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If you've been following us on Facebook and Twitter (and if you haven't, it won't be held against you ... much), you may have noticed a little problem we had recently with someone who thought one of our recent blog posts was so interesting, he had to copy and paste it onto another site as his own work.
The "author" in question is Luis Tejeda, and the piece he wrote as his own was one originally posted here on Studious Metsimus (and later brought over to Mets Merized Online by yours truly). For the record, the owner of the site Tejeda "wrote" the blog for, MLB Nation, did take the piece down after they were notified by our Gal For All Seasons of the purloined post. (We'd also like to thank Greg Prince, of Faith and Fear in Flushing fame, for notifying us about the plagiarizing pilferer.) In addition, all of Tejeda's posts have been removed from the site, as a quick Google search let us know.
Yes, we received an apology from MLB Nation, but we just had to get in the last (non-plagiarized) word. And what better way to do it than with a song parody.
In 1990, Jane's Addiction put out an album called "Ritual De Lo Habitual", that featured the song "Been Caught Stealing". If that's not a perfect song to parody for this situation, then we don't know what is. For the record, the original lyrics to the song were written by Perry Farrell and Eric Avery. We can't forget to give credit where credit is due, right, Mr. Tejeda?
Here's our version of "Been Caught Stealing". The original video is posted underneath our revised lyrics for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy!
You've been caught stealing
Words you plagiarized
You enjoyed stealing
Just to further your craft
Well, you're just a piece of crap
When you write something and you don't want to give credit
Just don't write anymore
Just don't write anymore
Hey, I mind
You plagiarized
What's mine - the words are mine!
Hey!
Yeah, my words you latched to
Didn't think it would hurt
But you're lower than dirt
By you not crediting me
Well, it's you that has no tact
Cause you wrote something and you gave me no credit
Just don't write anymore
Don't write anymore
Hey, I mind
You plagiarized
What's mine - the words are mine!
Just go!
Tejeda's dumb, dumb dummy, dumb, dumb, dumb
Tejeda's dumb, dumb dummy, dumb
Tejeda's dumb, dumb dummy, dumb, dumb, dumb
Tejeda's dumb, dumb dummy, dumb
So, so dumb
MLB Nation
Had a problem
Had a problem named
Luis Tejeda
He's a no good, filthy rat
Cause he stole from me and he gave me no credit
He can't write anymore
Can't write anymore
Hey, I mind
You plagiarized
What's mine, mine, mine, mine
Mine, mine, mine
All mine, all mine
It's mine!
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