Zitat des Tages über Plagiat / Plagiarism:
Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.
What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.
If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.
Mr. Fitzgerald, I believe that is how he spells his name, seems to believe that plagiarism begins at home.
When I listen to Radio 1 and hear five different tracks in a row using old disco samples, well that's plagiarism, that's taking other people's music.
Plagiarism has been around far longer than the Internet. In fact, I had a poem published in 'Seventeen' magazine when I was 15 years old. About a year later I was informed that there was a girl who used that same poem to win a statewide poetry competition in Alabama. It took months for people to put together that this had happened.
Certainly the plagiarism, and dealing with the fallout of it, was the most difficult thing I've ever faced since I started writing.
Composers shouldn't think too much - it interferes with their plagiarism.
Originality is undetected plagiarism.
If we steal thoughts from the moderns, it will be cried down as plagiarism; if from the ancients, it will be cried up as erudition.
I think almost every newspaper in the United States has lost circulation due to the Internet. I also think the Internet will lead to a lot of plagiarism in journalism.
Art is either plagiarism or revolution.
I could tell you which writer's rhythms I am imitating. It's not exactly plagiarism, it's falling in love with good language and trying to imitate it.
No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.
Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.
The painter, sculptor, writer, and musician are protected by law. So are inventors. But the chef has absolutely no redress for plagiarism on his work; on the contrary, the more the latter is liked and appreciated, the more will people clamour for his recipes.
A major focus of 'Reality Hunger' is appropriation and plagiarism and what these terms mean. I can hardly treat the topic deeply without engaging in it. That would be like writing a book about lying and not being permitted to lie in it.
Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.