tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586980.post5537083385258264700..comments2023-03-24T08:22:41.090-04:00Comments on Lyrique Tragedy Reviews: Yes, Virginia, that IS Plagiarism...Dawn (@LyriqueTragedy)http://www.blogger.com/profile/04610889472414378673noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586980.post-29650087882020351402007-10-12T14:14:00.000-04:002007-10-12T14:14:00.000-04:00Dick-- Unfortunately, students rarely have to face...Dick-- Unfortunately, students rarely have to face the people they lift information or work from. If they had to, I have a feeling far fewer would be so eager to steal someone else's work. The internet has facilitated the lack of personal attachment to words in many of their minds.<BR/><BR/>Susan--I agree! And every time I poll my students they claim that they plagiarize because 1) it's easy, 2) they are under pressure to be successful, and 3) they're not really hurting anyone.<BR/><BR/>That last reason is far from correct, as Dick mentioned above, but unless they see it, and face serious repercussions for plagiarism, they'll continue to go to these kinds of services.<BR/><BR/>Thank you both for commenting!<BR/><BR/>DawnDawn (@LyriqueTragedy)https://www.blogger.com/profile/04610889472414378673noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586980.post-53741797504761393232007-10-12T12:55:00.000-04:002007-10-12T12:55:00.000-04:00Things seemed much easier in many ways prior to th...Things seemed much easier in many ways prior to the internet. Not that cheating wasn't around; as you say it's always been there and always will, but now it seems to be just so easy for people to perpetuate it...without having to ask their parent to write something or to schlep over to the card catalog to look up something!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-15586980.post-2975113617484048042007-10-01T00:37:00.000-04:002007-10-01T00:37:00.000-04:00We live in an age where stealing and copyright inf...We live in an age where stealing and copyright infingement are the norm, where photocopy, bootlegging and CD/DVD burning -- not to mention illegal cable boxes and God knows what else -- are inherent rights. Stealing ideas, thoughts and words, then, are viewed as no big deal. <BR/><BR/>Our protections, as creators of materials, are minimal; no one seems to care, and the best anyone can do is try to watch their own product. I had all my works stolen by another, who publically claimed they were his working under a pen-name that was my real name. Many, many bibliographies and author listings published on the internet, on CD-Roms and books used in libraries around the world carried these stolen credits and I missed several valuable opportunities for publishing because my resume did not tally with "facts". I had to fight very hard to correct, prove and regain my credits. Anyone who thinks that it hurts no one to lift another's work for any reason, for any purpose, should guess again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com