Only members can post in this forum | Pages in topic: < [1 2] | A site user copied my CV! Thread poster: ahmadwadan.com
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| Phew, I'm good enough | May 1, 2007 |
I don't mean to underestimate the seriousness of plagarism, but... after reading this discussion I began to wonder if no one in the whole cyberworld considered my CV worthy of copying, after all the effort I spent on it. However I'm "satisfied" to find that an agency has at least copied a few of my carefully crafted phrases from my mission statement; for example, a sentence containing "vocabulary and style most appropriate for the text's purpose". As the saying goes, "imitation is the sincerest ... See more I don't mean to underestimate the seriousness of plagarism, but... after reading this discussion I began to wonder if no one in the whole cyberworld considered my CV worthy of copying, after all the effort I spent on it. However I'm "satisfied" to find that an agency has at least copied a few of my carefully crafted phrases from my mission statement; for example, a sentence containing "vocabulary and style most appropriate for the text's purpose". As the saying goes, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery." ▲ Collapse
| | | | Harry Hermawan 
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GoodWords wrote:
I don't mean to underestimate the seriousness of plagarism, but... ...
As the saying goes, "imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."
I would agree on this saying.
But, at least the person copying did realise after a few buttons pushed to alter such 'negative' action. And, of course we should take action on such matters in a wise manner.
Regards from cloudy Jakarta
| | | | Irene N
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| Along the same lines | May 2, 2007 |
What a strange recent job posting - no contact name, no address or even country of residence of the outsourcer, but the company under such name actually exists and their website looks very professional with all the necessary data. Somehow I can't put 2 & 2 together...
| | | | | Actions are taken in these cases | May 2, 2007 |
Ahmad Wadan wrote:
Site staff has promptly asked him to delete my copied CV and he did. Regarding actions taken against him by site staff I got this answer: "Dear Ahmad, Please note that I don't mean that no actions will be taken about the offending profile, but this kind of actions are not discussed with other site members."
I agree with you that he should be banned from using Proz. And I believe actions against such fraud should be declared to member somehow.
Uploading a stolen CV is wrong not only because of the copyright infringement, but also because it attempts to cheat on potential customers.
When such cases are denounced the first concern is to make sure who copied whom and to have the improper copy deleted.
The second step is related to administrative actions taken with the offending profile. There are such action but, as stated above, they are not discussed in public.
Regards,
Enrique
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| I think a rule for this could be useful | May 3, 2007 |
If site rules contained something about this, that would probably discourage a lot of people from stealing intellectual property. Maybe there should be a rule stating that any theft of intellectual property will lead to a permanent ban of the thief.
It is not very clear to me why ProZ can't tell us what kind of administrative actions are taken in such situations. All I know is that this affects us all and it is pretty much everybody's business on this site (not on a case-per-case b... See more If site rules contained something about this, that would probably discourage a lot of people from stealing intellectual property. Maybe there should be a rule stating that any theft of intellectual property will lead to a permanent ban of the thief.
It is not very clear to me why ProZ can't tell us what kind of administrative actions are taken in such situations. All I know is that this affects us all and it is pretty much everybody's business on this site (not on a case-per-case basis, of course, but the course of action adopted in such cases sure concerns us). Since we don't have names, I don't see what harm disclosing the nature of the administrative measure could do...
This will sound ridiculous, but maybe we should all start adding little copyright infringement disclaimers to our profiles and CVs...
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| | | | ahmadwadan.com
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Viktoria Gimbe wrote:
Since we don't have names, I don't see what harm disclosing the nature of the administrative measure could do...
Exactly, thats what I see too.
Regards
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