No no, it was not a student who said that. Rather, the editor of Cooks Source. On Slog, the Stranger's (Seattle) blog, Paul Constant posted about a writer who had been plagiarized by the magazine. The editor replied,
"But honestly Monica, the web is considered "public domain" and you should be happy we just didn't "lift" your whole article and put someone else's name on it! It happens a lot, clearly more than you are aware of, especially on college campuses, and the workplace."
Wow, yeah, she should be grateful, not just happy. For more info, check out Slog.
And to show that I don't think the Internet is public domain, here's a little APA action for you:
Constant, P. (2010, November 4). Magazine steals article, claims the internet is public domain. Retrieved from: http://slog.thestranger.com/slog/archives/2010/11/04/magazine-steals-articles-claims-the-internet-is-public-domain
Hang on, what the fuck? The editor is taking a lackadaisical attitude about plagiarism?
ReplyDeleteMark my words people. Plagiarism will become standard practice in our lifetime. We are seeing it happen.
I would start a web page. Call it something clever like "Fuck Cooks Source."
ReplyDeleteThen, I would copy and past every single article and attach other people's names to it.
For good measure, I would set up dummy sites that link bomb my cleverly titled web site. Fuck Cooks Source would serve as a good title.
When my site achieves the top ranking on Google, I would send a hard copy of the screen grab to the editor with a cleverly worded message scrawled over the screen grab. Something like "Fuck you" should do the trick.