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I never comment against actual press releases, because, hey, that's what they're meant for. "Blogspam" is appropriate for literally ripped content without spec
by DrScump 10y ago
I never comment against actual press releases, because, hey, that's what they're meant for.
"Blogspam" is appropriate for literally ripped content without specific attribution; to then proceed to edit out a byline or other author credit is simple plagiarism.
Press Releases always have either an embargo date/time or "For Immediate Release" and a press contact for the originator, in my experience.
- dang 10y agoI'm not sure that's right. We see countless articles, usually originating on university websites, that are PR pieces about research studies. These get reprinted across a wide range of science-content farm sites, which tend to be pretty low quality, but I'm not sure they're copying without permission. It seems more that the system is designed to work this way.