"Out on a ledge" copycat?

[Dave Stewart]

Thanks for the heads up....I just read the article you mentioned and basically it is my article word for word except the techniques and lures part has been updated with lures that were not even on the market when I wrote that article some 15 years ago. I did not see where there was any credit given to anyone for writing the article....noted some pics in the article of some guys wearing a Ranger Jersey. Anyway, I never did copyright the article I wrote which has over the years been named the best ledge fishing article ever written...I just wrote it one day during the winter many years ago when I was bored. What I gleen from reading it is that website must be run by some wanna be that pirates fishing articles off other websites (my original article has been published on many websites sometimes with my permission and sometimes without). I do take offense in the fact that someone would take my article and try to make themselves look like they know something that they obviously do not know or they would not have to pirate the article.

It is kinda like my weekly fishing report...I have found many times over the years where it is being put on some websites and newspapers and also on some radio stations that I had no idea it was being used...but I don't have any problem with that when I am given credit. I did some years ago find out that my weekly fishing report was being used in one Ky newspaper by a sports writer each week and he was putting his name on it.....it only took one phone call to the editor of the newspaper to have that individual looking for another job.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up...think I will send the webmaster my regards.

Dave

[jcb]

Thanks for the heads up....I just read the article you mentioned and basically it is my article word for word except the techniques and lures part has been updated with lures that were not even on the market when I wrote that article some 15 years ago. I did not see where there was any credit given to anyone for writing the article....noted some pics in the article of some guys wearing a Ranger Jersey. Anyway, I never did copyright the article I wrote which has over the years been named the best ledge fishing article ever written...I just wrote it one day during the winter many years ago when I was bored. What I gleen from reading it is that website must be run by some wanna be that pirates fishing articles off other websites (my original article has been published on many websites sometimes with my permission and sometimes without). I do take offense in the fact that someone would take my article and try to make themselves look like they know something that they obviously do not know or they would not have to pirate the article.

It is kinda like my weekly fishing report...I have found many times over the years where it is being put on some websites and newspapers and also on some radio stations that I had no idea it was being used...but I don't have any problem with that when I am given credit. I did some years ago find out that my weekly fishing report was being used in one Ky newspaper by a sports writer each week and he was putting his name on it.....it only took one phone call to the editor of the newspaper to have that individual looking for another job.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up...think I will send the webmaster my regards.

Dave

The "Prostaff" page ties that photo to a one "Kevin Springer" from KY according to the bio.