6th July 2006, 11:43 AM
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Join Date: Jan 1970
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dingoboy,
Can't give specifics, one instance was another website with a forum, two instances were racing magazines.
I'll tell you why I wasn't happy....
Sure, it's good to have something published or be recognised, but my ideas were to be shared for free with other members of this forum. I did a LOT of hard work, put in a lot of hours of research, and thought I'll share a few things.
When someone crawls out of the gutter and grabs it claiming "they" put in the work, it's "their" idea, then I get mad. To make matters worse, they don't even have the decency to acknowledge what they have done. Or even give mention that the idea was from another author - me.
On top of all that they are making money off something that was shared for free in good faith.
It goes even further, but won't burden everyone with the gory details, but they tried to tarnish my credibility - unsuccessfully.
When your timing is off and you turn the ignition to try and get a spark, you naturally get a backfire, especially when the carby is full of fuel.
A very appropriate analogy.
The only hints I can give are:
One is a washed up magazine that churns out repetitive stuff that always loses and tries to get new content. They can't think for themselves to make deadline, so scan all racing forums and pinch whatever sounds good.
The other is a young buck trying to make a name for himself in the industry with his merry band of followers, who are blind to what he's really doing.
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