Archive for the 'IP Infringement / plagiarism' Category, click title to see full post

Dontshopgadgestsandgizmos.com

March 12th, 2008 @ 3:56 pm by zymetric

We really weren’t kidding when we said we had every intention to write a post every time we find that someone has stolen our images and/or descriptions. And we weren’t kidding when we said that we could write a post per day about this problem. In fact there are so many we now […]

This week in plagiarism: Kingofswords.com

March 5th, 2008 @ 2:12 pm by zymetric

WOW!! Brazen isn’t the right word, but it is the first one that comes to mind.
Kingofswords.com has stolen 115 of our product images and/or descriptions. The best part is that they used our name & our part#’s so you can easily search all of them (still working as of this writing). I […]

Today in IP theft: iJokester.com

February 28th, 2008 @ 3:46 pm by zymetric

Today in our continuing series on ip & copyright infringement, we bring you ijokester.com — what a catchy name. Most of the descriptions were taken, in part or entirely from yours truly, but that is besides the point. Of the 10 products they have listed, all 10 of the images were stolen from […]

Someone stole our dog poop, have you seen it?

February 25th, 2008 @ 3:02 pm by zymetric

We have written a number of times that we only blog for ourselves, which is fitting given the # of you whom actually read this, but some posts are meant primarily for other webmasters to hopefully stumble upon & read. Specifically, the ones who have stolen our intellectual property because they are too lazy […]

More IP Infringement: GoneBlue

February 21st, 2008 @ 2:15 pm by zymetric

Go ahead and compare the screenshot above with the one below. It is kinda hard to make all of the words out, but just focus on the text. Now of course the first is obviously our fart spray, and the words written below that is our product description. The second, is a […]

Official Image & Linking Policy

February 20th, 2008 @ 3:10 pm by zymetric

We want to take a minute or two and clarify our earlier post to avoid any possible confusion. Consider this our official policy on this subject unless otherwise stated. And as always, if there is any question, just get in touch. Last month we had an author who is detailing Groucho Marx, […]

This week in IP infringement: DaddyZero

February 20th, 2008 @ 2:32 pm by zymetric

There isn’t a week that goes by where we don’t find our pictures, or worse, our stupid silly product descriptions being ripped off. Sending polite emails does not work. Sending letters via the mail, even registered, does not work. Having our attorney type up some fancy letter and having him send that […]

This week in plagiarism

May 9th, 2007 @ 2:40 pm by zymetric

Unless chris is moonlighting for another novelty company, it appears as if more of our images are being taken without permission. Oh, but
wait, they borrowed our descriptions too, verbatim.  Word for word.

 

Well at least drinkinginnovations only used three, and not
27 of our products like monkeydoo!!  If you look closely at the the picture […]

Unflattering

December 6th, 2006 @ 12:13 pm by zymetric

Update: Images have been removed at our request.
They say that imitation is the best form of flattery, and that is generally the case. Theft on the otherhand is an entirely different matter completely, but can sometimes be so blatant that it becomes comical.

Unfortunately this is fairly common. We would generally send an […]