I got an email request for some editing/ghost writing, needed to be done fairly quick and consisted of a half dozen 500 word articles. The person requesting the help was willing to pay, not much but I can be bought cheaply, so I contacted them.
Turns out they have six articles they are publishing on a web site that they need rewritten to pass the CopyScape plagiarism checker. In other words, I take somebody's work, rewrite it in different words and this guy (gal?) gets paid for it.
I won't take it on ethical grounds, let alone any legal ramifications, I get my work stolen often enough as it is. But I was shocked to even be asked to do this. It reminded me of Jimmy Johnson* in high school, asking me to write him a term paper.
Okay, more directly, Jimmy* told me he'd beat me up if I didn't write his paper.
Anyone else see this happening?
Jeff
* Jimmy's name has been changed to mostly protect me, in case he's actually learned to read. I did write his paper (I'm not stupid, he was a mean dude) but I might have made a few errors in it. Maybe a few too many (Jimmy got a D and had to repeat the class...).
Turns out they have six articles they are publishing on a web site that they need rewritten to pass the CopyScape plagiarism checker. In other words, I take somebody's work, rewrite it in different words and this guy (gal?) gets paid for it.
I won't take it on ethical grounds, let alone any legal ramifications, I get my work stolen often enough as it is. But I was shocked to even be asked to do this. It reminded me of Jimmy Johnson* in high school, asking me to write him a term paper.
Okay, more directly, Jimmy* told me he'd beat me up if I didn't write his paper.
Anyone else see this happening?
Jeff
* Jimmy's name has been changed to mostly protect me, in case he's actually learned to read. I did write his paper (I'm not stupid, he was a mean dude) but I might have made a few errors in it. Maybe a few too many (Jimmy got a D and had to repeat the class...).
