Everyone who joins is convinced they’re too late. I was. Medium does some chaotic pivot once every two years. They just did another one away from publications. That means this is an excellent time to start writing. Find your audience, find your voice and get going on your medium journey. It’s fun!

Glad you’re enjoying my work. I can’t see why you would get in trouble. The piece is pretty clear that I’m waiving the rights to the text. This piece has also been ‘chosen for further distribution’ – so somebody in Medium has read it and endorsed it in some capacity.

And I think you’d be okay as long as I (the author) didn’t report you for plagiarism – and I won’t. I can see nothing wrong with an ethical argument like this. Might be a bit annoying for the algorithm but it’ll bring some attention to the problem I hope. Entirely up to you of course. It is your Medium account and always your choice. :o!