Holy crap, it's like some kind of innerwebs "Single White Female"! Did she say she had a baby, too? Named Noah? Freaking lunatic!

In a really creepy sort of parallel thing going on, this also is happening to my best friend. some 14 year old stole her photos and is not only claiming they are hers, but also claiming my friend is a fake.

I think you should let Yvonne unleash hell on this brat.

i hope you're getting screenshots. evidence, my friend.

ps: don't make fun of elliott smith. i'll cut ya.

Am I to gather that MySpace doesn't care a hoot about this situation?

I would be tempted to email Claudia a cut and paste of your copyright policy...

But, Yvonne would be more fun.

That is such a very odd thing to do. Who actually would look at your site and think, that, that tyre is the one for me. Everyone on MySpace will think that tyre is mine and I shall rule the world! Well, rule MySpace!

I think Claudia should get her own damned car parts.

(sorry for English spelling of tyre/tire)

I think you should turn Yvonne loose on her! She stole a picture of the TIRE. That's sacrilegious!

In an interesting twist an ex boyfriend of mine posted a picture of me… used his ex-wife’s name… and joined a gay-bi-married chat thingy with that information… and some of my writings. Just a little “Hey, it could always be worse/more embarrassing/strangely tire-related.”

I'd post the link. I'm petty and bitchy like that. Just to let the person know, "Hey, I see you! And you suck! And all these other people? They see you and they think you suck, too!"

So mean, I know.

I would totally post the link. Then sit back and enjoy the show.

I've got a MySpace, too, girlie, and I could have Y's back in a catfight ...

I'm sure MySpace will get around to it eventually, although I imagine they're probably swamped with this sort of thing. I'm just impatient.

No link, though, because yeah. What Megan said. This entry is probably already giving the poor thing too much of what she wants. I don't want her to be threatened or ganged up on or anything -- I just want her to...you know, STOP IT.

But if you know of a blogger who recently wrote a very funny entry about stumbling upon a woman giving a man a handjob in a parked car in the early morning and came up with the hilarious nickname of "Wankyjohn McPeckerpull," let me know so I can give them the heads up.

i choose option 4 please. i want the link dammit!

also, what a sweet sweet revenge this freaking post its LOL

I agree with the other Megan, although it would be nice to use the brass knuckles, especially after I've polished them...

This sounds like a perfectly good excuse to make a road trip to Vegas. I am volunteering as your Bodygaurd/spokesgirl. What nerve of her, plagerism is so lame.

Poor girl is probably just so pitiful that she needs to invent an awesome life and stole yours.

But I think Y should go after her with a beeflog. On MySpace, if course!!

I vote to let Yvonne loose on her, and let us watch. Or at least publish the link so we can check if she has stolen our stuff too! GOod luch hearing back from Myspace, yikes.

Hmmm... this happened to me, and MySpace took their whole profile down right away. Have they not done this for you? I say you just ignore her beyond that -- why give her more attention than she's worth?

Obviously kind of a sad little creature, that Claudia.

Well Shit....

There goes my master fucking plan to be super cool like you...and your not alone on the myspace issues.

Step 1. Post link.
Step 2. Lawyer involved. Because, seriously, you're a talented writer, it's not just a hobby anymore your writing is your career, and you should protect your biggest asset - your self.

Stupid girl needs to form an original thought of her own. Pathetic, really, that she needs a borrowed life.

By the way, let me go on the record once more: I don't get MySpace, it makes me feel old, blah blah blah, but the powers that be at MySpace have done NOTHING wrong (yet). I only emailed them like...um...a few hours ago. I totally understand that it will probably take longer than that to yank this girl's profile down, and that's okay.

I'm the asshole with nothing better to write about today. Also, it IS pretty funny, right? Other people get like, pics of their kids stolen and this chick steals a photo of a SPARE TIRE and Ikea furniture? Ha! My life rules!

If the stuff stays up for more than a day or so, then yeah. I'll get mad at MySpace. But I didn't really give them a chance before vomiting the offense all over my blog, you know?

I'm on MySpace, and yes, we ARE too old for it. It's useful for internet stalking, though.

If I find "claudia" I'll happily help Yvonne out and get all Cuban Crazy on her ass. That's a lot of fun and helps me reduce stress.

Do you read Secret Agent Josephine? She had a hilarious response to MySpacers who were stealing her photos as her own. I'm too lazy to go get the link to her post, but it was within the last week or two, so should be easy to find.

Whatever you do, I agree with those who said you need to protect yourself, especially now that you and your writing are your own brand, so to speak.

