Um….Go Bulls!

The difference, of course, is that Scoop later admitted he was using YAY’s idea, which everyone familiar with YAY already knew considering he also ripped off the name “Orange Roundie.”

Yeah, it’s all very confusing and odd, but don’t worry, your site was mentioned more as a hypothetical example than anything else.

I’m from Chicago and all I heard about for a few days was this god damn headband, and I figured it would be funny to hear the headbands side.

I wasn’t intentionally stealing an idea from Yay, I don’t read the sight. It’s just an instance of great minds thinking alike and all that.

I think you missed the point. And I don’t think your example is relevant.

1st person narrative or personification is not the issue — not at all. The issue is that Scoop Jackson used the name “Orange Roundie” initially without attributing a source.

If I write a fictional account of a British spy, it isn’t a protected concept. If I write a fictional account of a British spy named James Bond, then I have to answer to Ian Fleming’s people, don’t I? Scoop wrote a semi-fictional article where he gave a voice to the new ball — not original, but alright. But Scoop didn’t stop there — he used YAYsports’ name for the character as well. And his half-assed apology, assuming YAY would be happy that he stole their work for the betterment of all ESPN, was condescending as well.

Not to mention the fact that Scoop isn’t doing this for some zero-profit blog. He’s getting paid for this shit! So, in short, it was his inability to come up with a creative column idea and his audacity at lifting the idea in whole that led to this mess.

So, for those who really want to follow this, read YAYsports’ explaination of their side here.

No? Sorry bro, it’s a trademark thing. You wouldn’t understand.

http://tomfornellisportsblog.blogspot.com/2006/11/headband-speaks.html

And tell us if you think Fornelli also is guilty of abusing YAYsports, as you’ve made Scoop/ESPN out to be. Note that there isn’t even the hint of a link or credit for the “idea”, or “invention” as it has been termed.

Or does this rule only apply to so-called “MSM”, and can bloggers rip each other off quietly without accredation or uproar?

Inquiring minds, ya’ll…

And Ian, no, I was only calling *you* that. Okay, so you aren’t going to — or can’t — back up your words. It’s your blog. So be it. I’ve read the majority of the man’s work over the years and find a lot to appreciate in it. We differ.

How is that not clear?!

Just because you aren’t calling everyone “ignorant, white, and stupid” this time around (as you did in the Ben Wallace/headband post) doesn’t mean that I’m going to take your bait.

I could write a lengthy post on my problems with Scoop Jackson, and perhaps at some point I will. But in short, I’ll say that his attempts to interject race into every argument whether it exists or not (example, his take on the Ben Wallace afros being handed out by the Bulls — and before them, the Pistons) is divisive and does nothing to gain an understanding from those who don’t come from the same perspective as he does.

There are a number of authors who tackle subjects just as difficult and achieve a much greater level of poignancy without being abrasive and/or alarmist.

Regardless of my abbreviated comments above, Scoop’s actions today have shown him to be much less praiseworthy than you make him out to be.

You some some issue with Scoop Jackson, lay it out for what it is, then, instead of coat-tail hanging on what was nothing more than a trivial oversight involving the origin of a slang-term… what’s this got to do with the Pistons, by the way?

You not being an actual writer or journalist, I don’t expect you to understand how things work in a news org, so you get a pass on that front.

But what IS your deal w/ Scoop?

That guy has penned some of the most poignant and compelling sports articles in recent history, and has a habit of tackling subjects no-one else has the stones to approach.

Maybe you couldn’t resist a pot-shot at the lighter fare, because you haven’t got anything to say about the real issues?