O.k., I'm going to try to reply to everyone, here. If I've missed anyone, I apologize. Here goes:
To Ed L., it's way too easy to snipe someone on a public board, particularly when you can hide behind a screen name. It doesn't take any courage or talent. It's much more difficult to write a decent article and/or build a high-traffic/successful online publication.
My freelance writing speaks for itself, it's been published in numerous respected print publications in the firearms/tactical/defense field, and I get paid well for it. And, DefenseReview's (
www.defensereview.com) content, readership demographics (including military Special Operations personnel, LE SWAT personnel, PSD operators, engineers, military program managers, industry executives, other journalists, etc.), site traffic numbers and ranking also all speak for themselves.
The irony is that even though none of this was my fault, it still gives someone like you the opportunity to post what you did.
Well, that's the web for ya'.
To Sidewinder6, I, myself, prefer to soar with eagles--or at least falcons--and have had the good fortune to do so on occasion. BTW, it's "plagiarism", not "plagerisim", although I'm sure it was just a typo on your part. I do it myself sometimes when I'm typing quickly. Typos have even been known to make it onto DefRev on occasion. ;-)
Finally, I promise I was telling the truth. No plagiarism here, sir. Scout's honor.
To militarymoron, you got it exactly right (publisher mixup). That's precisely what happened. I hope you're well, by the way. Just so it's on the record, I think you do superlative work, and I've always been a fan of it (your writing, photography, all of it). MilitaryMorons.com is a great site/resource that should be in everyone's "favorites".
To Wayne, I assure you, I wasn't trying to "deflect" anything. I was just responding quickly to Rob, and momentarily confused Intermedia with Harris. To be honest, I was a bit taken aback by his initial email message alerting me to the situation, for what now should be obvious reasons. Just FYI, I still haven't seen the full published article, yet.
Understand that Cameron Hopkins works with both publishers (Harris and Intermedia Outdoors), and I submitted several articles to him for both publishers' publications. I was responding quickly to Rob's message(s) to me, and I made the error.
"Combat Tactics" is indeed a Surefire/Guns & Ammo/Intermedia Outdoors publication.
Speaking of Cameron (Hopkins), he's a great editor, a talented writer in his own right, and a total professional. And, in my opinion, he's handled this situation as well as anyone could have, since Rob initially contacted him. If there's a better way that it could have been done, I don't know what it is. Cameron's a class act, all the way.
To Rob (rob_s), I'm glad everything's been worked out, and I appreciate what you wrote in your last email message to Cameron, which you copied me on. Also, your chart is terrific. Excellent work. You should be proud of it. I can certainly understand how you felt on this thing.
However, the reason I've had to address the Harris/Intermedia mixup is that you published content from two of my email replies to you, right here on a public forum. At the bottom of my email messages to you, you should have noticed the following text:
"PLEASE NOTE: This electronic mail message and any attachments hereto are intended solely for the review of the designated recipient(s) and originate from the office of David Crane/DefenseReview.com. This message and any attachments may not be used, reviewed, copied, published, disseminated, redistributed, or forwarded without the express written permission of David Crane/DefenseReview.com. The information in this electronic mail message and any attachments is confidential and may be privileged. If you are not a designated recipient of this communication or if you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender by reply mail, then destroy any and all copies of this message and attachments and delete them from your system."
I did not grant you permission to publish any of my private communications to you on this forum or any other public forum or site, and I would have preferred that you had asked my permission, and subsequently received it, before doing so. Understand that before I published Cameron Hopkins' message to me on Lightfighter (regarding this issue), I called him and asked his permission, first. He subsequently sent me a new message for that specific purpose. I would have appreciated the same opportunity and courtesy from you. Does that make sense?
Finally, to all, regarding the whole situation in general, it is what it is, and I'm glad it's been resolved. It's important for people to understand that a writer can only control what he/she can control, which is what they submit to their editor. That's it. After it gets to the editor, unless the editor sends it back to the author for review, the author has no additional input/say as to what is finally published.
Also, honest mistakes can be made, and that's what happened, here. Unlike the web, once something goes to print, that's pretty much it, and you have to wait until the next issue to fix a problem.
This situation is a good example of getting all the facts (or as many facts as possible) before making one's mind up and/or taking action. I've learned from it, myself., even though I wasn't the responsible party.
Sincerely,
David Crane
Writer, Publisher and Consultant
Originally Posted by defrev
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