Far be it from me....hehehe don�t ya love billy connelly?

 

Have you reported the person.  I just report and leave a message that says STOLEN.  I find when I put the actual link on the front page that people seem to flock to it to download it with their free points...  It seems to be contrary to the whole point of announcing a stolen worksheet. 

 

If you report the person and put the link to the original then it makes it a lot easier for Victor to follow the link and then delete the persons account.

 

Cheers

V

 

I agree with you totally. We really do need a separate area for these to be posted. There should be a formal process of warnings, points removed, and barring in place. But there should also be an appeal process too.

 

I also agree that it is important to make a comment. However, as Libertybelle suggested to another poster, there is always the report it  link that should also be used to advise Victor.  Maybe the link & accompanying info about downloads should be a little more obvious.

 

I also know that it may be difficult for new users to be aware of the true source for many of the plagiarised worksheets and so it is quite possible for many downloads (& therefore allocated points) to occur before anyone reports the user & worksheet.

 

Unfortunately I feel there are too many users & resources posted for any one person to be a full time policeman to vet every new posting & possible source of origin... maybe there should be another rating system for users. Sure, there is "Premium Member" once you get to 30 points. Maybe there should also be a "Trusted Member" (or perhaps a more politically correct term) used to identify contributors who have uploaded say 10 or more worksheets that have been checked for originality. This would entail a lot of work to verify.

 

Just a few thoughts....