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Concerning reporting and changing the rules
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mish.cz
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Concerning reporting and changing the rules
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Hello, dear colleagues and friends,�
in case I have time I try to search the contributions if there aren �t stolen worksheets or copied exercises from other websites. From time to time it happens to me that I come across a member whose materials are not fully ok though they stayed unnoticed. I often tend to report them but a question has just come to my mind: Were the rules for the worksheets always the same? I mean, wasn �t it allowed, say two years ago, to send a piece of work which was not original creation of the author? I found out that the rules have partially changed (as in the case of the watermarked clipart and that the older worksheets with watermarked pics are supposed to stay). Now I hesitate about one ws from 2008 which is 100% copy (and the author also admits it) and I wonder whether I should report it.� Thanks, mish
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10 Sep 2010
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libertybelle
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I don �t think watermarked cliparts have ever been allowed. Images are watermarked especially to insure that people don �t steal/use them. It �s a copyright thing and always has been.
L
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10 Sep 2010
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MJ_Misa
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Dear mish,
copied (stolen) wss were never allowed.
Hugs, Michaela
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10 Sep 2010
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juliag
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Hi Mish,
But I think watermarked cliparts were allowed on the site before the new rules, even though actually it is against the copyright laws (maybe) |
10 Sep 2010
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Sonn
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Julia is right. The rule concerning watermarked clipart appeared about a half a year ago. But it was never allowed to publish here other people �s wss. As far as I understand we should report only those wss containing watermarked clipart which were published after the new rules appeared.
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10 Sep 2010
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mish.cz
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Thank you all, especially you, MJ Misa. The topic about watermarked clipart was in fact only an example of the way the rules were modified. The ws I am considering now doesn �t contain any pics. It is a �text quiz �but taken from another ESL webpage. I guess I �ve already decided. Thanks once more,�
hugs, mish |
10 Sep 2010
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