Shame on NickMom

by Robyn Wright on September 14, 2012

in Social Media

Hugely disappointed in Nickeloden and Viacom for their lack of respect towards mom and dad bloggers via nickmom

Source: via Robyn on Pinterest

 

I am really disappointed about all of this that is happening. It is not that they may be poking fun at things, but the lack of respect they are showing and the fact that a big company like this is skimming content! Shame on them!

If you are unsure of the story – please take a moment to read about what is happening from Hands Off Our Content by Amy Bair of Resourceful Mommy and then Be Original, Or How Nickelodeon’s NickMom is Sliming Parent Bloggers by Kelby Carr of Type-A Mom. They both have done a fantastic job explaining the details.

© 2012, Robyn Wright. All rights reserved.

Tagged as: blogging, social media

  • Tiffany Winner

    bummer that it happened, but unfortunately it does happen, one drawback of becoming more popular online is being copied thismomwins@gmail.com

  • Wanda McHenry

    Wow! I saw Amy talking about this earlier on twitter and I had no idea it was Nickelodeon or Viacom. So shocking, shame on them! I wouldn’t know who NickMom was!

  • terrik

    I repinned your pin. I’ve been reading about this for a couple of days now and if it were a lone individual I’d be unhappy and disgusted, but since it’s an established company responsible for this I am outraged. I’m not even a blogger and it upsets me. There is just no excuse for it. If they want to use what I would consider property of the bloggers in question, then they should approach said bloggers and ask for permission as well as offer compensation.

    While there may or may not be a legal means to stand against this, I think it is well within the court of public opinion and am anxiously awaiting to sign my name to the petition someone starts for Nickelodeon and Viacom to abandon this course of action.

  • tannawings

    I read Amy’s newsletter a few days ago , and just didn’t know how to respond… it is blatant and it is amazing a large company would engage in something like this especially if they are aware of the blogs they did it to. I mean really I have seen/read articles written by one person and later seen it on another blog (which is bad enough) but a company doing this is going a bit far.
    It’s going to get to the point that everyone is going to have to copy-write anything they feel is theirs and brand it which is unfortunate because it costs money .

  • http://artpark78.com/blog1 yonawilliams

    Wow – i just read the blog posts you linked to regarding this situation and I cannot believe how they handled it and conducted themselves. It leaves a bad taste in my mouth and reminds me of a sore subject.

    My online business experienced a similar incident with a former client, who clearly did not respect us as writers, felt she could use our content any way she pleased, talked down to us, and went as far as to refuse payment on previous work she had already posted on the site (without the agreed-upon bylines) ——- all because she wanted us to work on an e-book with the intentions to use it as a book.

    When we sent over the contract for the project clearly stating that the work could only appear in e-book form, she was not happy. We told her that the cost of book rights and negotiating royalties for published book writing falls under a different rate. We told her she was more than happy to find different writers and that we were not pressuring her into anything. All she wanted to do was argue, badger, and insult.

    Her response was to use our unpaid-for work on her website, and not pay us despite many attempts to email and call her.

    Ridiculous…and so disappointing that NickMom has stooped to this level – especially using the photos of children without asking permission. Even the local schools around here send permission slips about using images of children in anything.

  • http://www.redneckrosie.com/ Rose

    I wanted to go to NickMom to see for myself- I refuse to give them a single click of traffic. Not. Gonna. Do. It.

  • http://twitter.com/rkosully Robin

    I was not aware of this, so thank you for raising awareness. I am really shocked that NickMom would post photos of children without parents’ permission…that’s terrible!

  • Ravzie

    Once again, you have the gumption to stand up and speak out. Congrats Robyn, always on the case!

  • Shannon Whitfield

    I read both.. wow, this is really surprising.. I had absolutely no idea stuff like this goes on. It’s the using of those pics I especially can’t believe. Eye-opening, Robyn – thank you.

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