I did not like the fact that permission to use my name was not sought by
Cold Fusion Times. They rewrote the article ever so slightly and never
asked me, the original author, if I was satisfied with what they had done to
my piece. Also no permission was sought or credit given to the article
owner, New Energy Times. Like this would ever fly in the mainstream media?
Newsweek could fire all their writers and just rehash stories that appear in
Time and U.S. News and World Report, and not even give credit to the other
organizations or seek permission of the writers to use their names on the
modified stories.
I see this Cold Fusion Times incident as plagiarism, because they reprinted
a story without permission. Using my name is inconsequential, because
permission was never granted to use my name on their piece in the first
place. If he was just rehashing public Internet postings, as claimed, why
even include my name on it?
The whole thing stinks. This is not how professional journalism outfits
operate.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jed Rothwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 10:15 PM
Subject: Re: Plagarism By Cold Fusion Times
Well, this certainly is bad form, but since the Cold Fusion Times version
does show that John Coviello is the author, I do not think it is
plagarism. It is a copyright violation.
- Jed
