http://ayende.comAyende @ RahienCopyright (C) Ayende Rahien 2004 - 2021 (c) 202660A firmly worded email to the publisher with the necessary evidence may be all it takes to get the book off the market and the author's name blacklisted. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment20http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment20Thu, 14 Feb 2008 21:10:23 GMTWhy contact the publisher itself? They know the author and have the ability to take the book of the market. Otherwise sue them for unauthorized distributing copyrighted materials. When article parts from the book are really copied, that's also copyright violation. Changes are the publisher will take actions towards the author because no publisher wants to be sued over plagiarism. In the Netherlands you would be able to claim all profits the author has made by this book. In this case you would receive a percentage in relation with the copied parts. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment19http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment19Fri, 08 Feb 2008 15:56:57 GMTI wonder what the publisher will think when they find out they are paying some idiot for content he did not even come up with. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment18http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment18Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:07:07 GMTWhat a freaking tool. "I thank GOD for all his blessings - he gave me such good googling skills" "I'd like to thank my parents, my publisher, and all my friends for enduring me during the process of writing this book. It almost took me 124 entire minutes to write." I sincerely doubt he will ever sell any copies of that trash. He didn't add any of his own commentary, none of his own ideas. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment17http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment17Fri, 25 Jan 2008 19:56:55 GMTThis is yet another example of developers that have no qualms stealing other people's content and code. It is hard to pinpoint the problem as it is the individual that chooses to plagiarize. However, it may actually be a cultural problem. Intellectual property rights are difficult to uphold when your culture is largely socialist. In this case, plagiarism is justifiable. How do you combat this? http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment16http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment16Fri, 25 Jan 2008 10:29:25 GMTI'd say sue the author. Hehe, or you could actually publish your own book. I'm sure your DSL book will be great but Ayende.NET would be as great, I bet. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment15http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment15Fri, 25 Jan 2008 08:27:59 GMTNo its is not. This is bad. Ok, look out for my new book "Hibernate, NHibernate and everything about ORMs". I'll just colect everything Ayende has written on the subject and get it published. Agree with Peter. Lets all post comments on Amazon. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment14http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment14Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:45:05 GMTThis sucks. But at least posting reviews on amazon can point some interested readers to the blogs of the original writers. Don't forget to post reviews on other amazon sites like amazon.co.uk. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment13http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment13Thu, 24 Jan 2008 21:12:54 GMTI like that the author didn't even put the slightest effort into making any contribution at all. All of the typos/grammatical errors (which are fine in a quick blog post, I'm not nitting) were perfectly preserved! http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment12http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment12Thu, 24 Jan 2008 19:29:18 GMTWow, this is news to me...that SUCKS. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment11http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment11Thu, 24 Jan 2008 17:47:21 GMT...that is in addition to Mathew Wills comment. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment10http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment10Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:49:11 GMTHow about everyone post comments pointing out the book is mostly "lifted" content on Amazon.com? http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment9http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment9Thu, 24 Jan 2008 15:47:56 GMTI think it's total bullshit someone completely ripped you and Hanselman to write that. If that was the case maybe you and Hanselman should've been getting credit/kudos for that book. Although now this gives me the idea to write "All About Rhino" and just c&p liberally from here! INSTANT MONEY. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment8http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment8Thu, 24 Jan 2008 14:35:18 GMTYes, i did but i had to search for it.. maybe add the link to your blog? http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment7http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment7Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:05:30 GMTOh, you already did. Thanks. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment6http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment6Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:01:55 GMTMarco, Check the main site, it has such a section. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment5http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment5Thu, 24 Jan 2008 10:01:14 GMTFor the moment i would take is as a compliment.. But maybe you could add a donate button to your blog?? Your information and source code is worth it.. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment4http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment4Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:51:44 GMTNo idea about follow up actions at the moment. I am trying to find this guy's email, to see what he has to say first. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment3http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment3Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:25:35 GMT(sorry - this might be a double post but I got a weird form-expired error) It's really nasty that he doesn't credit various people at all. Do you intend to take any follow-up actions? There is an acknowledgements section in the beginning which is where I would have expected at least a comment about the source of a number of these questions. Ethically, I have less trouble with the fact that he didn't ask, that with the fact that he didn't give credit. That he didn't rephrase the questions and answers begs the question is a certain compensation might be in order too - but credit should have been given in any case. http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment2http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment2Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:08:56 GMTOh don't lose sleep over it. You should start to worry when they don't find you a creditable source for their stuff anymore ;) It's similar to companies using your product's brandname as an ad-word in google. As long as THEY need that brandname to promote their stuff (and not vice versa) I'm good. ;) http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment1http://ayende.com/3115/is-plagiarism-the-best-compliment#comment1Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:48:01 GMT