I am currently in a slight state of shock accompanied by a strange excitement.
I googled myself tonight, not expecting to find much; then again I tend to fall into the most unexpected of circumstances. I wasn’t surprised to find articles I had written for the university paper, published online, however, I was shocked to find a piece I wrote, which mind you was not chosen to be printed, but was published online, without my knowledge.
That’s fine, I understand that if something is submitted there are, at times, blurry ownership issues. Then I found myself on the U-wire, which is a university version of the Associated Press (stories are shared online with all the universities that are subscribed to the service). However, it is good to keep a record of where one has been published.
My next finding was completely unexpected -- I wrote an article, about a year or so ago, about the fact that people need to take credit and fault for their actions; it was in response to a woman who sued a tobacco company for the death of her husband, who was a long-time smoker. I myself am a smoker, but I thought it was as ridiculous as suing McDonalds for “making” you obese after years of eating fast food daily.
Anyhow, some tobacco awareness organization posted my story on their website! I’m pretty sure that’s not legal, there are copyright laws; I don’t mind too much seeing as though my writing is, obviously, being circulated around; irrespective, it is strange!
Here is a list of the web sites I found (some people added an h to the end of my last name, hence the need for two google searches; I didn't include the sites I found on yahoo):
http://www.tobacco.org/news/243003.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-132427498.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-138922976.html
http://www.chezshaw.com/pastartists/sarahalmulla.html
http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-136144349.html
http://www.daily49er.com/home/index.cfm?buttonPushed=1&event=displaySearchResults&q=mulla (list of a few articles is on this one)
http://media.www.daily49er.com/media/storage/paper1042/news/2006/10/04/Opinion/Technology.Harmful.To.Society-2330626.shtml
I thought that since I had a moment, and as I am prone to yammering on endlessly at this time of night, I would share my findings.
Cheers
