For context: I am one of several people Elliot recently contacted cold to badmouth Dennis in matters of intellectual integrity. I’d never spoken to Elliot before, but I was already aware of his long running pattern of attacking people I know or admire. He shouldn’t badmouth people if he doesn’t want a response, and I think some balance is appropriate here.
Elliot, the article I linked documents many cases of what you yourself would call plagiarism if anyone else did it. You quoted one sentence out of context (a quoting tactic of yours Dennis has also written about), but that very paragraph says:
… I quickly found instances [in Temple’s writing] of what he would consider ‘plagiarism’ if others did it, especially to him. … keep in mind that I’m not applying my own standard but [Temple’s …]
That’s the point. As you already know from reading the article carefully enough to quote a specific sentence, you apply one standard to others and another to yourself. You’ve written pages upon pages about others’ ideas without giving any credit. But when you think others do it, you delight in attacking their reputation. (Case in point: you immediately attacked Dennis’ reputation again in your response above, without any self-awareness, it seems.)
As for copyright: as you must also know, the article shows screenshots of you distributing entire books and pirating another. That’s not something Woods/Dawn advocate, and you did that before they published their article, so blaming them won’t work.
My point remains: your hypocritical track record on these issues weakens your complaints here and suggests that you care about control, not rights. You’re in no position to complain about EA’s policies around intellectual property, or to accuse anyone. People can read the evidence and decide for themselves.
For context: I am one of several people Elliot recently contacted cold to badmouth Dennis in matters of intellectual integrity. I’d never spoken to Elliot before, but I was already aware of his long running pattern of attacking people I know or admire. He shouldn’t badmouth people if he doesn’t want a response, and I think some balance is appropriate here.
Elliot, the article I linked documents many cases of what you yourself would call plagiarism if anyone else did it. You quoted one sentence out of context (a quoting tactic of yours Dennis has also written about), but that very paragraph says:
That’s the point. As you already know from reading the article carefully enough to quote a specific sentence, you apply one standard to others and another to yourself. You’ve written pages upon pages about others’ ideas without giving any credit. But when you think others do it, you delight in attacking their reputation. (Case in point: you immediately attacked Dennis’ reputation again in your response above, without any self-awareness, it seems.)
As for copyright: as you must also know, the article shows screenshots of you distributing entire books and pirating another. That’s not something Woods/Dawn advocate, and you did that before they published their article, so blaming them won’t work.
My point remains: your hypocritical track record on these issues weakens your complaints here and suggests that you care about control, not rights. You’re in no position to complain about EA’s policies around intellectual property, or to accuse anyone. People can read the evidence and decide for themselves.
Mod here. It looks like this thread has devolved into a personal dispute with only tangential relevance to EA. I’m therefore locking the thread.
Those involved, please don’t try to resurrect the dispute elsewhere on this forum; we may issue bans if we see that happening.