05-05-2009, 10:16 PM
Andrew Gabriel Roth Wrote:Shlama Akhi Judge,
No, I don't see it. I don't see it because apparently all this evidence, including what I actually wrote in the title plage, the intro, the footnotes, etc, that somehow is not clear enough?
Well I think the point is that even your webmaster is referring to it as a translation. Even Dawid, who seems very reasonable, thought he was buying a new translation. One cant read the book unless one first buys it!
Perhaps you could have been clearer in what you were doing, in what you were selling?
You don't seem to consider that maybe the people complaining missed it because you yourself weren't clear enough. But instead you accuse dave of being anti-semtic, without providing any evidence at all?
What is a lurker supposed to think?
Maybe you chould have, from the word go, taken the criticism on board, sent a refund to those who were upset and made it clearer on Amazon, for example, what the book was.
I asked whether you could see that it might be confusing. Yet from your reply you cant see that it might have been confusing.
On the other hand you are sure (sure enough to make the accustaion) that dave is doing this because he is anti-semitic!
Personally I think without reading it your work is fantastic! A great contribution to what is going on here at peshitta.org. I just dont think you are doing your self any favours reacting like this.
Why not just say.."yes, technically it may be plagiarism, under some narrow defintions..but so what?...and if anyone feels they were misled here is a full refund"
The situation now might be quite different.