Comments on: Plagiarism: (Half of) Everyone’s Doing It, by Todd Gallagher http://www.flipcollective.com/2009/11/18/plagiarism-half-of-everyones-doing-it/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 22:17:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: Joel http://www.flipcollective.com/2009/11/18/plagiarism-half-of-everyones-doing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-34 Joel Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:44:00 +0000 http://www.flipcollective.com/?p=261#comment-34 I think you did a good of answering you own question. Yes, everyone plagarizes from the web conciously or not. Newspaper's are the worst offender's. They steal more from blogs, twitter and message boards than anyone. I'm going to steal a line from the movie Swinger's. "I don't know what the big deal is. Everybody steals from everybody. That's movies." If you ask me the same thing currently be applied when it comes to plagiarizing writing. The real question is how long before you start to see the idealistic backlash? I think you did a good of answering you own question. Yes, everyone plagarizes from the web conciously or not. Newspaper’s are the worst offender’s. They steal more from blogs, twitter and message boards than anyone.

I’m going to steal a line from the movie Swinger’s. “I don’t know what the big deal is. Everybody steals from everybody. That’s movies.” If you ask me the same thing currently be applied when it comes to plagiarizing writing. The real question is how long before you start to see the idealistic backlash?

]]> By: Jim http://www.flipcollective.com/2009/11/18/plagiarism-half-of-everyones-doing-it/comment-page-1/#comment-33 Jim Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:21:36 +0000 http://www.flipcollective.com/?p=261#comment-33 The most rampant form of "plagiarism" today, in my opinion, is actually in everyday conversation. The number of people I know who will read something online or hear something on TV and then relate that opinion/point/logical deduction to other people without referencing where they've heard/read it is staggering to me. It is insane how many times I've had a sports related discussion with a friend and at some point friend will relate a point Bill Simmons just made in an article. With the insane amount of content out there to read and digest, its no surprise it then gets related in everyday conversation, but jeez, at least start by saying "i read this interesting article and it said blah blah..." The most rampant form of “plagiarism” today, in my opinion, is actually in everyday conversation. The number of people I know who will read something online or hear something on TV and then relate that opinion/point/logical deduction to other people without referencing where they’ve heard/read it is staggering to me.

It is insane how many times I’ve had a sports related discussion with a friend and at some point friend will relate a point Bill Simmons just made in an article.

With the insane amount of content out there to read and digest, its no surprise it then gets related in everyday conversation, but jeez, at least start by saying “i read this interesting article and it said blah blah…”

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