnjXSZaSMFMC Id5LM2q2jfqz3YxT |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 27 2006 at 19:02
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The Miracle wrote: "I think you should email them(not the plagiarizing author but the site admins)"
Yes, I tried, but e-mails to the site Admins have been disabled and the only way to contact them would be to register as a user, which I do not want to do if at all possible. What really annoys me is that this ZoolanderHotept guy has written "Fitzcarraldo aka ZoolanderHotept" as if he and I are one and the same person. He's also submitted reviews of albums that I have not reviewed. Perhaps he copied those reviews from other people too. In any case, I don't want people thinking the other reviews were written by me. Believe me, I don't feel flattered at all. What a lowlife. The guy is just a lazy cheat. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 27 2006 at 20:44
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I managed to find an e-mail address for the Admins of the site hosting the plagiariser, and sent the e-mail copied below. The guy ripped off twelve of my reviews. As he has reviewed several albums that I have not reviewed, it might be worth reviewers on Prog Archives checking that he -- or other members of that site -- have not ripped off your reviews too. Dear Webmaster, I have just discovered that someone going by the user name of ZoolanderHotept on your Website has plagiarised several reviews that I posted a couple of years ago on the Prog Archives Web site. According to your Website, this ZoolanderHotept is a student named Jon from Forth Worth, Texas. Whoever this person is, he had the cheek to write "Fitzcarraldo aka ZoolanderHotept" at the end of some (but not all) of the reviews he copied, as if he is the same person who posted the reviews on Prog Archives. I can assure you that I am not ZoolanderHotept and would kindly request you to remove the reviews from your site that he has copied without my permission. Listed below are the URLs on your site of the reviews that he has plagiarised, along with the URLs of my dated reviews on the Prog Archives Web site. You can clearly see that this person has copied my reviews. Thank you in advance for your cooperation. Fitzcarraldo (Special Collaborator, Prog Archives) http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326 List of my reviews plagiarised by ZoolanderHotept: 1. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Emerson, Lake and Palmer http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?albumid=5239 posted on 2006-01-26 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-09-18] ------------------------------------------------------- 2. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Tarkus http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?albumid=5952 posted on 006-03-07 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-09-19] ------------------------------------------------------- 3. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Pictures At An Exhibition: http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?albumid=5363 posted on 2006-01-31 Does not mention Fitzcarraldo. [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-09-23] ------------------------------------------------------- 4. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Trilogy http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?albumid=5211 posted on 2006-01-25 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-09-27] ------------------------------------------------------- 5. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?albumid=5209 posted on 2006-01-25 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-10-13] ------------------------------------------------------- 6. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Works Vol. 1 http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?reviewid=5022 posted 2006-01-27 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-11-06] ------------------------------------------------------- 7. Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Works Vol. 2 http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?reviewid=5021 posted 2006-01-27 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-11-09] ------------------------------------------------------- 8. Emerson, Lake and Palmer- Black Moon http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?albumid=5979 posted on 2006-03-09 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-12-15] ------------------------------------------------------- 9. YES - Tales From Topographic Oceans http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?reviewid=5541 posted on 2006-03-09 Does not mention Fitzcarraldo. [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2005-03-17] ------------------------------------------------------- 10. NEW TROLLS - Concerto Grosso Per I New Trolls http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?reviewid=5532 posted on 2006-03-08 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2005-09-20] ------------------------------------------------------- 11. RICK WAKEMAN - The Six Wives Of Henry VIII http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?reviewid=5103 posted on 2006-02-01 Does not mention Fitzcarraldo. [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2004-06-04] ------------------------------------------------------- 12. VAN DER GRAAF GENERATOR - Pawn Hearts http://www.<deleted>.com/album.php?reviewid=5089 posted on 2006-01-31 Fraudulently states "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept". [My review was posted on Prog Archives on 2005-04-15] ------------------------------------------------------- ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Easy Livin
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 04:07
| Please keep us advised of progress guys. |
Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 04:31
A few months ago I Googled my name and noticed the same activity as Fitzcarraldo discovered, at least 3 commercial sites (unknown to me) were using my Prog Archives reviews. If I have more time, I will check out this and mention these sites. In fact it's illegal use for commercial benefits  ..!
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Posted By: Joolz
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 04:41
| Well ..... not plagiarism, but the unauthorised use of our reviews is widespread amongst the music blogging community .... sometimes they are explicitly credited to the author, other times they are credited simply to "a ProgArchives review" [or similar phrase] .... this also applies to reviewers from other sites [eg seaoftranquility, progressiveworld etc] .... not sure there is anything we can do to stop it |
Posted By: Seyo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 04:48
| So far I have not noticed that someone copied my reviews from PA, but I did notice that many of my bio and discographies that I wrote for PA appeared on other web sites... notably on a French site called Amarokprog... My feeling is mixed, I am sort of happy that the correct info on certain artists is spread across the net, but... I don't know. |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 09:21
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I am so cross with this thief ZoolanderHotept. Look at this exchange of messages on his review page for ELP Works Vol. II on that site:
AlienEater wrote: "how have managed to do so many good elp reviews so quickly?" ZoolanderHotept wrote: "I didn't write these all this week. I wrote some of them afew weeks ago when my internet connection was down and started posting them as soon as it came back up. The others I had yet to post here but decided to do so when I saw there was only 1 ELP review."
