Information used online, no credit given

I'm sure this has happened to many of you out there so how did you respond or did you respond when someone from a Web site devoted to a big-name college program posts information from your online story with no credit to the source?

 

You call them on it.

 

If it's a first-time offense or you've never called them on it, be Theodore Roosevelt. If this is the 17th time you've had to call them on it, be Joseph Stalin.

 

If you're not an editor, then your editor does the calling. If you're the editor, let the ME know. If you're the ME, give the publisher a heads up.

 

When Patch ripped us off the first time, I had my editor handle it.

 

I'm with Versatile. Let one go -- unless you're somehow pals with the person involved, then give him/her some shit -- but if it becomes chronic (two or more), you have to deal with it. If you've got a boss, he/she should be who deals with it.

 

Get on Twitter and bitch about it. Use lots of profanity.

 

I used to whine about it. The higherups turned a bling eye, because the ad department happened to be in bed with said school. And, of course, we never published anything negative about said school.

 

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