Comments on: Stupid Plagiarist Tricks

By: Jane

Jane — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 02:43:28 +0000

Somehow the web brings out the worst in some people. I'd like to think most people who steal text from websites wouldn't steal tangible items in the dirt world, but you know, I think if they thought the risk of getting caught was next to nothing most of them would. Lack of character is lack of character, the stench follows them everywhere.

By: The Stupidity of Plagiarism | PlagiarismToday

The Stupidity of Plagiarism | PlagiarismToday — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:58:12 +0000

[...] almost made me lost a lot of my faith in humanity. Hundreds of people taking credit for my writing, often in very stupid ways, can certainly have that effect.But I’ve come to realize as I’ve gotten more involved [...]

By: MikeRT

MikeRT — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 14:14:38 +0000

The best retaliation I have ever seen was done when a critic of Radley Balko of The Agitator fame stole some of his content and linked the images back to theagitator.com. Balko changed the images to "Obama dildos."

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By: Franzeska

Franzeska — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 18:25:00 +0000

AFAIK, the lawyer really is one, and the plagiarized and/or poorly cited parts didn’t make it into the published book. (There are plenty of fanfic bits in it, but they do seem to be her own work.) Plagiarism is certainly a huge problem on the internet, but so are personal vendettas like the one Laura has against the people mentioned there, other fan-run wikis, the Organization for Transformative Works (which I’m involved with), anyone internet famous who doesn’t want to be friends with her, etc. Considering she’s added blatantly false info about me to her wiki before, I’d take anything there with a grain of salt.

I love your blog though. I’ll definitely be checking out your other posts.

–Franzi

By: Franzeska

Franzeska — Fri, 23 Jan 2009 13:25:53 +0000

AFAIK, the lawyer really is one, and the plagiarized and/or poorly cited parts didn't make it into the published book. (There are plenty of fanfic bits in it, but they do seem to be her own work.) Plagiarism is certainly a huge problem on the internet, but so are personal vendettas like the one Laura has against the people mentioned there, other fan-run wikis, the Organization for Transformative Works (which I'm involved with), anyone internet famous who doesn't want to be friends with her, etc. Considering she's added blatantly false info about me to her wiki before, I'd take anything there with a grain of salt.

I love your blog though. I'll definitely be checking out your other posts.

–Franzi

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 15:12:00 +0000

Ok, that is priceless. I have to admit, that one is good. As I see it, that is stupid on at least two different levels. First, he either didn’t know who he was interviewing with or didn’t know who actually wrote the ads in question (something you should probably look up when plagiarizing) and second he thought he could get away with plagiarism in the advertising world. I suppose it is possible, but in my experience advertisers usually know at least which company produced which ads, or can trivially look it up. It would have been easy to disprove even without him having the misfortune of running into the original author.

Thank you for the story and congrats on running at least one plagiarist out the door!

By: Jonathan Bailey

Jonathan Bailey — Wed, 21 Jan 2009 10:12:35 +0000

Ok, that is priceless. I have to admit, that one is good. As I see it, that is stupid on at least two different levels. First, he either didn't know who he was interviewing with or didn't know who actually wrote the ads in question (something you should probably look up when plagiarizing) and second he thought he could get away with plagiarism in the advertising world. I suppose it is possible, but in my experience advertisers usually know at least which company produced which ads, or can trivially look it up. It would have been easy to disprove even without him having the misfortune of running into the original author.

Thank you for the story and congrats on running at least one plagiarist out the door!

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 22:03:00 +0000

Here’s another dumbass plagiarist for your collection.

Some years ago, I was creative director for a sizeable Toronto agency, interviewing applicant writers. One guy was “particularly proud of” one ad series in his portfolio.

“So was I, when I wrote them”, I said… and pointed to the framed copies on the office wall behind him.

He at least had the good grace to blush and leave quietly.

By: Bryan

Bryan — Tue, 20 Jan 2009 17:03:42 +0000

Here's another dumbass plagiarist for your collection.

Some years ago, I was creative director for a sizeable Toronto agency, interviewing applicant writers. One guy was "particularly proud of" one ad series in his portfolio.

"So was I, when I wrote them", I said… and pointed to the framed copies on the office wall behind him.

He at least had the good grace to blush and leave quietly.