Thought I Was ‘Tian, Now I know I’m Coco
One of the good things I’ve learnt so far about fashion designers (this is now another project of mine I’m doing in my free time — a fashion blog), is that Coco Chanel loved when somebody copied her art. She used to say, and this quote is very popular, so you probably know it:
Imitation is the highest way of flattery.
Christian Dior, who was kind of an oposite of Coco Chanel wasn’t really happy about copying at all. He hated when his design was copied and did everything he could to get rid of the nasty “thieves”.
When I received a mail from Pam from SimTopi that www.sims3customcontent.co.cc copies content of my site, I was really annoyed. I’ve already known about sites that copy my content, my articles, steal my bandwidth. (Usually fashion-related, though.) And talking about bandwidth, it’s either me or you who pays for it. And we all know it’s not really cheap and I also think that you donate because you like my site. What other reason would you do that for?
So, as I said, I was really annoyed when I saw that my articles and pictures were copy-pasted somewhere else. But when I calmed down a little, I’ve decided to stop being Christian Dior and become Coco Chanel (at least at this part — I think I’ll like Dior’s clothes always better).
Imitation is the highest way of flattery.
The person who runs the site, Edward, must really love Spring4Sims. Just think about it — he takes his time to visit it, copy the content and use it himself. Today I’ve noticed that just when my posts were published, they appeared on the site in a moment or two. That is a good proof he loves my site. And I’m not being ironinc.
So from now on, I don’t care. Edward, do steal these pictures, do steal my bandwith, I don’t care. I have enough of bandwith, because I needed to upgrate it anyway, and do steal my words, because you probably can’t write any better words than I can. And I really don’t have to bother because even Google blacklists sites that copy content.
Did you know that even Edward has “Hannah’s Picks” on his site? Thank you, I really appreciate this! I didn’t know that some people liked me so much. Real fan, isn’t he? 
And also, if the site is called www.sims3customcontent.co.cc, why is there content for The Sims 2 as well? Hmm, somebody should at least take a look at the games to see the difference.
P.S.: Spring4Sims for The Sims 3 is in the making. Happy?
P.P.S.: What do you think: will this post be copied on the site as well… ?
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18 Comments so far
it looks like they are “imitating” the sims 3 stuff from the My Sims 3 Blog as well
http://mysims3blog.blogspot.com/
By CayceRose on 10.06.09 21:24
Well I really enjoy your tone, and take on the matter Hannah.
It’s best to not get worked up over this, as that’s really not the reaction the imitator would expect..
That made me laugh.
Also, you alone can fully appreciate the whole situation, that’s what I learned last year, so I think a mature response/ feeling indifferent is the best way to go. At the end, people attribute the style and tone to you and the copy dies out.
Lastly, funny thing: Edward even seems to copy your smilies, and they appear in little boxes.
By Omer on 10.06.09 21:31
Ahaha, Edward totally reposted this!! I like that you took the high road. Congrats on the flattery.
By Amanda on 10.06.09 22:02
CayceRose, I think all you can do is to do the same thing as I did. I know it might not be helpful, but always look on the bright side, right?
Omer: Yes, the smilies are totally hilarious! And thanks for your support, you can’t imagine how much I love to read your comments.
Amanda: He did and I don’t get it! Maybe the site is just a web bot site that collects data from various sites. That would make sense… But who knows?
By HannahSpring on 10.06.09 23:15
Just read this post and I can understand your feelings. It actually does look like an automated scraping of your site. It’s probably happening through the feeds.
I, for one, appreciate the amount of work you put into this site. Keep up the good work!
It’s kind of sad that there are people out there that couldn’t put a sentence together if their lives depended on it and have to copy others. lol
By fairywitch on 10.07.09 01:05
oh, the Sims 3 is not my blog, just another amazing site like yours that I follow. I just noticed the similarity. I think you have the right attitude though. The internet has provided so many advantages but there are times when others take advantage of it. Congrats on being the better person
By CayceRose on 10.07.09 01:07
Oh god, they even kept the link and everything on that site with this post.
Such fools and major fail on their part XD
By Camy on 10.07.09 02:01
I think its wonderful too that you took the high road. Its very hard when someone steals your work to do so and I admore you for that. I find it funny how he copied this blog tooo..its a bit silly, and funny at the same time..but ahh
By sarah on 10.07.09 02:01
wow, your right..he’s copied almost everything from this site- even this post lol…that’s so lame- but i admire you for taking the high road too, thats why im a Spring4Sims fan!
By QueenNeesee on 10.07.09 04:52
It is so sad, He does not have anything else to do?
your site is great, i love it, i came here always, he could take any ideas from your site, but copy it all, i don´t like this kind of people
sorry about it, i will tell about him from my friends in Brazil…
By Natali Marques on 10.07.09 17:30
Oh, my dear, you ROCK!
And what Ed does-automated scraping (as fairywitch says) or not, it proves that you have a pleasant writing style and you do a damn good job at keeping us curious about your new posts and updates.
Its good you are Coco now:)
Yay for S4S!
By Milano on 10.07.09 18:47
its hilarious to me that this post was copied
By lol on 10.07.09 19:14
You are awesome. I don’t think I could been as gracious as you.
By Jess on 10.07.09 23:56
Wow. I can’t believe someone did that. And he even copied the “Hannah’s Picks” too. I really admire your positive attitude towards all this.
By Courtney on 10.08.09 02:36
one of many of the annoyances of the internet. however, considering that his site is NO WHERE NEAR as popular as yours and never will be since it’s a cheap imitation, i would NOT increase his hits/popularity by providing a link. you increase his site ranking/relevance by linking to him, especially since your site has a high alexa rating. you really should remove that link to his crappy site. what a creep.
By mocha on 10.08.09 17:03
it’s ok he has not ONE comment on ANY of his posts and until you said it i’ve never even heard of his site well you know you’re doing a great job when ppl start to copy you =)
By shana on 10.09.09 01:31
I know see this and I loved how you wrote your response, however his site is no longer up.
By TiaLee on 10.10.09 16:06
most likely he was using a feed crawler to post other people’s blogs on his own.. glad to see its gone now
By Nimil on 10.11.09 14:57
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