Early this year, the Philippine Computer Society launched Digital Pinay, an event that was to highlight the Filipina's increasingly-important role in I.T., a field dominated by men. The end does not justify the means, however, as the contest's underlying procedures and qualifications caught the ire of tech bloggers (check this article from Digital Life). Protests about the Digital Pinay giving more importance to beauty than brains became a concerted effort. Bloggers united (drop by Sacha Chua's blog), and the pageantry met its demise.
Another interesting issue has come up, this time hitting closer to home. Sassy's food blog was being plagiarized! Word for word! (visit the post here) Copies of recipes were being posted in kuro.ph by the Board Master (who goes by the name of Fireman) and another person named Princeedward.
Sassy's food blog is one of the many well-written and designed places where you can get your fill of Filipino recipes. The recipes are freely available for cooking at home. But lifting-off these materials and calling them your own is a shame!
Let us all support the fight against plagiarism on the net!
The Digital Pinay was really something...
ReplyDeleteAnyhow, I hope that Fireman would make ammends. He ought to.
Hello eClair, I just dropped by Blah! Keep in touch! :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks for dropping by!:)
ReplyDeleteMainit din tong topic na to. Have you read the latest posts on the PLUG mailing list? Concerning burnfests naman...
Hi eClair! Ang nakita ko kanina, about reverse DNS. Hmmm... need to double-check the posts. That IS one active mailing list, isn't it?
ReplyDeletein the internet world where everything can be easily accessed plagiarism is rampant.
ReplyDeleteThis may sound morbid...but I know people who knows people who knows people who discreetly takes care of business...if you know what I mean...hehehehehe...
ReplyDeleteStop Plagiarism...Stop Piracy...
Hello Amie! What would you do if your work was plagiarized too? Ms. Sacha Chua has a different view ...
ReplyDeleteSo,you picked that plagiarism, too. Bwisit ano? Well, as far as i remember, princeedward apologized to Sassy already. At least he had some decency to apologize.
ReplyDeleteAs for that beauty contest... hmmmm, matagal ng kumita yang gimik na yan! Ibahin naman nila no.
Hello Tito Rolly! Thanks for the update!
ReplyDeleteI make a living out of writing, and plagiarism is any artist's archenemy. Its as good as eschewing me personally. When your precious thoughts and crafts are at stake, what others may think as flattery is becoming totally ugly.
ReplyDeletejust stating the fact sir. i don't condone the practice. and one blogger already did that to me. she left a comment on my post to inform and apologized to me after i saw them. i let her off the hook with just a tap on the hand. she said she was very sorry. :)
ReplyDeleteHello Amie! I see. Ms. Sacha Chua's was different. At least that's my interpretation. For the interest of free press and discussion it's ok for her to have her work copied and perhaps also built on.
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