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Well Written Copy.com and Global Scientific Editing Plagiarizes Wordszilla: Chapter Two
Saturday, July 18th, 2009Well Written Copy.com Made a Poor Choice: Plagiarism
Friday, July 17th, 2009It has been said that imitation is the greatest form of flattery, but I think it is the greatest form of laziness as well. Let’s take Well Written Copy.com for instance.
I was doing some routine Web analytics as I do from time to time and noticed that the website “wellwrittencopy.com” has plagiarized much of Wordszilla’s content word for word (from my FAQ page and the Terms of Service page). This fascinates me in countless ways…I’ll touch upon a couple of them.
But before I do that, I just want to have on record that I saved a screenshot of their “Descriptions/FAQ” page for evidence (snippet seen below), as well as their page source code.
(My “favorite” part not shown above: the genius who copied my text also copied a link pointing back to my website. If you click on the “Terms of Service” link found under the heading “Do you have a refund policy?” on their website, it will take you to Wordszilla. I couldn’t make this stuff up.)
Well Written Copy.com still has my copy displayed on their website (as of this post). I emailed them yesterday, demanding that they remove my content from their website, and I have yet to hear back from them (I emailed to their “editing” email address as well as filled out their contact form field).
But why even copy text from another website in the first place? Are they trying hard to live up to the “copy” aspect of their domain name? Obviously they thought that they wouldn’t be caught, but I even have a Copyscape icon on my home page. I check, people. I display the Copyscape logo because I use it. I narrow it down to these things: laziness and the lack of writing skills.
Additionally, wouldn’t this make you question the company’s ethics for their service? If they can’t even write the text for their own website, what makes you think they can write anything for you?
I had spent days coming up with original content for Wordszilla’s website and I’m not going to let this company/individual steal my hard work. In the emails I have sent, I demanded that they remove my content from their website by today. I’ll check their website tomorrow (Saturday, July 18th) and see if it is still displayed.
If they liked the way I worded things so much, they could have at least paid me to write something for them, right?
Until tomorrow….
Luis D. Bonilla
luis@wordszilla.com
Wordszilla, LLC
Global Scientific Editing Plagiarizes Wordszilla
Friday, July 17th, 2009So, we’re at it again. This is the second website that I found copying Wordszilla’s terms of service page (the first one being Well Written Copy.com). This company, Global Scientific Editing, took the liberty to pay homage the pirate way: by pilfering with no thought of consequences.
As seen above, they took a lot of Wordszilla’s text word for word and simply switched in their company name. As with the other website that plagiarized my work, I have one question: What went through their minds when they copied the bullet point that says, “By submitting a document, you confirm that it is your own work and not copyrighted or plagiarized material.”
Honestly, what went through their minds? Someone please tell me. I have to know. The company claims to have “PhD level” scientists editing all submissions. Hey, here’s an idea. How about have one of them write up some new material. They should be smart enough to create some original content, right? I’m only a lowly bachelor of arts English major and I could do it.
So, would anyone feel comfortable enlisting this company to edit anything? I wouldn’t.
Just like the other website, I emailed them twice (two different email addresses) yesterday asking them to remove my content from their website, and as of this post they have not.
In any case, I will do everything I can in order to have Global Scientific Editing remove my content from their website; it’s the principle of the thing.
Luis D. Bonilla
luis@wordszilla.com
Wordszilla, LLC