youtube.com — David Richards, who runs several Australian Web sites such as SmartHouse.com.au and SmartOffice.com.au, is exposed on a national TV show for plagiarizing articles from dozens of leading US, UK and Australian Web sites for years, and pretending he wrote them all. His lame-arse excuse? "Somebody hacked my site and posted the content under my name"!
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beatmybongosMar 3, 2008
Those 1337 hackers...I hate it how they always invest so much time and energy in republishing technology editorial for their own gain. If only they'd focus their efforts on malware and credit card fraud.
charlessaintMar 4, 2008
The sad part is, he'll probably get away with it with nothing more than a slap on the wrist, thanks in large to the fact that computer technology in the judicial system is largely misunderstood (or not understood at all). To the average techie, the hacker excuse doesn't even begin to hold water, but throw in a lawer to do some fancy jargon tap-dancing to the judge, and before you know it, this guy will be free as a bird.
davidrichardsMar 4, 2008Submitter
Charles: the sad part is that no-one can really even slap him on the wrist, because Richards runs the company. He is the owner of 4Square Media, the publisher of the SmartHouse etc sites, and their editor all in one.Junger: have you ever considered taking legal action against him for breach of copyright?
Closed AccountMar 4, 2008
LOL. He got what was coming, there.
indigggnantMar 5, 2008
OMG there is ANOTHER David Richards, maybe we just found the mystery hacker ?I wonder who SCOOPOZ is then ? Seems to thrive on submitting stories from Smarthouse websites to DIGG...