At least I consider it stealing when you take things from someone else’s blog and put them in yours. I know it wasn’t the first time that Entrecarders/Bloggers have done this. What I really wonder is—how hard can it be to actually credit the person you took the stuff from?



Look at this question mark image. On my main blog since a long time (almost a year)—created by Ada from Scramories.

As an author copyright and copyright infringement are something that I have to be very concerned about.

If people do not stop to steal content from others—where do the original authors end up? The bad impact of splogs scoring higher than the original can already been seen anywhere.

If you are a marketer—do you really need to steal?
PS:
And removing the stolen content after being caught doesn’t make it any better.

It pretty much shows your morals and ethics towards the copyrights and content of others.

As long as you don’t get caught—you steal, right?

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This wonderful lady Ada over at Scramories tagged me…

So, here we go—7 things you may not know about me:

1. I am married for the second time, but had 5 wedding celebrations.
2. Met my wife Ada on the internet and got married within 4 weeks. A whopping 9 years ago!
   As an added bonus—I took her last name. And no, she did not bribe me!
3. Like my father—I moved to a foreign country to live and work there.
4. My family has a long history of psychic abilities, including a great great (great?) aunt that worked for Queen Victoria. And yes, I am psychic too…
5. At the age of sixteen I drove a Formula One racing car. For some hundred yards…
6. My parents reported me missing to the police. As a member of the police martial arts club I was at the Police’s Christmas Party—at the police station!
7. My best man promised a gift at the reception. Now, nine years later—with the gift still being built—he is nick-named worst man…

I tag Mimi, Rhea and Ramon.

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The Star		Wants to shine but not work.
The Lawyer		What’s in it for me?
The Politician		A flip-flopper.
The Cop		Everything needs a rule and rules must be followed.
The Chaos Manager		Only the genius knows how to rule the chaos.
Mr. Clean		Can only work in a sterile office.
The Discriminator		Takes priority based on gender, age and even race.
The Opinionated		Their way or the high way.

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This person believes that everything must be a team effort. Everything. Don’t get me wrong—I think teams are great. But as with anything else, they’re great at the appropriate time. Not every activity or decision will be best handled by a team. Sometimes a simple decision can get hopelessly bogged down because the entire team had to examine it at length instead of just one or two knowledgeable people.

The Diplomat

Diplomacy is good, but not when it’s used as a thinly veiled way to get out of making decisions. The manager who insists on studying and investigating every project forgets that the competition may be moving faster and gaining speed (and customers).

The Nerd

They may be brilliant and knowledgeable—but often nobody understands what they’re talking about! We have all seem them. Everywhere. The problem with nerds is that people don’t bother trying to understand them, even when they should be trying to—which is a loss for everyone.

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The Hardliner

Knows everything, and knows it better than anyone else. Some wonder if the hardliner is nothing more than a fake who’s too insecure to confront the reality that he can make mistakes like anyone else. The truth is, most people can spot those who do know and those who only think they know.

Do It by the Book

This very often is a product of a strongly regulated environment such as the military. “What you’re doing can’t be done!” they exclaim, “It’s not part of any standard operating procedure!” This sort of manager can have a particularly bad influence in a creative environment.

Predator / Hunter

Dangerous—and dangerous because their real goal at work is to “score”—to get another trophy (much the way a real hunter might). Sometimes predator/hunter types can perform perfectly well. But sometimes the obsession with doing best can paralyze an otherwise intelligent manager.

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