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Imitation May Be The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery, But...

Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but forgetting to erase the author's name is just not smart. However, it is humorous.

Watch this.

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Posted by Jeff Turner on 02/25/2008 01:49 PM

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Originally posted at: Turner's Perspective: Imitation May Be The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery, But...

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42 Comments on Imitation May Be The Most Sincere Form Of Flattery, But...

FEB

2008

Jeff,
we should all give credit where credit is due, especially for someone who is as creative as you. AJ

AJ... well, in this case it's just boilerplate license agreement. So there's not much creative there. :)

Ha ha. It looks like they got most of them changed. Did you tell them? I can't imagine how you came across that. Do you always read license agreements for fun?

funny, very funny

ROTFLMAO

Karen... Yes, it's a hobby of mine. :) No, this was sent by a Canadian client who found the page in a search for real estate shows. :)

Loren... that was my initial response as well. :)

That's funny! You would have thought that a little more thoroughness would have caught that! LOL Oh well, maintain a sense of humor and consider it free advertising.

It's funny how the word fraudulent appears in the line above your name...

LOL at Karen's comment that you are out reading license agreements. :o ) A little something fun to do in your spare time.

Jeeze, Jeff...

What do you have left that I can swipe?

LOL

Carol, Jason, Ginger, Mike... what's funny is how long it's probably been there. He set up a trial Real Estate Shows account six months before he registered his current domain name. So, for all I know, it's been like this since June of 2006. :)

Jeff,

That is too funny. What kind of rank amateurs would do something so stupid? Heck, if their a) plagerizing and then b) missing a small detail like the author's name and a reference back to the real author...then waht kind of business do they run?

Thanks for pointing it out in a gentlemanly way. Getting it out in the Blogoshpere is much more effective (and cheaper) than suing the turkeys.

Jeff~ That gave me quite the chuckle..

Dang, trying to pull something like that on someone like you? I had an agent copy/paste one of my websites, deny it and i had to point out that MY NAME was on his home page. idiot.

And, I guess he played dumb when you called him on it? BTW, I've never taken the time to tell you I love your use of video. Do you use Camtasia for screen capture, SnagIt, or something else?

I guess if I'm too lazy to write my own why preview it let the author do all the work. Too sad.

Jeff,

Good thing they probably don't know more than cut and paste, like say, nuclear physics?

Steve

That's funny right there, I don't care who you are!

I think you need Lenn's lawyer - you can take your kids on an extra vacation this summer!

Too, too funny. I hope you get that extra vacation Sherry spoke of. Thanks for the laugh!

I had this happen on my other blog as you know I called you, spam, very funny.

HAHAHAAA! Go get em Jeff! Seriously. I think you should go after them. It seems like nobody has an ethics anymore.

Oh! BTW, I like the new photo =)

Too funny, Jeff. Just sayin'.....

Wow, can't believe they did that...and got caught to boot!

Wow...I am so glad you caught them. How stupid can people be?

Jeff, Very funny... You have a good sense of humor, I know because it's not that funny when it happens to you. I had an agent copy and paste an entire blog I wrote as an answer to a question on Trulia Voices.

Jeff - Now that's hilarious! I think he needs a proof reader! LOL

Oooopppssss!....

Jeff - I was gonna lift your profile pic 'cuz chicks seem to really dig you bald guys. But at least I'd use my own name!!!

That is VERY funny. However did you find them out???

I think you should send them an invoice for their license agreement!!!!
(And your current profile picture, cause with that - oooohhhh it's like the "I'm disappointed" look.

Oh Jeff,

What can I say? This is simply stuck on stupid!

Jeff- I think you should borrow one of Lenn's cease and desist letters.. she makes a bunch of money with them.. What idiots..way too funny..

FEB

2008

Holy crap that was funny! Nough Said, SOOOOOOOOOO Busted!!!!!!!!!!

Katrina in Tampa

That really cracked me up. To lazy to even check the name.

Jeff - I guess some people have no ethics. I'm glad somebody noticed.

"criminals" are not generally considered all that bright. Can you say DUH

Unbelievable. . .Obviously not a very detail oriented group. They need someone to proofread and maybe someone with an original thought as well!

wow, no wonder we are in bad shape.

FEB

2008

Talk about paying attention, could have used a bit more of that with that one.

Jeff - I guess they thought they could save themselves an attorney fee to draft up the terms of use agreement by using yours, but you have to wonder how well it applies to their situation in their state. Are the terms enforceable? If there's one place not to skimp, it's on legal protection.

MAR

2008

We had a company once copy our web site and not even bother to change our name in the text of it! The lengths that some people will go to in order to avoid doing their own work. Remember, treble damages for willful infringement of copyrighted works.

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