It seems that some people will go to extraordinary lengths just to prove their intellectual worth in this cut-throat, competitive market place where academic originality is a highly sought after commodity. There are unscrupulous punters out there who, allegedly, are able to dismiss any ordinary sense of moral etiquette, in spite of the laborious midnight hours you might have spent hunched over an insomniac laptop ...! A breaking report in
The Guardian warns the blogging population against the perils of sticky widgets on your blog posts!
I'm just saying, there may be merit in a little cautiousness, especially if you're on the verge of some scientific breakthrough or you think you might have figured out the mathematical formula to the meaning of life ... but seriously, think blog, think post, think ownership!
Found this article by
The Guardian quite provocative ... your opinions always welcomed & valued.
http://www.theguardian.com/higher-education-network/blog/2013/dec/04/academic-blogging-newspaper-research-plagiarism
An interesting and thought provoking article, especially as the blog is somewhat replacing the 'mail it to yourself' method of proving original authorship. Many have turned to the online published post as a way of asserting their right as the author of a piece.
ReplyDeleteOf course, information as 'content' is simply now following the laws of supply and demand. As there is more content, the product becomes cheaper...
Very interesting and a good idea to have a copyright introduced on blogs, maybe? By theway I've copied and pasted this all into my blog...including John's comment...cheers
ReplyDeleteThanks, I think published post dates are a demonstrative feature that help provide some chronological justice to original authorship ... however, this is becoming increasingly difficult, I'd say, given the fact that 'original' material is rarely produced, within the academic domain, at least. I would argue then its never been easier to copy and paste another's ideas and pass them off as one's own. 'Snatching' is therefore, not just exclusive to blogging!
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