Uncreative Plagiarism: When Idiots Cut and Paste

[matriarch]

Mat, I have nothing much else to add, to what others have said, but no wonder you feel stabbed in the back.

If there's anything I can do, let me know.

(On another subject, I'll be in touch tomorrow. ).

Lou

Thanks love.
Support appreciated.

Done and dusted, thank heavens.

I'll look forward to it.

 

[Virtual_Burlesque]

I know this has been suggested before, but how can we provide a copyright mark that would discourage this sort of behavior? . .

Why do I think they would just substitute their name for yours, and then copy that, too?

Quick and repeated public humiliation for the offenders is the only way to discourage such reprehensible behaviour.

Nothing will ever stop it completely.


People!




PS SubJoe, you're a card!

 

[BlackShanglan]

I once was one of the judges for a creative writing contest. An idiot (who was also employed as an high school English teacher, Really ) submitted a piece as his own which was actually written by a major poet and had been the title poem in a Pulitzer Prize-winning volume. All three of the judges recognized the work on its first reading.

Hysterical! Please do share what poem it was? I hope it won't spoil the market for my latest; I'm tentatively entitling it "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" ...

My graduate supervisor said he'd sat on a grievance committee convened to investigate a student's complaint that she'd been unfairly treated. Her offense? She'd copied an entire essay word for word from a critical source and handed it in with her name at the top. By pure chance, the graduate student reading it had seen the essay recently. She offered the excuse that she'd accidentally handed in her notes. Ah! Of course! Your notes! Which you took by copying an entire seven-page essay down word for word. And typing it all up. And putting your own name at the top. Got it.

Best to date in my book, however, was an acquaintance in graduate school who watched as this unfolded with another student:

Student sees essay in journal.

Student copies essay.

Student carefully makes sure essay is not by professor.

Student neglects to check who chief editor of journal was.

Professor.

Go home, my dear, you're too stupid to be in graduate school.

Shanglan

 

[DrFreud]

Student sees essay in journal.

Student copies essay.

Student carefully makes sure essay is not by professor.

Student neglects to check who chief editor of journal was.

Professor.

Go home, my dear, you're too stupid to be in graduate school.

Shanglan

Bwaaaaahahahahahahahaha!!!! (Copyright The Earl 2005 Inc.)

What happened to the stupid student? In my grad school, you can get kicked out for plagiarism.

DrF

 

[BlackShanglan]

Bwaaaaahahahahahahahaha!!!! (Copyright The Earl 2005 Inc.)

What happened to the stupid student? In my grad school, you can get kicked out for plagiarism.

DrF

Not only ejected from the program, but from the classroom. Chose to make a public scene upon receiving the paper with the unfortunate news upon it.

I suppose once you've bidden farewell to honesty, integrity, and duty, self-respect and dignity are a small last step.

Shanglan

 

[Softouch911]

Hysterical! Please do share what poem it was? I hope it won't spoil the market for my latest; I'm tentatively entitling it "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud" ...

Shanglan

You can't blame SubJoe for that post .... he is probably very grateful! I'm to blame ... if you notice it is identical to mine (the one before it). Something Very Very weird is happening with my membership -- things are fine on my other boards but ever since I signed on here on Saturday I'm getting bizarre and unbidden responses from the board.

Apologies to all! I've written to the webmaster for help. Hopefully I'll hear back soon.

Back on topic: the poem was "Ariel," Sylvia Plath. The same bozo -- who is supposed to be teaching kiddos integrity and citation styles and so on -- also sent Robert Duncan's wonderful poem identifying with Christ as carpenter and ending -- "I need another hand/A love/ A you, A wife."

Embarrassment seemed to work with him. He left the area at the end of the year but he probably pulled the same shit somewhere else.


Softie, apologizing in advance if this attributes itself to God or something

 

[BlackShanglan]

You know, I'm awfully glad you said that, as I could not convince myself that that *was* SubJoe, either from the style or the reference to high school. I ought to have looked back at the post, but unwisely trusted the quote to attribute the right author.

I am much relieved

Shanglan