Bloggers are the New Plagiarism 326
mjeppsen writes "PlagiarismToday offers a thought-provoking article that frankly discusses concerns with plagiarism and rote content theft among bloggers. In the section entitled "Block quotes by the Dozen" the author mentions the so-called "gray area". That is PlagiarismToday's classification of the common blogger practice of re-using large blocks of text/content from the original article or source, even when the source is attributed."
You know (Score:5, Funny)
Plagiarism mey be necessary (Score:5, Funny)
yes, the internet makes this easy (Score:4, Funny)
I agree, it is easy to copy and paste, and with the proliferation of blogs, on-line stories, etc., realizing and detecting inversely proportionately becomes harder.
What makes this issue so difficult to address, and so difficult to write about, is that it's not so much about gray blogs, but rather, various shades of grey blogs. The difference between someone simply quoting blogs and someone trying to tweak the system is not a clear cut matter, but a separation of degrees.
Quoting, even liberal quoting, is expected by blogs. It's a part of researching a story and covering ongoing stories as well as sharing information. If done properly, it can not only be used to create a new work, but also drive valuable traffic to the original site. In the blogging world, being the source is often a badge of honor.
You can say that again... (Score:5, Funny)
OH NOES! (Score:2, Funny)
Bzzzzt! (Score:5, Funny)
Its not plagiarism then is it?
- Whiney Mac Fanboy
(If you get the joke, you'll mod this up)
Re:Bzzzzt! (Score:3, Funny)
Sure it is.
Re:Bzzzzt! (Score:5, Funny)
Plagarism? New Viswanathan Book (Score:3, Funny)
My Own Personal Thoughts On The Subject... (Score:4, Funny)
Re:My Own Personal Thoughts On The Subject... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:Bzzzzt! (Score:2, Funny)
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