Comments on: Front Sight Copyright Violations?

By: Linoge

Linoge — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 06:04:17 +0000

Three years? Woof. I need to do a better job of reading the fine print sometimes.

However, if the attribution has been corrected and apologies made, than I have no problems leaving up the links. Errors happen all the time, but one would think that before the head of what is probably a multi-million-dollar company sent out an email to as many people as he could reach, he at least verified where the information came from…

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:18:06 +0000

Marko says he contacted the guy, he says it here.

By: Jay

Jay — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 22:10:13 +0000

I just got an email from Front Sight where Ignatius Piazza corrects his attribution of the article to Marko. Apparently he actually thought the guy who sent it to him actually wrote it — it appeared that way.

Shame Marko hasn’t actually tried talking directly with Ignatius Piazza about this — it’s amazing what you can resolve with direct communication.

Hell, if I were Marko I’d have jumped on Front Sight for some of those awesome 4-day training certificates out at the Front Sight facility.

But that’s just me, trying to get others to play nice and make the best of an obvious mistake.

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:43:01 +0000

Me? I am just a blond with a blog,what do I know anyhow?

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:42:38 +0000

That doesn’t even make any sense based on the context.

By: rightwingprof

rightwingprof — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:40:52 +0000

Pride and ego? No, it’s basic ethics, a topic with which you’re apparently unfamiliar.

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:33:54 +0000

OK,I understand now,its a pride and ego pissing match between you and Dr. Piazza.I don’t know why I didn’t see that before.Good luck with that one!

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:24:24 +0000

I’m not going to kick you off for disagreeing with me. And as far as the mistake goes, until he contacts Marko and makes amends for it, then it’s not a matter that’s ripe for forgiveness. A key aspect of getting forgiveness is penance, which has not happened here. I will stand up for what I think is right, and the right thing to do here is not being done.

By: Elle

Elle — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:18:53 +0000

If I scare you,then feel free to kick me off your blog,its your blog after all.As far as Dr. Piazza goes,I don’t know the man personally.Nor do I know Marko-but I adore his essay.As far as this copy right thing goes-its between Marko and Dr. Piazza.

If you have no doubt it was a mistake,why keep harping on it? Why keep putting one man down for a mistake?

If someone makes a mistake,its generally considered good manners to forgive an individual unless he continues to repeat the mistake,I’ve seen no evidence of repeated mistakes.Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Tue, 15 Apr 2008 21:02:43 +0000

“By all means then since you have your proof,slander Ignatius-a man that has actually done more for gun rights,gun training,safety and promotion of freedom than any twenty bloggers combined.”

Regardless of what he has done for gun rights doesn’t give him the right to take someone else’s work and misattribute it for commercial purposes. I have no doubt it was a mistake, but at the very least they should be contacting Marko and seeing how they can right this thing. I doubt Marko is an unreasonable guy who is going to demand scads of cash or else.

Your devotion to Dr. Piazza borders on scary, to be honest. A lot of people have done wonders for gun rights far and beyond what he has. You want to tell a blogger like Dave Hardy he hasn’t done as much? Dave Kopel? Clayton Cramer?