Maggie if you emailed me private I didn't get it.. please resend to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I do know the owner of the geek site, Sam is a dear OLD friend..
At 07:54 PM 9/15/2008, you wrote: >I sure hope everyone clicks on this post, cuz I admit I >don't have a witty, eyecatching subject line to entice you. > >Soooooooo..... > >I know it has been discussed more than once; the what do >you do when someone steals your photos thing. > >Well it finally happened to me. Yesterday I logged into my >Myspace profile and found a private message from one of my >friends. She wanted to give me a heads up that my pictures >had shown up on a major industry message board and were >being claimed as someone else's work. > >Well, since it happened to be the salongeek forums and I >happen to know that's a pretty popular and legit site... I >did, indeed, follow the link to see what was up. > >And low and behold! If two of my photos from my website of >my work weren't posted in a thread on "show us your >artistic flair" with the simple subject line, "just some >nails I did last night...trainig still in progress." > >!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! > >Well! I don't know if I'm more insulted that someone STOLE >my work! Or by the implication that the nails were >indicative of someone who is "still in training." > >Ok ok... so I have never posted over there before-- there >are just only so many websites one can keep up with at a >time! But I registered, quoted, and posted. Sorta took it >tongue in cheek. Nothing too scathing. Just a gentle little >"oh really? you did these WHEN?" type post. > >Almost immediately I got a pm from a moderator who saw the >post and was asking what I wanted her to do about it. I >thought it was pretty cool that she gave me the option of >having the posts deleted or left up for all the world to >see. > >I opted for making an example of the original poster. > >SOOOOOOOOOOO... today I revisit the thread and discover >that the [EMAIL PROTECTED]@&#!!! (a hem, original poster, that is) >has replied that SHE IS "MAGGIE!!!!!!!!" > >Ok... so now I am not just dealing with plagerism of my >work, I seem to have some crazed obsessed fan who has just >gone off the deep end and assumed my entire identity. > >I have since reported the post, notified the moderator, and >gone crawling to Deb for personal advice. (it's not Deb's >forum, she's not in charge, I don't even know if she KNOWS >anyone on the other forums! But I trust that she knows how >identity theft and plagerism work on the internet.) > >Well... Guess what I get to BLOG about next!!!!! LOL! > >Anyway... just sayin, anyone who wants to stand in my >corner and vouch for the real me is welcome to do so. I'm >feeling a little "weird" now... really? She says she IS me? > >I sure hope she really is in Texas. I'll be looking over my >shoulder anyway. > >Maggie Franklin, Nail Lady Extraordinaire >@ Attitudes Salon; Visalia, CA >AS SEEN ON NAILS MAGAZINE ONLINE!! >http://blogs.nailsmag.com/maggie/ >AIM: Onykophile >"A mentor is someone whose hindsight can become your foresight." >http://www.nailsbymaggie.net >http://www.myspace.com/nailsbymaggie > > > > > >> > >__________ Information from ESET Smart Security, version of virus >signature database 3443 (20080915) __________ > >The message was checked by ESET Smart Security. > >http://www.eset.com Regards, Debbie ^v^ ^o^ //\o/\\ ^o^ ^v^ Webmaster - System Admin - IDSR Bookmark our new Blog/Journal featuring News, New Arrivals and special deals. http://journals.aol.com/nailgdsss [EMAIL PROTECTED] (AOL or AIM - NailGdsss, GTalk - wkdwich, MSN - [EMAIL PROTECTED]) WWWeb Services, Ronkonkoma, NY & Rocky Mount, VA 631-981-1273 fax 631-981-7557 ONLINE STORE http://www.beautytech.com/shoppe http://www.beautytech.com & http://www.beautytech.INFO for Professionals for Consumers --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "NailTech" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/NailTech?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
