Having your riddle copied
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Smithy  
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 Posted: 02:18PM Dec 15, 2011 |
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To be honest, I think you're putting Braingle in too glorious a light if you really think Braingle teasers are free from plagiarism.
Personally I wouldn't have a problem with another site using my teasers, though I doubt that will ever happen.  I made them mostly for my own enjoyment, and the two or three people who actually enjoy doing them, so would be happy and perhaps slightly proud if my work was spread like that. Credit or a reference to Braingle would be nice, though... I can see why it would be irksome to have someone else personally claim credit for your work, but I don't think that's really the case in most of these other sites. (The "icy" matter is a different issue, though.)
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snowmonster 
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Posted: 03:55PM Dec 15, 2011 |
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Two things you have to consider Math, if someone is not directly profiting financially, they are doing nothing wrong. Second, you really cannot speak out on behalf of braingle.com. Someone may take it that you are part owner of this site, and call your messages harassment. Be careful, you may also get yourself in trouble with Jake.
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JQPublic
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Posted: 04:39AM Dec 16, 2011 |
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How I interpret the terms and conditions...
snowmonster wrote: Two things you have to consider Math, if someone is not directly profiting financially, they are doing nothing wrong.
The terms didn't really say non-commercial = good. 'This web site authorizes you to view, download, and distribute a single copy of the material on this web site solely for your personal, non-commercial use.' You must only use it for personal use (and so must not display it!) and you must not make >1 copy.
snowmonster wrote:
Second, you really cannot speak out on behalf of braingle.com. Someone may take it that you are part owner of this site, and call your messages harassment.
I don't think he was speaking on behalf of Braingle. 'This website does not claim ownership to anything submitted to this website... The copyright owner retains full ownership of any work submitted to this site.' Accusing someone of stealing teasers from Braingle is not accusing someone of infringing Braingle's rights.
Mathgeek wrote:
You wrote:" am afraid that I am going to have to report this channel for pladgerism, stealing brain teasers off of w ww(dot)bra ingle(dot)c om. All the things submitted have been taken from that site, and you have been stealing them illegally without author knowledge or consent.
Plagiarism doesn't mean illegal. If you copied from Mozart, that's plagiarism, but it's not illegal because Mozart's works are no longer copyrighted.
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Mogmatt16 
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Posted: 05:39PM Dec 16, 2011 |
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I checked some of my more popular ones. Then I remembered I took the basic ideas from other sources for most of them.
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americaneulogy
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Posted: 08:03PM Dec 17, 2011 |
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Hey, EMB, is this the book you're talking about?
Everything Brain Strain book
A couple of the reviews point out what I think has been said.
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Mad-Ade
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Posted: 09:50PM Dec 21, 2011 |
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EMB92 wrote: Yeah, somebody wrote a book full of brain teasers that other people made up but didn't give anyone credit.
Shocking
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JQPublic
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Posted: 07:04AM Dec 22, 2011 |
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americaneulogy wrote:
Jake wrote that book, didn't he?
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Sneakattack
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Posted: 07:15AM Dec 22, 2011 |
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Technically, our teasers are Braingle "property". So, if someone steals them, they are infringing on the Braingle copyright.
What are you looking at? |
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Mad-Ade
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Posted: 09:03AM Dec 22, 2011 |
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JQPublic wrote: americaneulogy wrote:
Jake wrote that book, didn't he?
No, some of the site members did, myself included.
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JQPublic
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Posted: 09:38PM Dec 23, 2011 |
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What I meant is, Jake 'wrote' that book or published it or whatever, so that isn't an infringement of copyright because by submitting teasers we give Braingle the right to publish them like this.
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Mad-Ade
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Posted: 08:18PM Dec 26, 2011 |
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JQPublic wrote: What I meant is, Jake 'wrote' that book or published it or whatever, so that isn't an infringement of copyright because by submitting teasers we give Braingle the right to publish them like this. that would be correct if separate contracts had not been drawn up before hand with the Braingle users who's teasers he was using. That contract was separate from the site.
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