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I have never claimed that he was a liar. I'm not claiming he's being shady inasmuch as I am playing devil's advocate. I have no idea if he tried other methods. My first action if I suspected something like this is to pick up a phone.
Why would he do that?
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My guess is that he was exploring the other options; what everyone else was just chastising him for not doing.
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Moving the goal posts. I have never argued for the quality if either author's products. I haven't read them. My argument is based solely on what I have read on this thread and Lyle's blog.
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Indeed.
The point is cogent for one reason: if we weren't in this phase of e-Celebrity guru hysteria, where everyone and his daddy is being encouraged into putting out flash products as quickly as possible, with no regards for quality, then this kind of thing wouldn't happen.
You can't honestly tell me that this being something like Alwyn's 4th or 5th "fat loss" book, that he'd really have made this kind of error if quality were high on the list.
How many times to we reiterate the same information? And now, for just $70 (if you act NOW!) you can get that same information, rehashed.
Oh, and btw, I asked Lyle 2 years ago if I could summarize this for another product, then forgot to credit it! oopsie!
It's a spiraling snowball, and this is just the latest (and so far, biggest) symptom of a much larger problem.
Write me off as a bitter hater if you will, but as far as I'm concerned this is three steps past where this kind of garbage should have ever gone. I don't care what your name is or how cool you are to have a beer with -- this is still BS, and Alwyn's explanation is not a justification.
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Absolutely yes. For the principle if nothing else.
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While I agree on principle, sometimes the practical reality of such things just isn't feasible. IP lawsuits aren't generally cheap and easy things.
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Bottom line, it is worth it if there is a legit case to be made. If there isn't, then the assertion that Alwyn plagiarized is just character assassination.
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It's not necessarily that clear-cut, to me anyway, and I'd imagine to most people. I'm not going to turn this into a moral/ethical diatribe, but let it suffice to say that I don't simply equate a legal judgment with an ethical declaration of right or wrong. The two are not always synonymous.