Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 11:58:28 -0200 From: "Fernando Rivadavia-Lopes" <fe_riva@uol.com.br> To: cp@opus.hpl.hp.com Message-Id: <aabcdefg111$foo@default> Subject: BRAZILIAN CP WEBPAGE PLAGIARIZED!!!!!!!!!!!
Dear friends,
I was perplexed yesterday with a message from Marianne Perdomo
Machin to the listserv where she mentions a Brazilian CP webpage which I had
never heard about. Upon entering the site and later discussing it with my
friend Marcelo A.K.Fontana (who did most of the work on our CP webpage), we
were aghast to discover that this other site was a perfect copy of the old
version of our own page (put together with the help of another CP friend
Linilson Padovese), from the pictures and texts right down to the awards
won!! The perpetrator appears to be a guy called Daniel Sollazzini Cortez,
although he does mention a Marcelo Sollazzini Cortez as one of the
"donators" of pictures, along with Marcelo (Fontana), Linilson, and I.
Our main question now is WHAT DO WE DO??? And WHAT CAN WE DO???
Is it possible to somehow get this guy's plagiarized webpage OFF the web by
contacting the people who run Tripod (where his page is based)?
Unfortunately, the smart ass doesn't give his e-mail address on that web
page so the only way we can contact him may be through Tripod. Maybe some of
you out there have more experience with this kind of stuff and can give us
some hints.....
This Sollazzini creep says he was responsible for writing
everything and putting it all together. He even has the nerve to thank
Marcelo, Linilson, and I for helping him by taking all the pictures and goes
as far as saying:
"Todos textos, fotos, imagens e gif's pertencem por direito \340 Daniel
Sollazzini Cortez, a publica\347\343o, c\363pia e divulga\347\343o deles
\351 proibida e ilegal, sujeito a multa e pris\343o. Fiscaliza\347\343o
constante."
Which translates as:
"All texts, photos, images and gif's belong by right to Daniel Sollazzini
Cortez, the publication, copy and distribution of these is prohibited and
illegal, being subject to fine and prison. Constant fiscalization."
Anyways, the plagiarized version (it's very slow to download!)
is at:
http://members.tripod.com/hexenmeister/Generos.htm
So for the record, neither Marcelo, Linilson or I endorse
anything that's written in the above webpage, although our names our cited
by this Sollazzini bastard. The new version of our official Brazilian CP
webpage (with new texts and over 900 pictures) is at:
http://www.mcef.ep.usp.br/carnivoras/
Only the Portuguese version is ready, but if you wish to see the
pictures of plants, click on "Generos e Especies" ("Genera and Species").
There are also many habitat, flora, and fauna pictures if you click on
"Habitats no Brasil" ("Habitats in Brazil").
Best Wishes and Thanks,
Fernando Rivadavia
Sao Paulo, Brazil
P.S. A special thanks to Marianne for bringing this fake website to our
knowledge!
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