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Plagarism in the Internet Age - A Pointless, Incoherent Friday Morning Rant

post #1 of 7
11/18/11 at 7:25am
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So I happened to be perusing Amazon.co.uk for no particular reason at all when I came across a customer review for the Sennheiser CX280. The title of said review looked quite familiar to me: "Sennheiser CX280 - CX Series Redefined." I thought, "That's interesting. This guy/lady/thing apparently liked the title of my review enough to use it for his/her/its own." Of course, after mulling this thought over for about 2 seconds I finally realized that my review had been copied almost verbatim, without any link back to my Head-Fi thread.

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I'm glad 3 people found my review helpful!

Now I don't think any of my contributions here at Head-Fi are that great, but I would like a little credit whenever someone makes up a quick dish of copypasta using my posts. Is that too much to ask?
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post #2 of 7
11/18/11 at 7:32am

Be cool man, I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for this.

 

Perhaps that person was you from an alternate dimension/timeline.

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post #3 of 7
11/18/11 at 7:32am

Can amazon ban reviewers ? If so, simply show evidence of the copy paste the guy has done and have amazon do what ever to him. very_evil_smiley.gif At least the guy copied a good review.biggrin.gif

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post #4 of 7
11/18/11 at 7:34am

There's perks for reviewer rank crud on Amazon.  IE:  being offered free products for review.

 

I'm not shocked that everyone isn't being honest and doing shady things like that to get ahead.

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post #5 of 7
11/18/11 at 7:48am

Some of those reviews read like senior papers. 

 

 

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post #6 of 7
11/18/11 at 2:20pm
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Originally Posted by deadlylover View Post

Be cool man, I'm sure there's a perfectly reasonable explanation for this.

Perhaps that person was you from an alternate dimension/timeline.

I refuse to believe that I'm anything less than Emperor of the World in an alternate reality. In said reality, I have decreed that Internet plagiarism is punishable by death. very_evil_smiley.gif

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Can amazon ban reviewers ? If so, simply show evidence of the copy paste the guy has done and have amazon do what ever to him. very_evil_smiley.gif  At least the guy copied a good review.biggrin.gif

I've thought of doing that, but I'm thinking I'd be more worthwhile if some Head-Fiers (if willing) spam the comments sections of the review. evil_smiley.gif

And thanks for complement. biggrin.gif

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Originally Posted by sidel View Post

There's perks for reviewer rank crud on Amazon.  IE:  being offered free products for review.

I'm not shocked that everyone isn't being honest and doing shady things like that to get ahead.

One thing I don't understand is why companies like Sennheiser take part in the Amazon Vine Program. I understand this probably gives them more mainstream exposure, but Head-Fiers would offer a much more authentic and objective assessment of their products, just as I have tried to do in the past with many cheap Sennheisers including the CX280.

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Some of those reviews read like senior papers. 

So that's where he got the rest of the reviews. cool.gif
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post #7 of 7
11/18/11 at 7:41pm
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Originally Posted by kjk1281 View Post

One thing I don't understand is why companies like Sennheiser take part in the Amazon Vine Program. I understand this probably gives them more mainstream exposure, but Head-Fiers would offer a much more authentic and objective assessment of their products, just as I have tried to do in the past with many cheap Sennheisers including the CX280.

Truly beats me.  They could just ask you to cross post directly.  wink.gif

 

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