Bitter Irony - A fraudulent attempt at positioning busted?
Positioning is important for artists, and one way to go about building a particular reputation and brand for oneself is to write and publish articles that espouse a point of view on an issue. Well, Colin Preston decided this would be a great idea over on his MySpace blog, but he made one stupid mistake.
He didn’t write the article.
Instead, he lifted an article that my friend and colleague, NDK Creative Artist, wrote and claimed it as his own. What’s the bitter irony of this situation? The article he lifted espouses anti-piracy.
As always, the Free Articulator did its job and exposed the situation. People like this who pretend to be artists are a despicable stain on humanity. The bottom line is this: DON’T ever steal other people’s content to promote yourself (or for any other reason!). It’s stupid, it’s pathetic, and you’re probably going to get caught. And if you do get caught, you freakin’ well deserve it.
September 27th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Thanks for the support. Today, MySpace sent me an email notifying me that they have taken down the content from Colin Preston’s blog. No apology from Colin Preston has been forthcoming to date.