Recently it was brought to my attention that our blog had illegally copied an article from another author. Our post gave full credit to the original author and website. Never the less, this was an infringement of their rights. And we appreciate having this brought to our attention.
This was not intentional, and will not be repeated. We strive to provide education and information to women regarding personal safety and firearms training. We do not employ authors, or compensate authors for articles posted on this blog. We simply try to share quality information from reliable sources, at the same time giving those sources full credit.
FACEBOOK may be the only viable, legal form to share certain types of information. In the future, the only articles shared on this blog will be written by the blog’s owner. Nothing further from outside sources.
davidyamane said:
You can continue to post other content if you just ask permission ahead of time. At least once I have done this and the author was happy to have his ideas re-posted.
You can also write a brief summary of the post and the post a link to the original post. I also use the “re-blog” function on WordPress. This is similar to “sharing” a post on Facebook.
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Janice said:
Thank you for taking time to comment on this post.
In the past, I too have re-blogged articles by other authors. This post was as a result of an email that was sent to me because I was on his distribution list, and full credit was given to both author and site.
He accused me of “stealing” his intellectual content” with the intent of directing people to my site rather than his own. He never mentioned asking for permission first.
I immediately responded, apologized and deleted the post, however, no amount of apologies or explanations seemed adequate.
I think he resented being connected to my site, as he made a reference to the KKK.
So, I simply decided to stop following or sharing his work, including on my social media sites. It is unfortunate as I enjoyed and respected his ideas and writing up to this point.
My only agenda is to help other’s to become better educated and stay safe by sharing information and writing my own articles.
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