Comments on: My Response to Mark Helprin http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/09/24/my-response-to-mark-helprin/ Content Theft, Plagiarism, Copyright Infringement Sat, 20 Mar 2010 01:12:29 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc hourly 1 By: guesthttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/09/24/my-response-to-mark-helprin/comment-page-1/#comment-129039 guest Wed, 16 Dec 2009 08:02:14 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4631#comment-129039 Savannah, I think that you should read the book. I think that you will enjoy it as much as I did. I consume a lot of Internet, but he managed to be more clever, interesting, funny, and intelligent--by half!--than what I've read on glowing squares over the past year. I thought that it would just be a polemic written solely to stick a finger in the eye of barbarians. Instead, he brings a true artist's perspective to this issue and brings it in a measured way. I imagine him sticking his finger in a dike, holding back a terrible menace. <br><br>Since I'm neither a corporate defender of copyright nor a digital barbarian, I guess the book was for me. Savannah, I think that you should read the book. I think that you will enjoy it as much as I did. I consume a lot of Internet, but he managed to be more clever, interesting, funny, and intelligent–by half!–than what I've read on glowing squares over the past year. I thought that it would just be a polemic written solely to stick a finger in the eye of barbarians. Instead, he brings a true artist's perspective to this issue and brings it in a measured way. I imagine him sticking his finger in a dike, holding back a terrible menace.

Since I'm neither a corporate defender of copyright nor a digital barbarian, I guess the book was for me.

]]> By: guesthttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/09/24/my-response-to-mark-helprin/comment-page-1/#comment-128921 guest Wed, 16 Dec 2009 03:02:14 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4631#comment-128921 Savannah, I think that you should read the book. I think that you will enjoy it as much as I did. I consume a lot of Internet, but he managed to be more clever, interesting, funny, and intelligent--by half!--than what I've read on glowing squares over the past year. I thought that it would just be a polemic written solely to stick a finger in the eye of barbarians. Instead, he brings a true artist's perspective to this issue and brings it in a measured way. I imagine him sticking his finger in a dike, holding back a terrible menace. <br><br>Since I'm neither a corporate defender of copyright nor a digital barbarian, I guess the book was for me. Savannah, I think that you should read the book. I think that you will enjoy it as much as I did. I consume a lot of Internet, but he managed to be more clever, interesting, funny, and intelligent–by half!–than what I've read on glowing squares over the past year. I thought that it would just be a polemic written solely to stick a finger in the eye of barbarians. Instead, he brings a true artist's perspective to this issue and brings it in a measured way. I imagine him sticking his finger in a dike, holding back a terrible menace.

Since I'm neither a corporate defender of copyright nor a digital barbarian, I guess the book was for me.

]]> By: Jonathan Baileyhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/09/24/my-response-to-mark-helprin/comment-page-1/#comment-128663 Jonathan Bailey Thu, 15 Oct 2009 17:32:21 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4631#comment-128663 If you didn't read the book or my original review, I'm really hard pressed to offer anything of substance. <br><br>I actually agreed with some of his points about the way technology has affected society and, though I think he took it to an extreme in his book, I found myself agreeing with at least the broad strokes.<br><br>I also agree with you that people need to be lectured sometimes but there is a stark difference between speaking truth and name calling. Helprin engaged in the last and undercut the validity of some of his points. He further undercut them by taking things to extremes.<br><br>Helprin's worse crime though is just writing a bad book. But without having you read my original review or the book itself, it's hard to explain why that's the case. <br><br>I'd like to ask you to go back and at least read my original review and, if you are interested in the book, picking up a copy. If you didn't read the book or my original review, I'm really hard pressed to offer anything of substance.

I actually agreed with some of his points about the way technology has affected society and, though I think he took it to an extreme in his book, I found myself agreeing with at least the broad strokes.

I also agree with you that people need to be lectured sometimes but there is a stark difference between speaking truth and name calling. Helprin engaged in the last and undercut the validity of some of his points. He further undercut them by taking things to extremes.

