posted by Jan at 11:03 PM
Monday, January 31, 2005
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7 Comments:
Did you create that "I dreamed my house was clean" graphic? Because if you did, even if you were adapting an existing image, the copycat homemaker should link her graphic back to your site. That's basic blog etiquette.
The "Karaoke Friday Night" is also pretty brazen and shows that she's taken the "Happy Homemaker" idea from you.
In general, I'd say that unless she's lifting actual entries from your blog (and not just ideas for posts), this is one of those "sincerest forms of flattery" things. She's probably a well-meaning person who admires what you do and wants to be like you. But it would be a lot more sincere if she acknowledged her debt, and I can completely see why it would make you uncomfortable.
A blog is supposed to be an exquisitely personal form of expression. There's no excuse for lifting concepts and images wholesale.
I'd be feeling all queasy if I were you, but then again, I tend to overreact! ;)
Weird!!!! That would freak me out. Come on...no one else could come up with Karaoke Friday Night but you! You, Jan, are one of my favorite people. You are original, creative and always yourself. No one can copy that!
I would be very careful. Everyone knows that you can't trust people from Illinois (just ask Danz Family. hee hee).
If she starts posting vintage Arbor Day cards, I suggest a blog coup!!!!
Fortunately, this is one problem I am not likely to have, since no one would ever want to copy any of my stuff.
(Actually, I did once find a mirror of my Warner/Reprise Loss Leaders material out there; I wrote the guy with the site, and after a couple of volleys, he revised it to indicate where it came from and added the tag "Used by permission," which was satisfactory to all.)
Ummmm.....maybe she didn't notice that you are an ATTORNEY!!
-Sandy
I'll remember that one Dwayne.
I was just going to say...don't worry about her...obviously a cheap imitation of the real thing.
Don
www.danzfamily.com
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