Why? My Sitemeter records show that someone from Morristown, New Jersey with a certain IP address left comments here 2 months ago about quotes allegedly stolen from the compilation book of Keith Richards quotes by a certain author. This person, who found my blog by Googling “Keith Richards Quotes”, fervently insisted I take down the quotes. After much debate, it became clear that it was very possible this person was indeed the author of that book (judging by the apparent indignation and hostility). Then I did a quick search and read various articles written about that author that said she lives in Morristown, New Jersey -- a small rural community. I did not interpret that to be a coincidence.
Recently that same location and IP address left another comment promising to notify Rolling Stone magazine about alleged copyright infringement on my blog. The snarky tone was very familiar and I knew it was the same person as the first time. My Sitemeter confirmed this. This comment was in response to my post “What Is It About Keith Richards?” wherein I said that I had gotten grief over claims that I stole quotes from that book. That person reached this site by Googling the name of that book.
Then, even more recently, someone with that same location and IP address visited this blog for 30 minutes and looked at 8 pages – but left no comment. That person found this site by Googling her full name and my name. My guess is that during this last visit, she wasn’t just browsing – she was screen-capturing posts she felt infringed on copyright in order to fulfill her promise of contacting Rolling Stone magazine.
So to avoid even more headaches, I’ve deleted all posts that have even a remote possibility of bringing on litigation.
I should add here that my other blog, Orange5000, is pretty fucking cool. I posted some of my grad school papers for lost souls floundering in early British literature courses. I figure, with the world being as competitive as it is, and with standards being higher and less forgiving than ever, today’s young adult needs all the help he/she can get. I’m just helping them out. Of course, I prefer that students credit my blog and list me in their bibliographies, but if they have to flat-out plagiarize my scholarly papers out of sheer desperation and terror, then I would partly feel flattered (and, really, what can I do about it?).
So, bookmark it: www.orange5000.blogspot.com
1 comments:
Her first Google search is telling. Looks like she was cribbing for her own primary documents on the web!
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