This is ridiculous. We linkback dozens of times a day, we’ve linked to TheGadgetBlog tons of times, have we not?

Sorry, but your post isn’t “neutral” in any sense of the word. You warn others to be careful that we might “steal your story”. We didn’t steal anyone’s stories, we infringed on the copyright of someone’s image. Big difference. We do NOT steal stories, we always credit our sources, and your statement is misleading. I also find the use of the word “tricks” to be pretty insulting. We aren’t scamming or misleading anyone. It would have been nice if you had spoken up about the numerous times Engadget has linked to TheGadgetBlog.

Austin here, from DAPreview.net

Peter is still in damage control mode I see.

To clarify, the issue is not relevent with Engadget and ALL blogs, just some – including DAPreview. Peter and Ryan have a personal problem with us dating back to 2004, as I explained in the article.

So, do you buy their response?

“Ooops, we didn’t really mean to do that, it was all an accident.”

Let’s review the facts. They took the time to go back and edit an article that was already published, from another author. They took the time to rewrite the credit, removing all reference to DAPreview. They took the time to edit the picture and repost it, cutting out the DAPreview logo. They did all this – for no apparent reason – and without checking a single fact?

Keep in mind, out of the 100+ items that they credited to us before August 2005, only a handful of our images were ever watermarked. The few that were, had been originals of ours taken at CES or CeBIT… never once have we watermarked somebody’s else’s photo.

Their explanation is ridiclous, but what else can they say? We didn’t expect them to admit anything.

Anyway… we had to call them out, but it’s done and we’re moving on.

Thanks for bringing this issue to light on your blog.