SKLund
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This problem is not an issue with Backcountry Post as far as I know but more in social media than anywhere else. Backcountry Post has too high a profile and The Resources section has the author of each resource listed.
Recently when posting trip reports on my own site and sometimes when I link them to social media, they start showing up under different authors or creators name. They even steal the title. It usually takes me 4 or more hours, many times much more than that to create a narrative with photos along with maps and posted gpx tracks in a public forum. This information is free to re-use as long as it is communicated where the information came from. Moral, well-raised people know this already. It does not need to be communicated. Well not anymore. Now I have to make a "terms of use" along with the information. I know it's very difficult to defend yourself against this type of plagiarism (and that is what it is). For myself, when it's a member or subscriber of my site, they get tossed out in haste.
I am curious if anyone has experienced this and what you do about it if you discover it,
Recently when posting trip reports on my own site and sometimes when I link them to social media, they start showing up under different authors or creators name. They even steal the title. It usually takes me 4 or more hours, many times much more than that to create a narrative with photos along with maps and posted gpx tracks in a public forum. This information is free to re-use as long as it is communicated where the information came from. Moral, well-raised people know this already. It does not need to be communicated. Well not anymore. Now I have to make a "terms of use" along with the information. I know it's very difficult to defend yourself against this type of plagiarism (and that is what it is). For myself, when it's a member or subscriber of my site, they get tossed out in haste.
I am curious if anyone has experienced this and what you do about it if you discover it,
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