Comments on: Flare magazine plagiarizes content from blogs to run its magazine

By: MystaKool

MystaKool — Wed, 11 Jun 2008 07:36:30 +0000

its been a common act of Flare to do this. From what I know, if any company refuses to sponsor them they actually post some very nasty content about them.

However, Flare readership is extremely low. There is not much of a need to worry, but yes, plagiarism should be stopped, and if they don’t get straight, expose them.

By: Abdullah Wiqar

Abdullah Wiqar — Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:10:33 +0000

Truly pathetic. But not at all surprising. The easy way out is the only way out these days it seems. The abnormal of the past has become the norm of the present.

Flare magazine should not be taken to court but a media campaign using personal connections and networks should be launched against them. The objective of this campaign would be to ridicule them to such an extent that by the end of it they will be no more then a joke in the media industry.

Osama, kudos to your suggestion. However, I hope the financiers care. They may just be happy with the fact that the magazine is making them money, and they may not care about the how behind that.

By: Umairn

Umairn — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:44:37 +0000

I think its absolutely rubbish what Flare has done. They really need to be blacklisted by the telecom companies who are their big sponsors.

Blog content can be protected, but it needs to be registered with the relevant copyright office first. Check out http://www.ipo.gov.pk for more information on Intellectual Property Rights, something that Pakistan is seriously lagging in.

I would suggest that all bloggers have a copyright statement on their blog warning people from copying the content. That way, legally, we can claim that we had officially informed the readers that the content can not be copied. For more information, see http://drowningshadows.wordpress.com/2008/06/04/protecting-blog-content/

By: Kamran

Kamran — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 08:53:44 +0000

Woah this is bad news man.. i hope the cheaters get straight asap!

By: Atif Sultan Ali Khan

Atif Sultan Ali Khan — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:47:13 +0000

Guys,

I know a few people who can take this up with Flare or the Press club.

Umair has already taken this up on his ‘rank of the week section of his column at Netxpress (http://netxpress.com.pk/2008/06/04/online-communities-part-1-umair-naeem/)

Baber, can you send me a document with the Flare article and your post, with publishing dates?

By: Babar Bhatti

Babar Bhatti — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 18:13:20 +0000

Osama, Thanks for taking this up. I am concerned by this trend where we accept copying and cheating. Civil society needs to wake up and realize that the tacit approval of such copyright violations will hurt us in the long run.

By: Osama A.

Osama A. — Mon, 02 Jun 2008 06:25:27 +0000

In fact something even better is if someone tries to email some of their main sponsors to let them know that their company is sponsoring plagiarism. Get at the things that can really influence Flare into reason.