Extremely Annoyed with a provider copying my ad

[Inspired by Reggio]

It amazes me how many people think this is acceptable - personally I would contact the person and professionally notify them they've been caught, you have proof it is your ad as you will have posted it first and they cache everything online with date stamps - if she does not change her ad you will be forced to take legal action - IME that is enough to scare them into compliance!

I had my entire website stolen word for word including my name in several places - and yes English was not their first language but IMO that's no excuse! I told her I was flattered she was so inspired by my words she felt the need to copy them however that work is mine and as a professional I did not want there to every be issues over who owned my words and since plagerism is illegal and that if you quote someone word for word you must give credit or change the words to your own to the point it no longer resembles anyone else's! She added my credentials and a note of thanks for the inspiration to the site and slowly changed some of the wording - however heard brough grapevine the changes were copy and pastes from other providers instead

I do not get it - 99% of a client choosing us is GUT INSTRINCT ... if you steal someone's ad and use thier words and the parents are drawn to that when they come to tour the words you use han will not be the same cause the ad was not authentic to you ... parents than sense a incongruity can't place it but that gut instinct makes the person seem off - so they struggle to fill spaces ... be authentic to yourself cause starting a relationship with a lie never ends well!