tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18020431.post6037412826076985319..comments2024-02-17T12:35:51.512+11:00Comments on BLUEPEPPER: The word is not SchadenfreudeJustin Lowehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12663437269668973076noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18020431.post-48755450801641363632013-09-19T22:23:02.253+10:002013-09-19T22:23:02.253+10:00There's an interesting interview with a plagia...There's an interesting interview with a plagiarist with a 30-year track record <a href="http://thequietus.com/articles/12563-david-morgan-poetry-plagiarism-interview-bobby-parker" rel="nofollow">here</a>., which - to donalmahoney's comment - sheds a little light on the psychology.David Lumsdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04483172967435196277noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18020431.post-49843052508260442172013-09-17T03:15:05.443+10:002013-09-17T03:15:05.443+10:00I do not know the case that you mention but I have...I do not know the case that you mention but I have found more and more in the this age of blogging people feel it a victimless crime to wholesale steal what others create by the sweat of their brow, pilfering for content on their facebook/blog et al. With literature & music, stateside it has broken down to the thieves hiding behind semantics. In the most basic language and concept, would anyone want to put in a full work week (in any field/job) then at the end of the week someone comes in and takes their paycheck? A modicum of intelligence shows there is nothing to debate, you made it, it is yours not for use without permission. An unpleasant side effect to the ease with which content can be taken from elsewhere is an intellectual laziness, a casual look at facebook pages(just as example), the average one is full of quotes, videos and music others have made, used as a shorthand for people to proclaim their individuality. A quote from Kafka = disaffected outsider etc etc. The start of a solution, creators take those who steal to task as to ensure eventually everyone is educated in regards to ownership rights.Wayne Whttp://www.waynewolfson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18020431.post-43079788508026717722013-09-16T21:00:30.080+10:002013-09-16T21:00:30.080+10:00In the United States we occasionally have cases of...In the United States we occasionally have cases of plagiarism by poets but it's infrequent. Although I am not fond of scientific studies of people who are a little off in the noggin, I really would appreciate someone knowledgeable explaining what plagiarists get out of presenting the work of others as their own. Even if they don't get caught, what satisfaction do they gain? If you steal a car, at least you can drive it. donalmahoneyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15495872532526336596noreply@blogger.com