1. I agree with Alicia. You get paid to write. There must be some element of copyright infringement here.

2. I have myspace, too. I'd have your back right there with Y and Broad. (Old Chicks Posse! OCP in tha hizzy! whut!)(Not that I'm saying Y or Broad are old...we're just more generously seasoned than the usual myspace crew. But GSCP doesn't flow so well.)

3. Why, when I did a search for Wankyjohn McPeckerpull, did Google correct my spelling to Winkeljohn McPeckerpull? Is this a very popular search which requires grammatical adjustment?

Like I said it should of been named... Moronspace!

Nuf Said!

Psst... I'd probably do...2 and 5....and Maybe...3..lol I'd never link to the scum though... that brings them too much attention and often that's what they want in the first place.

This happened to another blogger, and myspace never did ANYTHING about it. Hopefully they will, but there's almost 110,000,000 people on there. They can't watch/catch em' all. That's creepy and sucky. Sorry that happened.

PLease post the link Im searching like crazy

Link it...if only for the (super-selfish) reason that i want to see and be able to tell her how loserly it is...

I like Diet Dr. Pepper, you can send it FedEx. :)

It was really nice of her to password protect your posts, so only her myspace friends could read them...

Moron.

Oh hell. She IS hotlinking! So not only is she stealing my writing and photos of my preshus tire, she's stealing my bandwidth! Because I am sure she gets a shitload of traffic.

Regardless of whatever else you decide to do, I'm definitely in favor of siccing Y on her, just for fun. Please?

Do you have a friend that's also an attorney? One that would be willing to write some sort of 'cease & desist' letter to MySpace on really important-looking stationery?

Totally replace your photos she has linked to with something just disgusting and revolting. That will teach her!

uh, wow. how sad that she's doing that. pathetic and sad.

hmmm...i would not post the link, she probably won't be able to handle the internets and their abuse. but since she's stealing your stuff she'll be here and she'll see it and she'll know.

god, how did you find out?

I vote for beating her up with a beeflog.

Let's get all Latina on her ass... and call her parents.

Oops...I see Stephanie said replace the hotlinked photo - I'm an idiot.

those myspace pages make my eyesockets burn.

I don't really have any suggestions. I'm too busy being flummoxed that someone would do this. It is just too weird, inexplicable and creepy. Wonder what would motivate this....just what brand of pathology does she have?

Can Y get all Latina on my ass? Because that sounds like fun!

Y can get all latina on her ass and I'll get all crazy black girl on her ass and you'll be covered. Between the two of us, I'm sure we could fuck a bitch up. Problem solved.

Let's just say I've dealt with hotlinkers in the past. The best revenge? Put a different photo in that location on your page. Preferably one that features you holding a sign saying "I am not Claudia," "that's my tire bitch" or something more snarky preferably. She will take that crap down so fast once you do this :)

I have a myspace and Im 30.... I use it to keep in touch with friends from high school.

This is just the sorriest thing I have ever seen.

She turned off comments, but not emails, I let her have it for you!

Im sure thats not the only one shes gotten though. What made me sick is all the comments about how witty and smart she is.

The nerve of some people!

I am so glad I refreshed like crazy - I just knew the second someone posted the URL, you'd probably take it down - but I GOT IT! Joy!

Yeah, I have no life.

-longtime lurker-I have to say, WHUT A LOSER! blue's clus and the tire are sacred-I'll help get LATINA on her ass too-she even stole your drunk post too!!!!!!!

I'm just upset that she stole your cute little divider. It's not in the least obvious that it doesn't match anything else on her site.

Viva Amalah!

I vote for some kind of aerobic dance-off between Y and Claudia.

To alter a well used internet axiom "This post is worthless without links" Girl, I wanna spam her MySpace account. The nerve-stealing your TIRE!

Yes, I'm 40 and have a myspace page. Mostly so I can keep up with the nieces while they're at college. Hmmm, never saw pictures of kegstands before that!

let me know when you need me to make a phone call about this.

Hey, Y, I have an idea. You and I live close to each other and we're about five hours from Vegas. Let's drive out together and combine Latina with Jew. You can scream at her and I can make her feel really guilty.

I have to agree with Tracey. I just don't get it. What makes someone do that? And it scares me to no end. Should I even be posting pictures/writing about my kids? Honestly - WHAT MAKES SOMEONE DO THAT? For the love of Peter. Did it scare you, Amy?

Gah! all of her comments have to be approved by her first.