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<p>Perhaps a strange title for a post, but I was recently kindly alerted by Luis-Manuel Garcia at the University of Chicago that a certain <a href="http://discounts.dissertationwritingservices.info/britain-or-america-for-the-phd-in-english-martin-paul-eve/" rel="nofollow">dissertation writing "service"</a> has been aggregating and re-posting material from blogs that feature the word "dissertation".</p>
<p>As my professional reputation in academic circles could rest upon a Google search, I wanted this post to come up indicating that I absolutely deplore these outfits which do nothing to advance scholarship and are typical of individuals who can see only the end-goal of education as employment. "If I can fake the results, I can do better for myself". <b>I am in no way affiliated to this service</b>. It gets its material by automated scanning of websites. Because I license my work under a CC-BY license, there is nothing I can do to stop them reproducing this material. This is the price I am willing to pay to ensure the material I write is freely available for dissemination, but I wanted you, dear reader, to be aware of how my work arrived there.</p>
<p>The cynics may say: "ha, trusting fool, look how you were used for your naivety". Well, perhaps, but I still believe the benefits of openness outweigh the downsides. More people might see the original article, now, even if they come to it through an abhorrent source.</p>
<p><i>Featured image by <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/thomashawk/">Thomas Hawk</a> under a CC-BY-NC license.</i></p>