The guy is a liar as well as a thief. I have not received a reply from the sputnikmusic Web site's Admins to the e-mail I sent complaining, but it is the Festive Season. Perhaps they will reply in a few days. In any case, I am so annoyed that I registered with the site and posted a comment on each of the 12 reviews of his that I found had ripped of my reviews. Here is what I wrote for ELP - Works Vol. II, for example: This review was plagiarised from my November 2004 review of Works Vol. II on the Prog Archives Website. I am not ZoolanderHotept, despite him writing "Fitzcarraldo aka Zoolanderhotept" above. I did NOT give him permission to copy my review. And he even had the cheek to claim he wrote them "a few weeks ago when my internet connection was down". He is a fraud. I see he has also plagiarised 11 other reviews of mine. Fitzcarraldo Watch you reviews, guys! This thief will rip off your reviews too and claim that he wrote them. I just hope that the sputnikmusic site does not have anymore thieves for reviewers. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Snow Dog
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 09:26
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I would be so angry, as I'm sure you are.
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Posted By: andu
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 09:35
well i guess we have to wait for ivan's advice on this copyright issue... because i guess in the case of commercial oriented usage of noncredited material legal action could be fruitful. ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!" 
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erik neuteboom wrote:Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 09:59
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Sorry to bang on about this, guys, but I have just seen that the punk has plagiarised the review of GENESIS - Foxtrot on Prog Archives by salmacis.
I have not checked the other ZoolanderHotept reviews to see who he has stolen them from, but it could be from other Prog Archives reviews. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Ricochet
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 10:12
he better not consider messing with one of beauties...  
sorry to hear Fitz, take him down if that's his rotten habit. ------------- 
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Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 10:19
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I found a couple of mine used in other sites
http://jrfg.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_jrfg_archive.html - http://jrfg.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_jrfg_archive.html (Alsop a couple more of PA members as Australian and Muzikman but at least all credited and with a link to PZ)
www.demonoid.com/files/details/566147/5426554/ - 24k (I can't even read it because it's aclosed site by invitation but it's in Google)
http://www.caladan.art.pl/forum5/read.php?3,37423,39413 - http://www.caladan.art.pl/forum5/read.php?3,37423,39413 (Mentioned with PA imn Polish)
http://jazzrockz.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_jazzrockz_archive.html - http://jazzrockz.blogspot.com/2006_10_01_jazzrockz_archive.html (About Ponty but also credited)
http://www.cybersmusic.com/cybersearch.php?a=25%20Baroque%20Favorites - http://www.cybersmusic.com/cybersearch.php?a=25%20Baroque%20Favorites (About Hamburger Concerto linking it to Prog Archives)
BTW: Nothing vcan be done being that Prog Archives doesn't own the reviews and the owners have not copyrighted, still you can ask for the removal.
Iván ------------- 
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Posted By: erik neuteboom
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 10:47
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Funny, I just found this on the website of The Gift:
"Hi one and all We are now on Prog Archives; the biggest progressive resource in the world, and have been given a great review by Erik Neuteboom, one of their most prolific reviewers. He is an advocate.."
 To be serious:
http://cdbaby.com/cd/mistseason2 - http://cdbaby.com/cd/mistseason2
http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=10592&id=24146 - http://www.authorsden.com/visit/viewarticle.asp?AuthorID=10592&id=24146
http://www.f2music.co.uk/magenta/discog/02-seven/reviews.htm - http://www.f2music.co.uk/magenta/discog/02-seven/reviews.htm
http://www.galileo-records.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=110 - http://www.galileo-records.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=45&Itemid=110
http://www.myspace.com/rainceruleanblue - http://www.myspace.com/rainceruleanblue
http://www.flamencovision.com/reviews.html - http://www.flamencovision.com/reviews.html
This is the harvest of only a few minutes searching with Google, all these site are using my reviews without my knowledge. And I presume that a lot more sites are doing the same. On one hand it is a bit of an ego-gratification
 but on the other hand it is a very cheap way to earn money ! |
Posted By: kazansky
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 10:52
i dont think in Fitz's case he would want to remove that, considering that he acknowledge it as his own work... 
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Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 12:11
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Erik, Iván, If the sites you quoted are crediting you and/or Prog Archives then I would not classify that as plagiarism, since they are acknowledging that they are not the originators of the reviews. The reason I am so hopping mad about this ZoolanderHotept kid is that he has just copied my reviews and passed them off as his own. This is pure plagiarism, pure theft of somebody else's review. I just cannot understand how someone can be so shallow and childish as to do that. To actually claim on that site that he wrote them himself beggars belief. I notice that he even copied a spelling mistake I made and later corrected. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Tristan Mulders
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:24
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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? ------------- Interested in my reviews? You can find them http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=784 - HERE "...He will search until He's found a Way to take the Days..." |
Posted By: Ivan_Melgar_M
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:42
Of course you can but it's not so easy being that:
Simple as that. Now, I'm not expert in Canadian law, but maybe Prog Archives could force the site to delete the reviews, but again this ghas a cost.
