Well..i personally dont prefer to blog about every single dish that i prepare, or the normal regular ones we have on a daily basis...but this is unlike that. Pachadi(vegetables in yougurt sauce) is common at my place - its simple and quick.
Once had prepared Carrot Pachadi and decided to share it, coz thought its worth keeping such a recipe for those who are not aware of it...again , for its ease to prepare. Dish all made, but had no idea how it present it for the pictures.
Finally decides to give a search in google to see how others would have portrayed the same.
Couple of searches, and halted across this blog - Salt to Taste (pic 1 below). Well was happy that this looks almost similar to the snap that i have taken. No much fuss around, simple..just the dish and the bowl. Cool !
(Pic - 1 )
Then, went onto google images, to get more ideas on the same, and thats when i came across this particular picture which looks exactly the same, but more cropped version of Pic - 1. (see Pic 2 below - the red square box on the right )
(Pic - 2)
(Pic 3)
And yes, it was a copied image and write up from the above blog -
PLAGIARISM NO.II
See Picture 2 again above. The red rectangle marked .Two images of the same dish. Of course, it could be from the same author..but just for curiosity sake, decided to check. And, they again..went to 2 different sources !!!
Close up of Pic 2
(Pic - 4)
(Pic 5)
Pic 5 - The same recipe, image from the same post by Sailu, but posted on the site Teluguone dated July 16, 2011 !!!!
God !!!
Dear Readers,
I am not a regular blogger. Also, am not sure if this has already been spotted and reported..but, what i came across is just being shared. Dear Mansi of A Cook @ Heart, Preethi of ISingcakes and Anna, i understand you are some of the few who have been directly hit by plagiarism. I personally do not have much technical know how on how to react during such a situation. So, am linking this post to you guys as well. Hope you will be able to help in any way possible.
I am bringing this post to the notice of the authors of the two sites - Salt to Taste and Sailu's Kitchen.
As for me, well...just gets this uncomfortable feeling seeing a regular traffic on my blog from Russia ! Very regular views. no comments, nothing. Why in the world ??? Will they follow what is written here ?
And, if this / these Russian viewers are reading this post...
Ma'am/ Sir.....Can I help you ???
It was so bad to see the copied pics , yesterday i too find a blog with copied pics
ReplyDeleteI really i'll get angry when i saw the word plagiarism, dunno whether its going to be stopped, getting mad of this.
ReplyDeleteYes that's true,its very sad to see our pics gets copied,The best way is to add a watermark right at the centre of the pic..I think can avoid to a large extent,but if someone is behind it you can't stop :)
ReplyDeleteGreat to c u taking pain in letting the bloggers know about it,Yummy pachadi..:)
Regarding ur query dear,sending vouchers to kuwait is not an isuue,as I just need an indian address and this can be shopped online!!
It is too bad. And the worse thing is that you probably won't be able to do anything abt it too if those who copy have enough skills to get rid of even small watermarks (I have seen it). It is good that you have brought these to light.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I too used to get some rather curious incoming views from Russia! Not now though.
That was soo cute of you to post this :) Yea.. It's really irritating to see ur posts being lifted without permission.. Some people never understand that !!
ReplyDeleteAnd about the Russian thing !! Maybe some Indians are there too, who are interested in ur blog.. Some ppl don't like to comment :) I know some ppl like that !!
thanks ladies for expressing your views. got no clue hoe they can remove watermarks. technology, might be.
ReplyDelete@Chitz - regarding the Russia views, hope its so, without any bad intensions.
Thanks for the shoutout ... my first reaction was... here we go again! Someone is thieving, AGAIN!
ReplyDeleteThis is so maddening!
See, these plagiarists are smart, they crop images and if right click is disabled, they use sniping tool- or something like that!
I sometimes wonder, is it worth taking all the trouble of cheating, why not do your own thing?
agree with you Manasi
ReplyDelete@ Chitz, Chitra, in my case, the link sources (they were not just random Russian views) had nothing to do with food or any such thing. I couldn't place where my link was placed in these pages either :)
ReplyDeleteThanks Sona.. appreciate the effort to inform me of the plagiarism.. watermark or not.. people keep stealing and this does not stop just within the internet.. some magazines copy too.. its sad.. and we have very less control.. will do what i can.. thanks again
ReplyDeleteNow Russians are studying English as part of globalization, that could be the reason why there's heavy traffic....
ReplyDeleteAnd they are well-known for "imm---- traffic" :-)
It is really sad to read this post. There are bloggers who take so much effort and time to reach out yo us with their lovely creations; whereas there are some other bloggers who just randomly lift your posts.. That too without permission or mention of source. It is very generous of you Sona to bring this particular issue up although I'm sure many might have noticed this but left it at that :-)
ReplyDeleteNice Post.
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