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I guess, if there is no credit given and no changes whatsoever. What's an example?

shivadas wrote:

I have been seeing a lot of projects that are exact copies of other projects, with no mention of the original creator other than the remix box that appears below their username. Are you supposed to report them?

Yes. But remember, you have to first check to see if it is a exact copy. Otherwise, this may happen:

Hi -----, we took a look at the project you flagged as a copy but found some script changes made, which would qualify the project as a remix and not as a copy. We encourage remixing in the Scratch community, since we have seen how remixing can lead to creative, interesting projects. The website includes a "Based on..." link to give credit to the original author -- and we hope that remixers will also give credit in their Project Notes. Overall, we want the Scratch community to be full of creative activity and exciting projects, and remixing helps with that.

If it is actually a remix, you might get this message. So you have to take extra caution. If you do the same thing again after the first admin message, you could get a ban(account block).

Last edited by joshuaho (2013-03-30 16:49:36)

shivadas wrote:

Okay thank you, if I do decide to report something I'll be extra careful 

You are welcome! 

Well, if it's an EXACT copy then yes. If it has a few things changed and no credit, then ask for the poster to give credit to the original creator. If they don't, then flag it.

joshuaho wrote:

Rumanti wrote:

Yes, it's included in Scratch FAQs. This kind of projects are like remixes. but when you see them, the project are EXACTLY the same like you make. Just flag it. But link to the right project to proof that they are copies.

But you really need to look out, some changes may be so small that you can't see them at a glance. If you reported a project that was changed, but it looked like a copy, this may happen:

Hi -----, we took a look at the project you flagged as a copy but found some script changes made, which would qualify the project as a remix and not as a copy. We encourage remixing in the Scratch community, since we have seen how remixing can lead to creative, interesting projects. The website includes a "Based on..." link to give credit to the original author -- and we hope that remixers will also give credit in their Project Notes. Overall, we want the Scratch community to be full of creative activity and exciting projects, and remixing helps with that.

An admin message!

And if you still do the same thing... BANNED!

Actually, they still need to give credit.

And that's an automatic message.  Banned means they look in manually.

joshuaho wrote:

Rumanti wrote:

Yes, it's included in Scratch FAQs. This kind of projects are like remixes. but when you see them, the project are EXACTLY the same like you make. Just flag it. But link to the right project to proof that they are copies.

But you really need to look out, some changes may be so small that you can't see them at a glance. If you reported a project that was changed, but it looked like a copy, this may happen:

Hi -----, we took a look at the project you flagged as a copy but found some script changes made, which would qualify the project as a remix and not as a copy. We encourage remixing in the Scratch community, since we have seen how remixing can lead to creative, interesting projects. The website includes a "Based on..." link to give credit to the original author -- and we hope that remixers will also give credit in their Project Notes. Overall, we want the Scratch community to be full of creative activity and exciting projects, and remixing helps with that.

An admin message!

And if you still do the same thing... BANNED!

I've never flag that projects before. A person remixed my project, then she uploaded it whith exactly the same notes and ALL OF IT. I didn't flag it, though. I just asked "did you made any changes? I don't see any." Then, I found she deleted the project. Rather confusing, I say.