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| | | Having seen the length Plagiarism thread that's been running on .general lately, it led me to thinking... At what point - in your own opinion - does getting inspiration from another person's model become copying it? Supposing you see a novel way of (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Matthew Miller
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| | | | | (...) Well, the issue in the plagiarism thread was a bit more clear-cut -- not only were they not original designs, they hadn't actually built the models: they just ripped the pictures from other people's web sites. (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Greg Majewski
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| | | | | (...) The models weren't like or similar to another model, they were exactly the same model. Greg " Is it true that BURPman gave Timmy rabies?" Majewski citrusx__@yahoo.com (URL) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Larry Pieniazek
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| | | | | | | (...) When you've essentially copied every important feature. (...) This is fine, to be encouraged, and why we all hang out together (when we're not brawling). (...) No, but one can always hope. (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | | | (...) Webster's is less than helpful on this word, so I went to www.dictionary.com: plagiarism n 1: a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work 2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words (...) (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Mike Stanley
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| | | | | | | | (...) So if I want to have a bard holding a lute or other stringed instrument I should find another way of doing it instead of going with the awesome method Tom created? Or are you saying if I do use Tom's method I should note it? I can see the (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | | | (...) The latter. If you use his method, you *should* note it. However, we're our own enforcement here, so if you don't want to give credit, you don't *have* to. It'd just be more polite to Tom; and once the audience checks out what else Tom made, (...) (25 years ago, 22-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Jeremy Sproat
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| | | | | | (...) I was thinking it'd be more like BURPies simplex. Cheers, - jsproat (25 years ago, 21-Aug-99, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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| | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —John Neal
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| | | | | We stand on the shoulders of others...No man is an island...There is nothing new under the sun....or some such platitudes;-) All seriousness aside, IMO no one has a copyright on an idea of how to use bricks in a new and unique way. The idea would be (...) (25 years ago, 7-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Scott Edward Sanburn
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| | | | | I don't it is wrong, necessarily, if I saw his model, and recreated it because I thought it was cool, and just have it. But if you try to sell it, or when you take the same picture (What this whole issue is about), use it for your gain, and win (...) (25 years ago, 8-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Fredrik Glöckner
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| | | | One of the reasons why I publish some of my models on the net, other than boosting my ego, of course, is to share my ideas with other people. If someone got inspiration from looking at my models and tried to make something slighlt different, I would (...) (25 years ago, 9-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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| | | | | | Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread... —Beth Reiten
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| | | | Actually, it does make sense to "copyright" your designs. Let me explain: By placing a copyright notice on your webpage, you indicate that the original content (i.e. your creative ideas) is your intellectual property. Anyone who does not ask (...) (25 years ago, 26-Aug-99, to lugnet.general)
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