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Randyman
member since 07/02/2004
I'm a 55 year old guy from Whittier, California/United States
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23 days ago

They support their membership and treat them as friends. What more can you ask for?
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23 days ago

Randy,

I just recieved a similar complaint from Lawrence about this article. As I mentioned to him, it was submitted to us by one of our writers. We assumed that it was a press release announcing the premier of the documentary. As it had Canadian content in it and since the writter is good friends with Mr. Little, we posted the content accordingly.

No excuses, we have to do the right thing. I can either put your name on the article and put a link to the original article back to your blog or I can remove the article tonight. I would like to leave the choice to you.

I apologize for this situation. In my 10 years of running FightNews Canada, I have never had to deal with a complaint of Plagirism before. I like to believe that all of our content is fresh, original, and home grown. I will talk to the writer tonight to explain the issues of copying other peoples work and how bad it makes everyone look in the process.

In this business, reputation is everything. Without it, you are toast.

Let me know how you would like me to proceed (removal or accrediation).


Dave Baggs
FightNews Canada

23 days ago

Unbelievable! Dave Baggs was quick to respond. It will be taken care of. I know this word is listed somewhere on Rateitall as overused or something like that but you guys are "Awesome". Thanks for the support.

That really was good detective work Lena
Again, thanks
Randy

23 days ago

I just sent an email. I originally sent an email to fightnews.com since I couldn't find a contact email for fightnews.ca. They never replied. It's not a money issue either. It's a matter of principle.

Lena, to quote Bogey "you're good, you're very good".
Thanks again.
Randy

23 days ago

Acontact to fightnews.ca? Wow, thanks Lena!!

23 days ago

Yeah, pretty slimy. Fightnews.com and Fightnews.Ca are the industry standard. You would think they would have more class. It was a simple cut and paste job.

23 days ago

The saying goes something like this "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery" and it's true and I suppose I should feel extremely flattered that Fightnews.Ca (Fightnews.Com Candian version) lifted 50% of my review of the "Toy Tiger" and presented it as an original article. I honestly don't mind if someone uses any one of my articles, I do it myself but I always credit the author. It's called professional courtesy.

Unlike fightnews.com and fightnews.ca, I am a one man operation and I don't do this for money. I run my website because I love boxing. When I write something it belongs to me. It's like art. I wouldn't take someone's painting and pass it off as my own. To do so is plagiarism. It's outright theft. My writing comes from me. I take the time and choose my words carefully to write an article that I believe best represents my thoughts and views on a chosen subject. I resent anyone stealing my words verbatim from me and passing them off as their own.

Make the comparison yourself and if I'm wrong I'll eat my monitor and my hat.

http://boxing-ring.blogspot.com/2009/10/toy-tiger-premier-el-portal-theatre.html

http://www.fightnews.ca/2009/news/hafey20091007.htm

Fightnews, either credit me or remove the article or pay me!
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24 days ago

Agreed.

24 days ago

Comment Icon Randyman commented on a review of Overalls in Jeans Styles:
Now I'm embarrassed. Now we have to come up with new code. I hope you're happy!
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