Iván -------------
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:45
I have registered and posted a complaint on the site. http://sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13903564&posted=1#post13903564 - http://sputnikmusic.com/forums/showthread.php?p=13903564&posted=1#post13903564 |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:48
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^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. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: andu
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:50
i think you should correct the email you provided - shouldn't the ending be @gmail.com instead of @googlemail.com? ------------- "PA's own GI Joe!"
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:52
No, the address is correct: [email protected] |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:53
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Tony, I've just read your post about your registering on the site and complaining. Thanks, I appreciate it.
Some may think I'm making a fuss about nothing, but this kid -- and anyone else who plagiarises other people's reviews (or any other work, for that matter) -- should be made aware that it's unethical and that they should not do it. If I (we) don't complain then such people will just go on plagiarising, ie. stealing, other people's work. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:54
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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. -------------   
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 13:56
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Wow, that was quick,the review was there 10 minutes ago!
The moderator Morrissey has posted this: Thanks for reporting this. Deleted that review and banned him. Fitzcarrlo posted that he Zoolanderhotep plagiarised 11 other reviews of his, could you get him to identify these with links to his own work so I can verify and delete? Thanks, and sorry about this. ======================================================== Fitz? |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:01
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OK, I'll do it. Perhaps the moderator has not read the e-mail I sent earlier to the Website's Admins. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:10
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Tony,
Although I registered before you, the site won't let me post in the forums. I get the following message: Fitzcarraldo, you do not have permission to access this page. This could be due to one of several reasons: Your user account may not have sufficient privileges to access this page. Are you trying to edit someone else's post, access administrative features or some other privileged system? If you are trying to post, the administrator may have disabled your account, or it may be awaiting activation. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:11
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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!  -------------
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:13
Have you validated your membership by following the link from the email they sent you? |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:15
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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. ------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:17
Where are his Rush reviews? I want to make sure none of mine are plagerised. |
Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:19
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I doubt they're yours, they were written in September. Here's the link to his reviews list though: http://www.sputnikmusic.com/user/ZoolanderHotept - http://www.sputnikmusic.com/user/ZoolanderHotept - Link -------------
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Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:21
Morrisey has deleted 18 reviews, I guess that will be the lot. Great work with the link Geck0. Hopefully case closed... |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:22
Well if they were written in September then never mind. |
Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:24
| Just out of interest, how can you tell if someone has plagerised your reviews on this site? |
Posted By: bhikkhu
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:25
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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. ------------- a.k.a. H.T. http://riekels.wordpress.com" rel="nofollow - http://riekels.wordpress.com |
Posted By: Fitzcarraldo
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:28
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Thanks for the support, guys. And Tony, thanks for 'pulling rank'. Seems like morrissey is a decent sort - she acted very quickly. Thanks also to her, if she reads this.
------------- http://www.progarchives.com/Collaborators.asp?id=326" rel="nofollow - Read reviews by Fitzcarraldo |
Posted By: Tony R
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:30
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Yes, quick and efficient action taken by Morrissey, a lady by the name of Amanda....
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Posted By: eugene
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:31
If you see some review starting with:
Another Rush review in which I state Geddy is an amazing bassist. (again)
then you might get suspicious that the author is plagiarising you.
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:31
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Tony, you work very quick with the ladies (oops, she'll probably read this)! Oh and no worries with the link, I am happy to be of assistance. -------------
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: December 28 2006 at 14:39
Why don't I see the obvious? Why? |
Posted By: Tiresias
Date Posted: January 03 2007 at 20:24
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hey guys. I just got banned from Sputnik for posting the review I wrote for Amputechture. I have a different account over there. Yeah, they have eyes like hawks over there. Think they'll lift it once they get my e-mail? ------------- Wh'ghal ng'fth mglw'y Ry'leh, Cthulhu fhtagn... 
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Posted By: VanderGraafKommandöh
Date Posted: January 03 2007 at 22:41
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Oh cool, it wasn't you that wrote those reviews. I can relax now. Just explain to them that you're the same person on PA that wrote the original and they may be cool with it. -------------
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Posted By: martinn
Date Posted: January 04 2007 at 10:53
Hey, Progismylife, your Farewell to Kings review is a little strange. You write that you rate is 5 stars but the actual rating is 4 ... Maybe you should ask an Admit to edit it  ------------- 
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Posted By: progismylife
Date Posted: January 05 2007 at 03:16
No I said I want to give it a five but I can't because one song doesn't fit in that well. No need of an edit. |
Posted By: martinn
Date Posted: January 05 2007 at 18:21
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^^ Whoops... my mistake Sorry!
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