@Christine enacting copyright infringement across borders is indeed a bit of a joke for the average individual and/or small business owner. I expect that will change in the future as our legal institutions catch up with an increasingly globalised world. It’s partly why I decided to write this post in the first place – I felt it was the most effective way for me to address the issue and hopefully, give it an airing in the process.

@Céline believe me, I looked long and hard at the rest of the content but couldn’t quite work out whether imitation was really flattery in this case (And by long and hard, I mean all of 5 seconds)

@Olivia good point – transparency is like the new currency in a globalised village, and their public apology is indeed courageous. From a business point of view though I think it’s also a smart form of damage control, with the potential to actually enhance their public image… It’ll be interesting to see how they manage things from here. An interesting case, all in all.

The global aspect of the internet may make it appear anonymous, which may encourage people to act dishonestly. But in fact, the translation community is like a small village. We all watch out for each other, we can all contact each other easily via e-mail, and so unscrupulous behaviour will not go by unnoticed.

Seriously, well done for reacting the way you did. I went on their blog and they’ve published a post on this issue – they sound genuinely sorry and it looks like it won’t happen again. Congrats!