Comments on: Ms. Aspiras’ Apology

By: gay lateg

gay lateg — Sun, 16 Aug 2009 07:32:47 +0000

ay naku mga dong n day, itagalog ko nalang ha para mas maganda, total mga filipino tayo…si ms. aspiras ang nagbigay buhay sa pag kaing Pilipino, aminin!..kakaiba ang passion nya sa pag create ng pagkaing Pilipino..Shes our representative to the food world so to speak…hindi ko sya kilala, pero nagbabasa rin ako ng column nya…heto lang masasabi ko dong n day ha..she has this tremendous passion to her work- agree? shes sincere to her apology, thats it! Period.

By: jade186

jade186 — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 22:16:14 +0000

Apart from plagiarists there are now folks called contents “scrapers” (just recently heard this!) ie collectors of other bloggers’ content (even credited) and compiling them into their own blog or website to generate audience and pay by clicks.

I found this article about how to deal with these folks, albeit a tad basic, since it only refers to filing a complaint to Google and does not address any possible legal procedure/process. Worth a peek in any case.

https://www.pinoymoneytalk.com/2009/02/25/google-adsense-dmca/

By: Miguel R. Camus

Miguel R. Camus — Fri, 09 May 2008 07:43:36 +0000

Hi Marketman,

My name is Miguel Camus from the BusinessMirror. Your blog caught my interest because my colleague and I are currently doing a story on online literary plagiarism and you seem to be a victim of such a thing.

I agree that this is a serious thing and it degrades the efforts of people like yourself.

Therefor Iâ€™d just like to ask you a few details through email if thatâ€™s ok with you. Iâ€™ve left it in your site and hope to hear from you soon.

Regards
Miguel Camus
BusinessMirror

By: chef Dino G.

chef Dino G. — Fri, 14 Dec 2007 03:35:19 +0000

I know Chef Reg personally. I can surely attest that her humble apology came straight from her heart and was indeed very well intended.
Those of you who are into head bashing……do, get a life!

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 07:47:51 +0000

Thanks tulip, that definitely brings closure on the mangosteen scribes. THE END. However, I do note that the spaghetti squash and figs articles are still up and no changes have been made to them, despite questions I raised about the sources of several sentences in those articles as well…

By: tulip

tulip — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 04:44:27 +0000

Marketman, I just checked out the online version of PDI, another column immerged last night and said they deleted the material.It was entitled “The Queen…” (sorry for not posting the whole title as I do not really like it!).

By: palengkera

palengkera — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 03:16:51 +0000

Hay salamat.

By: Marketman

Marketman — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:57:56 +0000

Hi everybody, several people have emailed me to suggest, quite confidently, that perhaps Ms. Aspiras did not write the apology herself, and that it was in the style of another writer. I have no idea how they would know that, nor can I confirm it. If she didn’t write it herself, she would have to live with that. Let’s just leave this be. An apology was printed in her column space, so let’s call it quits on this one. All I know is, I pointed out a problem related to journalistic ethics, and the paper has done something about it,tapos.

By: Chinachix

Chinachix — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:53:08 +0000

Though the apology seemed sincere, it also sounded vague to me. I agree with a previous comment that if I hadn’t followed this issue closely, I would be like, what is she talking about? Which kinda dilutes the sincerity, I think. Thank goodness for the Editor’s Note.

By: cupcakediva

cupcakediva — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 02:10:14 +0000

Is is possible that Ms. Aspiras is not the one who writes her column? And that it took her a while to respond/apologize was because she had a difficult time assessing the matter especially if she was not the one who did the plagiarizing? Just a thought….