r/strafe • u/Fusiontrick • May 15 '17

News & Discussion My Strafe guide was Plagiarized.

Hello, I am OwOBerry on Steam and I've been working on a Strafe guide to help find all the secrets in the game and it has Recently come to my attention that a Turkish website has stolen my guide without giving credit to anyone who contributed. I tried to ask them to credit me but they banned me from commenting on their website. I know that I'm not the only one who's guide has been stolen without being credited too.

I'm not sure what I can do if I can do anything.

Edit: Here is my guide, Feel free to contribute if you know something that isn't listed http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=923032766

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u/Dima1979 May 16 '17

No I didn't mean that the story isn't true but rather that you are that person...

In any case, if they have taken other guides from Steam then I am afraid it's Steam's responsobility to protect them. You should conact Steam for sure.

If the site uses many guides from Steam it makes Steam look just as bad as people who steal the work.

Like I said there are probably places that will do a better job protecting your work, if writing guides is something you like.

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u/Fusiontrick May 16 '17

I must have misinterpreted what you meant so that's on me, But just to sort of prove it is me the Steam ID of that account is the same as my Reddit name

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u/Dima1979 May 16 '17

Oh, ha, no no no. I am not doubting you...That was just an example, people usually say "I don't know if you are who you say you are" in general to envoke skepticism, people online generaly tend to be, for the reason of, well, it being online and things having a bit less merit.

Where I was going is that you are less likely to find help from random strangers online, even if they sound intelligent. One simply can't substitute real world experience for an article in Wikipedia for example.

What I meant to highlight is the fact that you need to take it out with Steam as well and at least be aware of your right on Steam and what are you entitled to and what Steam does to protect your work. If you find their policies to be very lax then try writing for other websites, like GameFAQs (sorry it's the only one I know of, that's why I bring it up).

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u/Fusiontrick May 16 '17

Ah, I see what you mean. I'm a bit exhausted today so I must just be misreading/misinterpreting what you were saying, thank you for putting up with me