Oct
12
2007Retro-Plagiarism?
12
2007
What do you call it when a group blog retroactively attributes your blog posts to someone else after you leave? Well, whatever it’s called, it appears Hill, Holliday decided to do this to the HHCC.com posts I made while working there, and I’m pretty sure it’s illegal, even if inadvertent.
Obviously, they wanted to prevent me from logging in after I left (a reasonable move). But, guys, you could have just changed the password, instead of attributing my writings to someone else.
I’ve copied the posts over here, in their own category - “The HHCC.com Posts“, and will shortly be in touch with Hill to have then either properly attribute the posts or remove them entirely.
Update: Hill fixed the problem pretty quickly after I notified them. Obviously, it was a technical oversight (anyone who’s used Wordpress would know what happened), but any time you’re messing around with people’s right to their own ideas, some extra caution is warranted.
That is so messed up. And yes, it is plagarism.
TheMissus 10/12/07 @ 4:48 pmWell, to Hill’s credit, they fixed the problem pretty quickly after I notified them. See the update above.
Jeff 10/12/07 @ 5:47 pmNice to know they responded and fixed it. I recently found my name still on a press release as a contact for a company I haven’t worked for in a year and who actually fired me…..and my name is still on one of the clients websites….I think they are doing it so they appear “larger” than they are…I was told I can’t do anything about them using my name unless it does me harm.
Assholes….seriously….I wish I could get my old salary for all those months they have been using my name.
Ulli 10/14/07 @ 7:59 amOMG!
mark 10/16/07 @ 8:34 pm