WriteThinking: Lock in the Intellect
There is going online, there is knowing how to make yourself an online brand, then there is protecting it
The first time I wrote about plagiarism here, it cost me arms and legs. The guilty ones are always afraid. And the guilty will always take you down with them if they are capable of doing so. However, these things need to be pointed out. There is a lot of larceny on the written word. Most of this thievery is simply orchestrated by ourselves unknowingly. When they say that they are giving you exposure and you smile and nod without thinking of the benefits they might be getting out of your writing, you just sort of set your intellectual property ablaze. When we see our article on the New York Times and jump in triumph even without having been accredited, again, we orphan our writing willingly. Desperation. We are too complacent with just having our words being read that people are easily taking advantage of us.
