Comments on: Cadbury Ireland Facebook Contest Shows Crowdsourcing Drawback: Plagiarized Works

By: Death by chocolate – Midpoint Creative style « Marketing & PR – Brand Ireland

Mon, 19 Jul 2010 18:12:59 +0000

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By: Sweet like Chocolate | Midpoint Creative

Sweet like Chocolate | Midpoint Creative — Tue, 29 Jun 2010 14:10:23 +0000

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By: Rachel

Rachel — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 21:22:41 +0000

Wow can’t believe she cheated her way in. Glad someone spotted it. Well done Paul

By: Liam

Liam — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:26:12 +0000

“but in an almost admission of guilt, Sinead has apparently deactivated her Facebook page”…. of course the poor girl would have deactivated her page! What with relatives of paul posting abusive messages! I think you are all forgetting that this poor girl is only eighteen years of age! Not once has she posted taunting messages on Pauls page, she has accepted that he has now won! The competition is over @Steven, go home and congratulate your brother, stop picking fights with people who are probably under the age of eighteen although with your attitude.. “here are 2 words to say to you ‘plagiarism’ and ‘inspiration’… Check them out!” you are probably below their level.

By: Steven

Steven — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:06:54 +0000

@Laura I answered what (I can only assume is your remark) on the facebook page. In summary there are 2 words to say to you ‘plagiarism’ and ‘inspiration’… Check them out!

By: Laura

Laura — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 01:00:55 +0000

Hi Steven and other commentors. Steven if your brother had played by the rules of the competition he wouldn’t have so blatantly copied his entire design from a photo of the cliffs of moher, which would have been easy for him given his profession. It looks to me like he found a picture of the cliffs and simply changed it to look like chocolate, how is this any different to what the rightful and voted for winner did? It seems to me like someone is a bit peeved that he didn’t win and it is such a shame that he is such a sore loser!

By: Steven Ruane

Steven Ruane — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 12:58:15 +0000

Thanks for the congrats
@glenn… how exactly did we make people upset. We simply played by the rules set down by the organisers of this competition and were expecting that everyone else did the same. They did not and it was dealt with as it should have been.

By: Ian Houghton

Ian Houghton — Mon, 01 Mar 2010 11:21:40 +0000

I think Paul’s entry is a lot more attractive in any case, as it doesn’t attempt to combine two disparate elements in quite an amateur way. Good catch on this one by the community, but it’s a real shame stuff like this keeps happening.

By: glenn

glenn — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 13:43:47 +0000

you nd ur brother made alot of people in dublin very upset

By: Irish Landmarks Turned to Milk Chocolate | Irish Fireside

Irish Landmarks Turned to Milk Chocolate | Irish Fireside — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 03:47:19 +0000

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