Friday, March 5, 2010

Dips

In 2000 (and on a few other occasions) I published and claimed copyright on this exercise description (bolding added now):

Dips :

Start with arms fully extended. Bend arms and lean torso forward as necessary. Pause in the bottom position and then return to the top by straightening the arms. Add weight as necessary with a weighted belt.

I was conducting research and I came upon the following exercise in a publication copyright claimed by another 'author' at a subsequent date (bolding added):

Dips :

Start with arms fully extended. Bend arms and lean torso forward as necessary. Pause in the bottom position and then return to the top by straightening the arms. Add weight as necessary with a weighted belt.

And I said to myself: “That looks familiar!” So I cross-referenced it and I said to myself: “Wow! No wonder that looked familiar!”

And I came upon this description another three more times by the same 'author' in different publications.

I noted that the use of this description was in the absence of credits or references to the origin or permission to use from the original author (myself), and that the 'author' claimed copyright....

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