Comments on: If I wrote it for you, how much of it belongs to me? http://www.brandsamongmany.com/2009/03/25/if-i-wrote-it-for-you-how-much-of-it-belongs-to-me/ Discussions on branding and creative communications in our digital world. Thu, 09 Sep 2010 07:41:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Paul McEnany http://www.brandsamongmany.com/2009/03/25/if-i-wrote-it-for-you-how-much-of-it-belongs-to-me/#comment-860 Paul McEnany Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:04:04 +0000 http://www.brandsamongmany.com/?p=85#comment-860 WTF? That's bullshit. And not entirely surprising. I take that back - you would think it would be common sense to not just randomly swap author names. Crazy... WTF? That’s bullshit. And not entirely surprising. I take that back - you would think it would be common sense to not just randomly swap author names. Crazy…

]]> By: Marja http://www.brandsamongmany.com/2009/03/25/if-i-wrote-it-for-you-how-much-of-it-belongs-to-me/#comment-859 Marja Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:49:19 +0000 http://www.brandsamongmany.com/?p=85#comment-859 I'm not sure what the exact legalities of this are, but this is absolutely wrong. Even though you wrote the posts for the company, they were originally posted as your work. The other "writer" has absolutely no right to claim them as her own. This is morally, ethically, and almost definitely legally wrong. Hope that you get this issue resolved! I’m not sure what the exact legalities of this are, but this is absolutely wrong. Even though you wrote the posts for the company, they were originally posted as your work. The other “writer” has absolutely no right to claim them as her own. This is morally, ethically, and almost definitely legally wrong. Hope that you get this issue resolved!

]]> By: Mack Collier http://www.brandsamongmany.com/2009/03/25/if-i-wrote-it-for-you-how-much-of-it-belongs-to-me/#comment-858 Mack Collier Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:38:09 +0000 http://www.brandsamongmany.com/?p=85#comment-858 Danny I noticed something similar on a trip back there a few months ago. To be honest, the entire blog looks like it's pretty much unkept. I visited a few of my old posts and noticed that there were usually several spam comments left, that no one had thought to moderate. I actually went back and took a few of my posts (interviews I did on BMA), and reposted them on The Viral Garden, but noted that they were originally published on BMA. I really think the entire blog reflects more poorly on Talent Zoo than it does anyone else. It just looks like they don't care enough to keep their blog 'clean'. The part about no longer attributing us as authors of our work is really silly, but I noticed they've also screwed up the formatting on many of the older posts as well. I dunno what the answer is. I think it's silly what they are doing, but it just makes them look bad, and like they don't really care about BMA. Sad to see, because the blog at one time was a really great one, in my biased opinion ;) Danny I noticed something similar on a trip back there a few months ago. To be honest, the entire blog looks like it’s pretty much unkept. I visited a few of my old posts and noticed that there were usually several spam comments left, that no one had thought to moderate. I actually went back and took a few of my posts (interviews I did on BMA), and reposted them on The Viral Garden, but noted that they were originally published on BMA.

I really think the entire blog reflects more poorly on Talent Zoo than it does anyone else. It just looks like they don’t care enough to keep their blog ‘clean’. The part about no longer attributing us as authors of our work is really silly, but I noticed they’ve also screwed up the formatting on many of the older posts as well.

I dunno what the answer is. I think it’s silly what they are doing, but it just makes them look bad, and like they don’t really care about BMA. Sad to see, because the blog at one time was a really great one, in my biased opinion ;)

]]> By: SoreThumb http://www.brandsamongmany.com/2009/03/25/if-i-wrote-it-for-you-how-much-of-it-belongs-to-me/#comment-857 SoreThumb Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:19:07 +0000 http://www.brandsamongmany.com/?p=85#comment-857 Wow.. I dunno what to say here. (Brought here by POKE Exec @meat99 ). I believe you wrote the content, and you gave the rights to profit, distribute, and republish the content to beyondmadisonavenue.com However, the "you" in this process was changed, and I think that's the problem. Technically, I believe this is plagiarism--it'd be called plagiarism if you provided text to your boss, and your boss erased your name and placed his own on there. Even if your contract said it became property of the company, it's a form of awkward libel by the company to credit these texts to someone who didn't write them. I'm sure there's something you can do, but maybe it's for the best you've left. This kind of stuff is an act of desperation, I'm sure. Wow.. I dunno what to say here. (Brought here by POKE Exec @meat99 ).
I believe you wrote the content, and you gave the rights to profit, distribute, and republish the content to beyondmadisonavenue.com
However, the “you” in this process was changed, and I think that’s the problem.

Technically, I believe this is plagiarism–it’d be called plagiarism if you provided text to your boss, and your boss erased your name and placed his own on there.

Even if your contract said it became property of the company, it’s a form of awkward libel by the company to credit these texts to someone who didn’t write them.

I’m sure there’s something you can do, but maybe it’s for the best you’ve left. This kind of stuff is an act of desperation, I’m sure.

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