Helprin's worse crime though is just writing a bad book. But without having you read my original review or the book itself, it's hard to explain why that's the case.

I'd like to ask you to go back and at least read my original review and, if you are interested in the book, picking up a copy.

]]> By: Savannahhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/09/24/my-response-to-mark-helprin/comment-page-1/#comment-128655 Savannah Wed, 14 Oct 2009 23:33:52 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4631#comment-128655 I didn’t read the book; I read “In Defense of The Book” his reply to the critics of the book Digital Barbarism. I agree with what he says about people of this generation being addicted to electronics. Whether we find it offensive or not we are addicted to electronics. This is not a good thing. Computers, cell phones, video games, television, are all corrupting our minds. I love being on my laptop talking to my friends on <a href="http://facebook.com" rel="nofollow">facebook.com</a>, emailing, watching music videos and funny videos on <a href="http://youtube.com" rel="nofollow">youtube.com</a>, and all that fun stuff. I just got a cell phone and I don’t have texting, sometimes I think it would be nice to have texting, but I would probably get addicted to it like all my other friends. Movies ranging from the Incredibles to How to Lose a Guy in 10 days to Paycheck to the Harry Potter series are all favorites of mine. I love tons of TV shows too. But Americans spend most of their time consumed by these things. NOT GOOD. It affects our brains, our attitudes, our morals, and our concepts. Sometimes people need to be lectured, they need the truth told to them strait-forward. I believe the only reason you don’t like his book is because you know you’re one of the people he’s talking about. You can’t take correction. You should be praising him, but instead you criticize him. Why? Because he has morals. And today that’s a sin.<br><br>I’m 15 years old, a Christian, and homeschooled, which to you probably means I’m crazy. I didn’t read the book; I read “In Defense of The Book” his reply to the critics of the book Digital Barbarism. I agree with what he says about people of this generation being addicted to electronics. Whether we find it offensive or not we are addicted to electronics. This is not a good thing. Computers, cell phones, video games, television, are all corrupting our minds. I love being on my laptop talking to my friends on facebook.com, emailing, watching music videos and funny videos on youtube.com, and all that fun stuff. I just got a cell phone and I don’t have texting, sometimes I think it would be nice to have texting, but I would probably get addicted to it like all my other friends. Movies ranging from the Incredibles to How to Lose a Guy in 10 days to Paycheck to the Harry Potter series are all favorites of mine. I love tons of TV shows too. But Americans spend most of their time consumed by these things. NOT GOOD. It affects our brains, our attitudes, our morals, and our concepts. Sometimes people need to be lectured, they need the truth told to them strait-forward. I believe the only reason you don’t like his book is because you know you’re one of the people he’s talking about. You can’t take correction. You should be praising him, but instead you criticize him. Why? Because he has morals. And today that’s a sin.

I’m 15 years old, a Christian, and homeschooled, which to you probably means I’m crazy.

]]> By: Jonathan Baileyhttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/09/24/my-response-to-mark-helprin/comment-page-1/#comment-128490 Jonathan Bailey Fri, 25 Sep 2009 06:34:05 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4631#comment-128490 On the copyright issues he could probably argue fair use. The trademark ones on the other hand might be more difficult. Still, I doubt he had anything to do with the book cover and probably thinks as highly of it as he does the video game. On the copyright issues he could probably argue fair use. The trademark ones on the other hand might be more difficult. Still, I doubt he had anything to do with the book cover and probably thinks as highly of it as he does the video game.

]]> By: jleuzehttp://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2009/09/24/my-response-to-mark-helprin/comment-page-1/#comment-128488 jleuze Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:40:02 +0000 http://www.plagiarismtoday.com/?p=4631#comment-128488 But what I really want to know is, did he secure the proper permissions to use Pacman on his cover? But what I really want to know is, did he secure the proper permissions to use Pacman on his cover?

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