Comments on: Engadget and Unethical Blogging http://www.gadgetizer.com/2006/03/21/engadget-and-unethical-blogging/ Gadget reviews and tech news. Get daily reviews of gadgets and the latest tech news at Gadgetizer.com Mon, 09 May 2011 16:07:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Austin Vaughan http://www.gadgetizer.com/2006/03/21/engadget-and-unethical-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1159 Austin Vaughan Sun, 26 Mar 2006 16:49:59 +0000 http://www.gadgetizer.com/?p=476#comment-1159 Austin here, from DAPreview.net To clarify, the issue is not relevent with Engadget and ALL blogs, just some - including DAPreview. Peter and Ryan have a personal problem with us dating back to 2004, as I explained in the article. So, do you buy their response? "Ooops, we didn't really mean to do that, it was all an accident." OK, so, they took the time to go back and edit an article that was already published, from another author. They took the time to rewrite the credit, removing all reference to DAPreview. They took the time to edit the picture and repost it, cutting out the DAPreview logo. They did all this - for no apparent reason - and without checking a single fact? Keep in mind, out of the 100+ items that they credited to us before August 2005, only a handful of our images were ever watermarked. The few that were, had been originals of ours taken at CES or CeBIT... never once have we watermarked somebody's else's photo. Their explanation is ridiclous, but what else can they say? We didn't expect them to admit anything. Anyway... we had to call them out, it's done, and we're moving on. Thanks for bringing this issue to light on your blog. Regards, Austin Austin here, from DAPreview.net

To clarify, the issue is not relevent with Engadget and ALL blogs, just some – including DAPreview. Peter and Ryan have a personal problem with us dating back to 2004, as I explained in the article.

So, do you buy their response?

“Ooops, we didn’t really mean to do that, it was all an accident.”

OK, so, they took the time to go back and edit an article that was already published, from another author. They took the time to rewrite the credit, removing all reference to DAPreview. They took the time to edit the picture and repost it, cutting out the DAPreview logo. They did all this – for no apparent reason – and without checking a single fact?

Keep in mind, out of the 100+ items that they credited to us before August 2005, only a handful of our images were ever watermarked. The few that were, had been originals of ours taken at CES or CeBIT… never once have we watermarked somebody’s else’s photo.

Their explanation is ridiclous, but what else can they say? We didn’t expect them to admit anything.

Anyway… we had to call them out, it’s done, and we’re moving on.

Thanks for bringing this issue to light on your blog.

Regards,
Austin

]]> By: Paul http://www.gadgetizer.com/2006/03/21/engadget-and-unethical-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1074 Paul Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:47:37 +0000 http://www.gadgetizer.com/?p=476#comment-1074 Hi Ryan, Paul here. I own this site and a few others and can understand that mistakes happen when juggling massive amounts of data on a constant basis. Tiago, the editor here wrote this post as more or less a timeline of how the whole situation unfolded, gave his opinion based on other personal experiences and left it up to the reader to make up their own mind if they chose to follow and read all the links. At least, that's how I see it. If I thought he was out of line I would have called him on it. Thanks for dropping by and adding your input. Sincerely, Paul Short <a href="http://www.bloglogic.net" rel="nofollow">Bloglogic.net</a> Hi Ryan, Paul here. I own this site and a few others and can understand that mistakes happen when juggling massive amounts of data on a constant basis.

Tiago, the editor here wrote this post as more or less a timeline of how the whole situation unfolded, gave his opinion based on other personal experiences and left it up to the reader to make up their own mind if they chose to follow and read all the links.

At least, that’s how I see it. If I thought he was out of line I would have called him on it.

Thanks for dropping by and adding your input.

Sincerely,

Paul Short
Bloglogic.net

]]> By: Tiago http://www.gadgetizer.com/2006/03/21/engadget-and-unethical-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1073 Tiago Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:43:58 +0000 http://www.gadgetizer.com/?p=476#comment-1073 I actually did read your replies, but it's hard to understand why would someone just rip off the watermark and so on. It's all explained now... I actually did read your replies, but it’s hard to understand why would someone just rip off the watermark and so on.

It’s all explained now…

]]> By: Ryan Block http://www.gadgetizer.com/2006/03/21/engadget-and-unethical-blogging/comment-page-1/#comment-1072 Ryan Block Tue, 21 Mar 2006 06:18:18 +0000 http://www.gadgetizer.com/?p=476#comment-1072 You must not have read our replies (if you did, you certainly did not cite them or characterize them the way they were written) but I've plainly apologized, explained, and taken responsibility for what occurred. Mistakes happen; coordinating a blog with a hundreds large OPML, hundreds of tips and hundreds of links daily, and a regularly growing staff is more difficult than you might think, and errors do occasionally occur (such as in this instance when I wrongly misattributed a source). Thanks for understanding. Best, Ryan You must not have read our replies (if you did, you certainly did not cite them or characterize them the way they were written) but I’ve plainly apologized, explained, and taken responsibility for what occurred. Mistakes happen; coordinating a blog with a hundreds large OPML, hundreds of tips and hundreds of links daily, and a regularly growing staff is more difficult than you might think, and errors do occasionally occur (such as in this instance when I wrongly misattributed a source). Thanks for understanding.

Best, Ryan

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