SINGAPORE, May 27 — Pirated bags, pirated clothes, pirated software, and now, pirated blogs?
With advertising dollars to be had from site hits, copycats have come up with ever inventive ways of leeching off the efforts of original bloggers.
It can range from “splogs” that use automated software to copy online content, to human copy-and-pasters who either lift wholesale with small changes or in part.
Blogger Blobzz, a 29-year-old housewife, was a victim of one such copycat.
i got my own domain!
now you can access by blog thru my brand new domain www.gotbetterideaz.com or at the good old www.gotbetterideaz.blogspot.com
ps.: dear reader, do you have your own domain?
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blog is consider one of the most effective way to communicate dan convey views and thoughts. to some, blogging is no more considered as a hobby or an activity just to fill up their past time. some considered as a full time job to blog just like a full-time journalist.
therefore as a blogger, to abide these code of ethics is compulsory. as blogger is no different to a journalist. blogger is fully responsible to what has been written or reported by him/her.
Here is the journalist code of ethics (extracted from Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics):-
1) Seek Truth and Report It
Journalists should be honest, fair and courageous in gathering, reporting and interpreting information.
2)Minimize Harm
Ethical journalists treat sources, subjects and colleagues as human beings deserving of respect.
3)Act Independently
Journalists should be free of obligation to any interest other than the public’s right to know.
4)Be Accountable
Journalists are accountable to their readers, listeners, viewers and each other.
Source:
bharian.com.my
www.utusan.com.my
thestar.com.my
Society of Professional Journalists: Code of Ethics
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