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pla-gia-rize to take (ideas, writings, etc.) from (another) and pass them off as one's own
Source: Websters New World Dictionary, fourth edition
Deja Vu from WI ....(2008-03-30)
It appears that this portion of my web site is a favorite among AutoCAD plagiarist's.
Here is a copy of my original content:
Here is a copy of the borrowed content:
My Response ....
This individual has visited my site; he was so impressed with this content that he decided to post it on his own web site.
He has been contacted to remove it from his web page.
Follow up ....(2008-04-02 10:22am)
No response from my first email. A second email sent to the posted contact email address plus a copy to another email
address located on the Internet.
Follow up ....(2008-04-02 11:00am)
In the spirit of full disclosure I learned via research on the Internet that an Engineering firm that I shall refer to as
"Company A" purchased an adjacent drafting business that did all of their drafting work. That drafting business had the
web page with the plagiarized content. "Company A" had no web site that I was able to locate, but I was able to find
an email address of the owner via "Company A". I believed that the president of both firms did not create the offending
web site since his primary firm had no web site itself. On my second email I cc'd the newly discovered email address
for "Comapny A". 29 minutes later I received an email from the president apologizing, 9 minutes later I checked and the
entire web site for the drafting business was gone. My thanks to the president of "Company A" for removing the material
so quickly.