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
