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A New look for Narin

5/5/2022

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I ordered my Narin back in 2013 as part of D-Storic's 'End of Contract' sale, and have done very little with him. He ended up with a blonde Johnny wig, wearing a copy of a 'Hobbit' commission.
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He's appeared as an extra in several stories, but after my Butterfly Narae (who was also ordered during that same sale back in 2013) started appearing in stories featuring my Fashion sized dolls, I decided that it was high time Narin was finally given a makeover so he could play a male servant in everyone's castle. I've been avoiding pairing any of my regular MSD and JIDs with my Fashion sized dolls because of the inconsistency in head sizes, but Narae and Narin have much smaller head that most other MSD size dolls, so they would work just fine with them.

So I started by making him a new wig. And he appeared with Narae in the Winter Patrol story...
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Then last month I decided to finally make him a better outfit....
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So, now I'm coming to the real reason for this post.  This morning, for the second time in as many weeks, I received a message from someone on Facebook telling me about a website that is stealing many of my Blog posts, without permission, or even any kind of credit - toynews.com

I had tried going to their contact page before, trying to tell them to cease and desist, but their contact page would not work.  It's apparently fake, as are all the email addresses. There didn't seem to be any way to contact them.  Then this morning I was given a link to a page by another blogger describing all their efforts to try and stop that site from stealing her blog posts. She had apparently gone to great lengths to try and put a stop to her blog being copied, given the run around at every turn, with no success at all. 

I felt very discouraged, and violated, but there didn't seem much I could do to stop it, and I almost felt like quitting.  But I've decided to try do something about it.  From now on I'm going to put my website name and copyright statement in every single post.  Perhaps a statement like "This post is the copyright property of Martha Boers and if it appears anywhere other than on my Antique Lilac website, it was stolen without my permission."  

I don't know if the admins on the toynewz site actually edit the stuff they steal because it looks like they just copy my entire post, so I'm hoping that statement will show up when they steal my post. Or maybe they'll cut it out, who knows?  But it's worth a try.
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Dorothy
5/5/2022 09:41:11 am

Dear Martha, it is awful that folks feel they lack talent that they have to steal from others. I am so sorry this has happened to you. I think it is a good idea to put your information with the photos. I have seen other bloggers do that.

Narin is a handsome lad. It is amazing how different he looks with the new wig. It definitely makes him look more "historical."

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Jitka
5/5/2022 10:08:46 am

Dear Martha, I am sorry this happened to you :(. I know there are ways to block text from being copied and pictures saved from html pages (unfortunately I do not know the technical details how exactly it can be done - but I have already come across such web pages - maybe it's something that could be added to your blog to protect your work). Please do not be discouraged or think about quiting we would miss you.

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Martha
5/6/2022 12:03:54 pm

Thanks. I'm not the least bit technically inclined either, but I can ask my one son if there's anything he can do to protect my stuff.

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earthspirits
5/5/2022 02:45:42 pm

I detest intellectual property theft - how horrible! Hope your plan will help stop their appalling theft of your content.

On a happier note - Narin looks great with his new hair style and outfit.

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Martha
5/6/2022 12:06:36 pm

Apparently they are still stealing my posts - even with my copyright statements included. So they clearly don't read what they are stealing. But that's better than if they took the time to edit them out.

Yes, Narin looks so much better now. Commercial wigs just don't do guys justice.

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Serendipitous Jo
5/6/2022 11:50:29 am

I just looked at that website and they have copied this entire post, including your copyright sentence! Clearly they don't even read the text they are copying.

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Martha
5/6/2022 12:02:05 pm

LOL. I had hoped it would stop them, but I guess the next best thing would be that they just copy my posts along with the copyright statements. Then at least people who look at my posts there will know ToyzNews stole my stuff.

The worst case scenario would have been if they still took my posts and removed all my copyright statements.

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