Comments on: Kotaku Steals Our Story, Refuses Credit

By: Ron Workman

Ron Workman — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 04:56:35 +0000

I am confused. The story they site happened befoe you wrote yours and for some reason, you think you deserve credit? Sites like our gets tons and tons of tips everyday. Hell, Dtoid even got the tip from the rock band forums. How in the world would anyone know that you posted the story also? Rather than drag people through the mud, and try to get a bogus story dugg for traffic, keep in mind that the Rock Band forums are a hell of a lot bigger than your site. (Thanks Nex for pointing this out) and the likelyhood of someone finding an article there is much greater in reality than it is here.
A simple rule, if its your original work, then you can claim it, but this wasn’t. You are claiming someone else’s work and taking credit on it. You wrote 2 sentences!

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 22:17:44 +0000

In a word, bullshit.

By: Jonah Falcon

Jonah Falcon — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:50:16 +0000

If they tried to Digg the file, they’d have seen the story on the Duplicate News warning at Digg. That’s why they didn’t try to Digg it.

By: MitchyD

MitchyD — Thu, 29 Nov 2007 20:33:28 +0000

While I’m sure Kotaku has had their fair share of stories that they simply *couldn’t* find the credit for, when the information is readily available, find it. It’s investigative journalism. Hell, post your story, dig for info later - don’t deny it if it’s obviously there.