This user stole my PS and DS Forum

Jasper21 · Post by **Jasper21** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:52 pm

Ignore this user- hypemachine.

IGNORE!!!!!!

He has stolen my personal statement and diversity statement. This website is supposed to be a safe place to swap information and he has taken mine to copy. Please be aware.

What can I do?? Should I contact law schools about this?? I've worked on both for over two months

kwais · Post by **kwais** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:58 pm

how do you know they did this?

emkay625 · Post by **emkay625** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 4:58 pm

Wait, what? How do you know they stole it?

Jasper21 · Post by **Jasper21** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:01 pm

He's been emailing me after I said that I knew what he was up to. He said, "do what you want because you don't know my real name. I can use what I want."

kwais · Post by **kwais** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:02 pm

do you have any idea what schools he intends to apply to?

emkay625 · Post by **emkay625** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:02 pm

Expecting mods in here in 3....2....1....

Jasper21 · Post by **Jasper21** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:04 pm

I'm pretty upset because of the amount of time that I put into my statements. He didn't mention the schools to me, but I mentioned all the schools that I intended on applying to.

emkay625 · Post by **emkay625** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:05 pm

OP - Have you submitted a complaint to the mods?

Also, I would contact LSAC. Make sure you saved those e-mails.

gaud · Post by **gaud** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:06 pm

emkay625 wrote:OP - Have you submitted a complaint to the mods?

Also, I would contact LSAC. Make sure you saved those e-mails.

TITCR!! absolutely make sure you save the emails

071816 · Post by **071816** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:08 pm

you should've copyrighted that shit.

kwais · Post by **kwais** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:08 pm

maybe a quick addendum to your schools that says something like "in the course of peer reviewing my essays, someone threatened to use my personal statements. In case this happens, I would be happy to provide any independent information to verify that the story in indeed my own"
that sucks, good luck

Jasper21 · Post by **Jasper21** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:10 pm

Thank you. This means a lot.

emkay625 · Post by **emkay625** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:10 pm

Yeah, seriously. Here is what you should do:

1. E-mail a TLS moderator and ask how to proceed.
2. Contact LSAC and tell them what happened. Attach copies of the e-mails from the guy/girl who stole it.

Maybe legal action? I dunno.

joemoviebuff · Post by **joemoviebuff** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:13 pm

A search for the user yielded this in his post history:

What are my chances at:
Cardozo
Fordam
Miami U
Brooklyn
U. of Florida
Emory

franklyscarlet · Post by **franklyscarlet** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:19 pm

joemoviebuff wrote:A search for the user yielded this in his post history:

What are my chances at:
Cardozo
Fordam
Miami U
Brooklyn
U. of Florida
Emory

And a question about whether schools "would know" if he/she checked PR without being PR. seems a sketchy fellow.

john1990 · Post by **john1990** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:20 pm

joemoviebuff wrote:A search for the user yielded this in his post history:

What are my chances at:
Cardozo
Fordam
Miami U
Brooklyn
U. of Florida
Emory

+1
sad to here this, can't believe some one would steal a PS

DocHawkeye · Post by **DocHawkeye** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:21 pm

chimp wrote:you should've copyrighted that shit.

I'm not a lawyer but isn't copyright passively vested in the creator? Registration of that copyright is something of a different matter.

BlazedBillyMaze · Post by **BlazedBillyMaze** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:21 pm

HAHA. It's called the internet. Seriously, if you lack that much common sense, wtf will happen to you post law school? I can tell you: Peter Griffin overseeing the e-discovery process of an anti-trust suit. Christ, I would be embarrassed to report this shit to LSAC. Panera is hiring. Cut your loses.

john1990 · Post by **john1990** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:22 pm

BlazedBillyMaze wrote:HAHA. It's called the internet. Seriously, if you lack that much common sense, wtf will happen to you post law school? I can tell you: Peter Griffin overseeing the e-discovery process of an anti-trust suit. Christ, I would be embarrassed to report this shit to LSAC. Panera is hiring. Cut your loses.

sounds like a suspect

kwais · Post by **kwais** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:23 pm

BlazedBillyMaze wrote:HAHA. It's called the internet. Seriously, if you lack that much common sense, wtf will happen to you post law school? I can tell you: Peter Griffin overseeing the e-discovery process of an anti-trust suit. Christ, I would be embarrassed to report this shit to LSAC. Panera is hiring. Cut your loses.

leave the internets now

ph14 · Post by **ph14** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:24 pm

DocHawkeye wrote:
chimp wrote:you should've copyrighted that shit.
I'm not a lawyer but isn't copyright passively vested in the creator? Registration of that copyright is something of a different matter.

Yep.

071816 · Post by **071816** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:25 pm

DocHawkeye wrote:
chimp wrote:you should've copyrighted that shit.
I'm not a lawyer but isn't copyright passively vested in the creator? Registration of that copyright is something of a different matter.

Dude, I was kidding.

albusdumbledore · Post by **albusdumbledore** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:29 pm

Honestly, just re-write both of them. Not much you can do.

johnnyutah · Post by **johnnyutah** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:31 pm

emkay625 wrote:Also, if you wanted to, you could probably take legal action.

Under what theory?

BlazedBillyMaze · Post by **BlazedBillyMaze** » Wed Nov 23, 2011 5:32 pm

Or just write another personal statement about your TLS matter. I am sure it will be equal in terms of quality to the first. Overcoming hardship is money$

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