Not to mention that the Business Week article actually references the Shirky article (half way down page two). Hardly a popular tactic in plagiarism.
-Brandon
Eggy Toast <eggy@eggtastic.com> wrote:
Reading through both articles, I see similar ideas but no plagiarism.
Different methods are discussed, different approaches to a similar topic
are used. News is news -- just because CNN reports on something doesn't
mean that other news sources are plagiarizing CNN because they report the
same news in a different way with a different approach.
Considering that MLK Jr plagiarized large sections of his doctorate thesis
(and he actually plagiarized, by lifting large sections of text without
citation) and we still get national holidays about him, I'd say it isn't
looked upon as poorly as theft ;D
Muffin said:
quoted 6 lines Clay Shirky did an excellent article on this in mid december... Makes
> Clay Shirky did an excellent article on this in mid december... Makes
> you wonder if plagiarism is any better than theft.
>
> The RIAA Succeeds Where the Cypherpunks Failed
>
> http://www.shirky.com/writings/riaa_encryption.html
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