Articles Tagged with Plagiarism

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Anyone who reads tweets on Twitter knows the perils of what I’ll loosely call tweet lifting (aka tweet appropriation), i.e. taking without attribution (or linking).

Yes, failing to provide citations for graphs, charts, statistics, fact assertions, etc. is also a Twitter problem, and other twitterers (tweeters?) will call you to account on those – at least smart, if not also bitter and twisted, twitterers will. New twitterers won’t know the rules right away, but will (or should) catch on quickly. Maybe we need a Twitter Bluebook. (hahahaha, no, please!)

For more about tweet appropriation, so to speak, visit Plagiarism Today and enter the word twitter (among others) into the search box. You will find Mr. Bailey’s comments about twitter ethics (and egos) and related subjects. You might want to start here, this excerpt from: “Twitter, Plagiarism and Retweeting,” by Jonathan Bailey, July 17, 2014:

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Sabrina Pacifici’s 12/27/2020 blogpost at “bespacific” links you to the answer to the answer about “why you can’t copy a recipe book.”

Excerpt, from the beSpacific 2016 Plagiarism Today (PT) blog post:

“…. The reason isn’t because recipe books are lying to you, it’s because, while recipes can’t be copyright protected, other parts of the books can. So, as we celebrate the holidays in the United States, we’re going to take a look at cookbooks and why, even though recipes can’t be copyrighted, you can’t just photocopy and share a cookbook legally….” [Link to beSpacific post.]

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Law in the News alerts us to this article at Plagiarism Today:

“Update on the Potential Copyright Small Claims Court,” February 28, 2013, by Jonathan Bailey

The author has done an excellent job summarizing the problem and proposed solutions and linking to other sources of information.

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