plagiarism: a lie of the mind

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In the article “plagiarism: a Lie of the mind” the author says that plagiarism is not impossible to avoid. You have to establish the ownership of the words you use, meaning that, you understand it to describe it in your distinctive way. Author gives some example with common phrases we use such as last gasp or wit’s end which started by famous writer. However copying those catchy phrases doesnā€™t make it plagiarism. But if you copy exact word for word, then its plagiarism. Also author mentions that you donā€™t have to write it in all your words. You can use quotation or attribution. Since everything we say or write is in our own words, then it canā€™t be plagiarism.

Plagiarism

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It easier to copy someone s work and pass it of as yours. I agree with Ā Maurice Isserman

“Plagiarism is a form of fraud. You plagiarize if you present other writers’ words or ideas as your own.”

but when is it considered plagiarism, is it when the professors use the textbooks, or when a musician writes a verse, did someone else at some point use it. Academically speaking plagiarism is a big no-no, it can be avoided but at the same time, there are excerpt from articles, books, newspapers that explain what we are trying yo say. Is it plagiarism if you don’t get caught.

Plagiarism or Creativity

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The term “plagiarism” has seemed to make its mark in the world by letting people know to not copy other people’s work. In the article “Plagiarism: a lie of the mind,” written by Maurice Isserman, he talks about what plagiarism is not in order for his audience to understand what plagiarism is. In my opinion, i feel that plagiarism has its reasons to be present and enforced because then we would just be saying the same thing someone else said instead of saying it in our own words and understanding it. It should be more enforced in literature since work is being published but i don’t think it should be enforced verbally. Verbal plagiarism is something that can’t be controlled.

stealing

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In response to ā€œThe Plagiarist Tale,ā€ it explains the many authors who plagerize and take particular parts of other novels to incorporate to their literary works. However, for Quentin Rowan, it became an addiction and a ā€˜comfort blanketā€™ for writing novels. I thought it was interesting to read the life of Rowan and observe his process of taking pieces of other novels in his own because ā€˜the lifted paragraphs perfectly fit his narratives.ā€™ It was also interesting to read that Rowan had seen a psychiatrist for his plagiarism because it became out of hand, and how the psychiatrist related his addiction to plagiarism to being a pathological liar. However, he did not categorize himself as one; it was because his own work he organically wrote wasnā€™t getting the positive feedback he expected and no one was impressed. Imitation may be the sincerest form of flattery, but fully imitating someoneā€™s literary work can pay the price.

That’s what S/He said!!

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The idea of plagiarism is one that comes up frequently in academia. We are always told that using someone elseā€™s ideas as our own is not good, for ethical reasons, however, under the right circumstances it can be acceptable. In The New Yorker article about Quentin Rowan, we see an instance where it is not acceptable. Over the years, in all the pieces heā€™s written, he has copied word for word verbatim from multiple sources to compose his books, essays, etc. His excuse was that he wanted to please everyone and make them believe he was a great writer. This facade reasoning is not unique to Rowan, generally when people plagiarize or borrow from others, they want their readers to believe that they are just that good. In The Chronicle article, the Hamilton College president, Eugene Tobin, had been using plagiarized materials in his speeches for nine years. His reason is not noted, but it’s possible he had the same reason as Rowan. These two articles demonstrate how plagiarizing can greatly damage your reputation and aid in losing your career, but what about the people who borrow words and phrases on a daily basis? In everyday conversations, we quote someone else, whether it be with song lyrics, movie lines, or phrases, whose origin is unknown, but should we lose too because of it?

DONT MOCK ME ITS A CRIME

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“IFĀ YOU SAY IT YOUR FAMOUS BUT IF I MOCK YOU IM BRAINLESS WHATS A STUDENT TO DO” -REVISED VERSION OF (JAYz STREETS IS WATCHING)

A line taken and made your own is not illegal but is it right , and if so then what is wrong. “the Plagiarist tale” gave an excellent view and understanding on what not to do when creating a piece of work you’ll call your own. I wouldn’t see it as a simple word such as PLAGIRISM butĀ  as a theft of the mind. often we use others thoughts ideas and feelings to inspire something we do but using them and reproducing them on our own is a term I wouldn’t like to call unlawful intellectual claim even to go as far to label it as identity theft.

Notes from today, and reading/blogging homework for Wednesday, October 2

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Today we discussed privacy and how both our expectations of it and our definitions of it are changing in a digital, networked environment. Slides from today are available here.

On Wednesday we’ll continue our discussion of information ethics and focus on plagiarism. Please read Widdicombe, “The Plagiarist’s Tale” and Isserman, “A Lie of the Mind.” Your blogging assignment is one reading response blog post.

Check back tomorrow for I posted the Research Topic Proposal guidelines. I’ll post them under Assignments tomorrow and distribute in class on Wednesday. Please get in touch with any questions you have about the research topic proposal.

~Prof. L.

Online privacy

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Though I do agree with both Wright’s and Thevenin’s posts I must add information that I found incredibly relevant towards informing us of how we can better protect our information that is shown to the world. It may have just been me whoĀ found the article that Patrick Marshall wrote extremely eye-opening and different. Usually I read news articles and do not find them that interesting unless something major occurred but I was actually quite fascinated with this article since it talks about something that I think everyone nowadays is concerned with, our privacy. I am not someone who usually is worried about most of my information being put up on the internet but after reading “Online Privacy”, I had to make sure some of my information is “guarded” and to ensure most of my things are set to the correct settings. I am surprised that Facebook is one of the sites that actually cares about its users and tries to protect us. Now it just encourages me to be even more careful with the things that I have on my Facebook though most of my things are set to be viewed by my friends or just private. Patrick Marshall’s article fascinated me more so than Tim Wu’s since it demonstrates how some companies are willing to buy the information that we give to some sites. How fooled have we all or most likely I been?

Copyright Laws

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Copyright laws has set a standard of understanding that the hard work of one individual shouldnā€™t be stolen and taken advantage of by another. These laws were set in place in order to be sure that the provider of creativity receives all significant rights over all use of their work, but when does these rights go over board? We have all experienced hearing the news of a specific cooperation that has one millions of dollars due to strict copyright laws. Another example is downloading music. We all have downloaded something that is looked at as ā€œillegalā€. Everyone does it. I personally believe there should be come a point where if everyone is performing a specific act why should it even be considered illegal. The law isnā€™t being respected anyway.

BAD OR GOOD ITS STILL THE RIGHTS

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From The Aggressive yet comical point the articles and videos stood in defense of i would have to disagree . they spoke on how copy rights aren’t fair and are a choke hold. on the contrary i believe that copy writes are good and stand in place for the majority. if i had work out there and someone was to create something off my idea i want a type of intensive of any form not always money but recognition for your creation,because i helped to make it what it is. it sucks for the deep thinkers and the time spent doing these things and someone else to claim that its thiers and that they did it and i stand on the side of the law with my best foot forward