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Topic: Ask-Oracle.com Ripping Off Linda
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Artemis Newflake Posts: 3 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted April 20, 2011 05:02 AM
I signed up about a week ago and wasn't planning on this being my first post but I had to share.I came upon the site Ask-Oracle.com for the first time earlier tonight. Google brought me to a compatibility page so I went to my current interest of Gemini Woman/Scorpio Man and proceeded to be surprised. There are plenty of astrology sites that use similar or downright identical interpretations, charts, or images they've taken from other sites. It's a practice I have been coming to loathe actually, especially when it comes to a few dollars price difference for the exact same chart. But! I have never seen anybody use Linda's descriptions before. They're not word for word. Mostly. But it's there. They've just reworded it, although I think the third paragraph for the GemF/ScoM is the closest. "Forever is a word that frightens the Gemini female as much as the word temporary frightens the Scorpio male." I don't have the book in front of me but I know a very similar sentence is at the bottom right page somewhere in that book. I read only a couple more pairings (Gemini/Aries, Gemini/Leo) but they just confirmed it. I checked the About Us page in case they credited her or said they had permission. No mention of course. Has anyone else been to this site before? Is there anyone connected to Linda's estate or such that could or would like to be notified? The site isn't selling their knock-off of her text but they are selling charts and good free articles are the key to people actually paying for reports. I've been burned before I apologize if this site has been brought up before or if this was the wrong topic to post it in. I wasn't sure which one contained "Linda plagiarized" topics IP: Logged |
Venus Knowflake Posts: 89 From: Beirut, Lebanon Registered: Mar 2011
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posted April 20, 2011 07:03 AM
Hi Artemis and welcome yes this is the right place to post and iam going through the site now. theres nothing worse, i believe, than plagerisim. its always a pleasure to meet another member of the Olympian clan IP: Logged |
Rogue Guru Knowflake Posts: 120 From: Pleasantville, State of Euphoria, USA Registered: Jan 2011
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posted April 20, 2011 09:31 AM
Hello, Artemis! Thanks for letting us know.IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 7710 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 20, 2011 12:43 PM
Welcome!------------------ "All deaths are suicides, do you realize that? Every single one. The only distinction is that, with some people, suicide is a subconscious choice, and with others it's a conscious choice. Otherwise, those who commit suicide and those who succumb to accident, illness or "old age," die for exactly the same reason: belief in the inevitability of death." Linda Goodman IP: Logged |
Randall Webmaster Posts: 7710 From: The Goober Galaxy Registered: Apr 2009
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posted April 21, 2011 07:26 PM
I have a strong disdain for plagiarism.IP: Logged |
NickiG Moderator Posts: 3532 From: Pluto, next to Ami Ann Registered: Jul 2010
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posted April 21, 2011 07:33 PM
wow...i just dont understand plagiarizers...these people do just as much work, if not more, when they plagiarize....being someone who just got out of school last year, this stuff is still fresh to me and i'v heard about the work it takes for people to plagiarize...why cant people just honestly research or be knowledgeable enough to write it themselves?------------------ What happens on Venus stays on Venus -Nasa IP: Logged |
Artemis Newflake Posts: 3 From: Registered: Apr 2011
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posted April 21, 2011 11:39 PM
I emailed the site but haven't received a reply and don't really expect to. I suspect plagiarism always involves laziness (I think writing is always the hardest option), sometimes ignorance though that almost never excuses, and sometimes greed. In the case of this site, because they do sell something, it's probably greed. quote: Originally posted by Venus: its always a pleasure to meet another member of the Olympian clan
I'm just a sucker for Greek mythology which is part of why I dig astrology. And Artemis is my favorite And thank you for the welcome! IP: Logged |