This morning as I logged into Active Rain I noticed a post that was label as a "re-blog". Except when I looked at the post it wasn't a re-blog but a cut and paste of another blog. They original posters name were included but not the link back to the orginal post. So instead of getting 25 points for a reblog they were getting 250 points for "original" content.
But wait this gets better. The original post was plagarized. Yep it was a copy of a post from another real estate media source. So not only did the original bloggers on Active Rain steal content from another source but now a second Active Rain member had been caught in the trap as well.
As has been pointed out in numerous post on Active Rain it only takes a second or two to check to see whether content is original. If you are going to "re-blog" a post you may want to protect yourself and make sure the content you are about to use didn't come from somewhere else. Many of us read various media sources and chances are on any given day will spot a blog post where that content has been reused without the proper citations.
It can't be said enough times. Plagarism and copyright are wrong!
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