Plagiarism of The Art of Kiltmaking

[Pleater]

I have had similar experiences, but not so blatant as that one.

I know it hurts though.

I once read a magazine article in which a well known teacher detailed how she had solved problems at an event she had held - except it was a fair report of a conversation I'd had with her a few weeks before publication, where I'd told her how well my students were doing....

Perhaps there will be a suitable backlash over this infringement, I certainly hope so.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Arlen]

Duly emailed, commented and contacted eHow. I hope it helps.

[The F-H.C.A.G.]

The article is still there. What a rip-off! I can't imagine it will last more than 24 hours with all the comments, etc. You can always hope that this will actually lead to more sales of the book, but if the article stays up longer than 24 hours from now, I agree you should file suit against him, and EHow.

Be well,

Star

[Chas]

I have posted a comment

His address, phone number and email are on his website - if anybody was interested:

http://www.brettgordonart.com/hand-p...rk_pricin.html

Regards

Chas

[Squeaky McMurdo]

And this guy is making money off of this article through the Writer's Compensation Program!

Look:

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You can always see how much you've earned and when you're due for a payment My Earnings page.

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Hopefully we caught this before he made a lot off of it. I don't know how long it's been up.


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Barb, I would say that if he has made ANY money off of this you should take legal action against him regardless of how quickly the article is removed by either him or eHow.

--Chelsea McMurdo--

[Chas]

It's gone!

Regards

Chas

[Squeaky McMurdo]

So it is! I was just going to post that!

[BEEDEE]

It's 12:45 EST and the link from Barb's page appears to longer work. It defaults back tot eh Man's Clothing page.

Hopefully eHow have pulled the article.

Brian

[macwilkin]

So it is! I was just going to post that!

So was I.

[starbkjrus]

Yep, if you search you can still find it (index not updated yet) but you cannot access the article.

Barb, by the way there is a date on the search entry - July 26th. 2009. I'd call my lawyer.

Good luck.