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What I Learned in Grade School ~ Play Nice ~ Don't Plagiarize

August 26, 2008 6:16 pm by Moomettes in
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OK readers, friends & bloggy buddies ~  today's Rant of the Week is we're going to have a little lesson in how to 'Play Nice With Others."

See the little banner on the top right of my sidebar that I recently
relocated due to an unfortunate incident?  Above it in red, it says "Don't Even Think About It." Underneath, it says "Yes, It's Copyrighted."

What that means, kiddos, is that we have to revisit what we all learned in Grade School:

You Do Not Copy Other People's Work. Period. (Read More)

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Boyd Carter
Boyd Carter 5 pts

Hello there,

I agree completely, plagiarizing is wrong.

On the other hand, quoting with proper accreditation can be a viable alternative.  Zemanta ( http://www.zemanta.com ), used on sites that have a CreativeCommons ( http://www.creativecommons.org/ )License, makes it easy to quote material with proper accreditation. It is easy to detect sites using Zemanta, there will be a small orange tab entitled "Reblog" associated with the content.  Content on my site is quotable under a creative commons license and distributed through Zemanta, a Firefox plugin.

 Boyd Carter

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GlindaofOz
GlindaofOz 5 pts

This is why I regularly google sentences from my articles and my attorney sister-in-law draft a polite yet firm cease and desist letter just in case anyone thinks its fun to steal my work as their own.

I'm glad she took it down as she should. There are no shortcuts in life. I'm just glad you found out before she stole all of your work.  

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