Plagiarism Update
Okay. Thank you for all the advice. I contacted Blogger and reported the bitch lady.
I also left the following comment on her site:
Renee,
I like this post. In fact, I liked it a lot when I originally wrote it.
I am shocked, appalled and deeply offended that you would take someone else’s material and pass it off as your own. It would be one thing to have a compilation of your favorite posts from other’s sites and give them credit for it – but to just take someone else’s work and pass it off as your own so you can look like you know how to string two sentences together (when apparently you cannot) is pathetic.
I have contacted Blogger and reported your violation of the terms of service. I have requested that your site be removed.
This is a serious breach of etiquette and is also in violation of my copyrighted material. After looking at your site, it’s apparent you have lifted other’s work as well. I have contacted one other person alerting them to your theft.
You know, I’m angry but also sad for you. You have a beautiful child. What an example you are being.
-Matthew
http://childsplayx2.com
I feel much better after leaving this comment.
Katie from Ramblings from a SAHM also asked her to take her work down. At this point, if you’d like to pay Renee a visit and let her know what you think, I’m all for it.
Thanks again for your support!
Last Update: It seems the site is no longer up. I’m not sure if blogger took it down or if she took it down herself (the comments were getting nasty – but, strangely, one woman defended “her friend”). There’s nothing stopping her from opening up a new site and doing this again but man, how weird – to pass other people’s lives off as your own. I only had one thing stolen, as far as I could tell, but the lady was living vicariously through Katie. Now, on to the regularly scheduled programming.
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Dude that sucks ASS!!!! I can’t believe someone would do that!!! I hope her blog is removed
Comment by Corinne — November 16, 2005 @ 9:59 am
also… doesn’t sound like this is the first time it’s happened…. http://mommyreneesramblings.blogspot.com/2005/10/after-many-problems-with-my-past-blog.html
Comment by Corinne — November 16, 2005 @ 10:04 am
That really sucks.
Comment by Sarah — November 16, 2005 @ 10:34 am
You know this happened to Dooce, too, don’t you?
Dude, you’re a rock star! (And yes, it really sucks. Your writing is so heartfelt and beautiful; no one has the right to take that and pass it off as theirs. So sorry.)
Comment by Susan — November 16, 2005 @ 11:25 am
So, I guess you’re not going to blogroll her?
Okay, this totally sucks. Sorry, buddy.
Comment by ieatcrayonz — November 16, 2005 @ 11:26 am
Well done.
I suggest we all go over there & flag her site up to Blogger. The more flags, the quicker she’ll get removed.
I’m off to do just that right now.
Comment by Mrs Aginoth — November 16, 2005 @ 11:32 am
Hey all, go to her blog and hit flag at the top to bring it to Bloggers attention.
Comment by Aginoth — November 16, 2005 @ 11:35 am
Thanks again for letting me know about this. I have contacted Blogger as well and hopefully her blog will be deleted (or at least our stolen posts) soon.
Comment by Katie — November 16, 2005 @ 11:38 am
Good for you. Yeah, it is a little creepy. I’m with the person who said – on her site – that she probably stole the pics as well. I’ll go flag her now too.
Comment by Melissa — November 16, 2005 @ 11:41 am
That is messed up. Good for you for saying something about it.
Comment by Becky — November 16, 2005 @ 12:22 pm
I have been keeping an eye on that fruit loop’s train wreck to see how this all comes to a close. I think she has been removed from the ether. How creepy was she?
Comment by gabe — November 16, 2005 @ 4:11 pm
The blog has been removed. And how pissed am I that I had what I thought to be an awesome comment??/
Comment by snanook — November 16, 2005 @ 4:12 pm
Whew! It’s good thing her blog is down. I might have said something I would have to make an amends for later. I take my shoes off now.
Comment by Grandmother — November 16, 2005 @ 4:39 pm
I’m glad to her that your incident was resolved. However, it appears to me that you might have fallen victim to a spam blogger or splogger, not a personal incident of plagiarism. A lot of sploggers have been using Blogspot lately, for reasons I explain on my site, and they were probably just scraping your RSS feed for fresh content.
I’m glad that the blog is down and that all is well, still, you might want to consider looking into Google Alerts, http://www.google.com/alerts to do searches for your works periodically.
I doubt this is going to be the last time this comes up.
Comment by Jonathan — November 17, 2005 @ 6:57 am
Yeah, what Jonathan said. I was just thinking … just because this blog is gone doesn’t mean there won’t be another one cropping up. You should watch for one with HER experience as a SAHD.
Comment by Becky — November 17, 2005 @ 7:09 am
http://www.xanga.com/home.aspx?user=mommyrenee
You might want to keep an eye on that one, too.
Comment by Meg — November 17, 2005 @ 9:44 am
I’m stunned. And naieve, I guess. It didn’t occur to me that people would steal blog posts.
Comment by surcie — November 17, 2005 @ 10:55 am