Andy,
Plagiarism is alive and well on the internet!
Joe
P.S. I see some of my graphics showing up in various web sites fairly
often!
Andrew Mace wrote:
>
> On Mon, 3 Jan 2000 John Frymark wrote:
>
> > I stumbled across this web site for 2.5 litre Trans-Am B-sedans in
> > vintage racing. It's a nice looking site. I thought you might want to link
> > from your site to the page on Triumph sedans for more competition
>information:
> > <A HREF="http://www.home.earthlink.net/~jmcadory/vitesses.htm";>Click here:
> > Triumph Vitesse Race Setup</A>. Besides, the home page features a Datsun 510
> > getting passed by a TR4, and that always looks good to me!
>
> I finally had a chance to check this site out. Interesting, especially the
> text about the production history of the Vitesse. Wait a minute...that
> text looks familiar. Where have I seen it before? OH YEAH, on the VTR web
> site, under the Triumph Herald & Vitesse section. Maybe the fact that I
> penned said text is why it looks so familiar, huh? It's about a 99.2%
> verbatim "quote" (except for lack of acknowledgement of said quote). :-)
>
> The real tip-off is the fact that I have, for almost five years since I
> first had that text put up on the then-fledgling VTR site, left in place
> a glaring error of fact. (Free beer/drink/soda -- your choice -- to the
> first person on this list who can spot the error. Clue: it has to do with
> wheels.)
>
> I think I will send a nice e-mail note to "jmcadory@earthlink.net" and
> suggest that he either a: remove that text and place a direct link to the
> Herald/Vitesse pages of VTR, or b: give proper credit to VTR and place a
> direct link to the Herald/Vitesse pages of VTR. I'm not particularly
> angry, but the copyright notice is fairly obvious throughout the VTR site.
>
> --Andy
>
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