The Ethics (or lack thereof) of Website Plagiarism

[Francesco]

Anyone else seen this (open 2 windows so you can compare both side-by-side)? Comments? A similar thing has happened to me.

http://www.paulschilliger.com/Pages/...technique.html

http://www.bulentozgoren.com/approach.htm

[L Gebhardt]

See also http://www.naturephotographs.com/

[Deniz]

Thats sad.. It even sucks more that Bulent Ozgoren is my fellow Country man.

He recently posted messages on 2 major forums about his website update.

[Francesco]

L Gebhardt - nice catch! I did think that his last paragraph was too seamless to be original.

[L Gebhardt]

Now, I am not defending plagiarism, but it is possible that English is not his first language, and he wanted to make a good impression. However he obviously failed, given what you have found. I do know I would not want to buy his prints (they might not really be his), or take his workshops now.

[David A. Goldfarb]

Good catch indeed. If he was one of my students, he would fail.

[mark]

Wow! That was out and out copying. I thought that sounded a bit familiar but could not place it. People are praising his website on the LF forum. hmmmm.

[mobtown_4x5]

Wow is right! And they both have a "copyright" at the bottom. What recourse does the original author (I assume the guy who has been up since 2001) have to assert his rights? How would you even start that process I wonder?

[Flotsam]

I wonder if their photographic efforts are as original and creative as their websites.

[david b]

BIG FAT "F"