Comments on: Fixing E36 Heated Mirrors . . . DIY!

By: Willsy

Willsy — Fri, 18 Jan 2008 15:03:57 +0000

Great post, fixed both my mirrors and saved me a small fortune, Cheers Chap.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 17:29:37 +0000

It shouldn’t be that hard. You simply ask for permission first, and wait until you get that permission to post the “article.” If you don’t get permission, you don’t post. No trying or hoping should be involved.

By: Tony Sticks

Tony Sticks — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 07:36:44 +0000

I hope I will be able to do this in the future.

By: Mike

Mike — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 01:31:19 +0000

Great news!

However, I highly recommend you do this PRIOR to actually posting someone else’s content.

By: Tony Sticks

Tony Sticks — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 07:17:17 +0000

I’ve just received a reply from Kam saying that he’s ok with publishing his DIY in here

Thanks Mike for reporting this.

By: Tony Sticks

Tony Sticks — Thu, 20 Dec 2007 09:32:00 +0000

Mike,

your comment was not deleted. I couldn’t access my computer in the last couple days and that’s why I didn’t make any moderations for the comments in these days.

I will try to contact this person and see if he’s ok with this or not. thanks Mike.

By: Mike

Mike — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 20:51:18 +0000

was my last response deleted?

i’ll reiterate that you still need permission to reprint the article unless it’s your own original work. adding your watermark to the pictures definitely makes it appear as if those are indeed your original work at the very least.

did you even make an effort to ask for permission?

By: Mike

Mike — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 10:58:12 +0000

posting it verbatim without permission is still plagiarism. adding your watermark only makes it worse – you’re essentially laying claim to the images as if they were your own. i realize you cited the author (barely), but you still do not have permission. it doesn’t matter if it’s a forum post or elsewhere.

By: Tony Sticks

Tony Sticks — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 06:22:49 +0000

Mike,

Thank you for reporting this. This is not an official article that was written on a website. I found it on a forum written by one of the E36 owners and I’m guessing that is being posted on many other websites/forums. Please do remember that I didn’t claim this post is mine. It’s clear from the text in the beginning of the post:

“Finally, I just wanted to thank Kam for writing this priceless procedure.” with a link tothe source thread.

About the images watermarks, I didn’t add “Copyright” to them. Which should not mean that these images are mine.

I know this was an issue, but a forum post in a thread is not copyrighted, is it?

By: Mike

Mike — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 22:43:04 +0000

So did you actually get permission for posting this DIY?
If not, your plagiarism is getting more and more blatant, this time going as far as to put your own website address on the pics, which really makes it look like you’re claiming it to be your work.

if you did get permission, i do apologize, but it has been an issue here in the past.

i also thank you for bringing this DIY to my attention as I could actually use it. a link would have sufficed, however.