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Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread...
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 7 Aug 1999 20:38:56 GMT
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In lugnet.general, David Leese writes:
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> Having seen the length Plagiarism thread that's been running
> on .general lately, it led me to thinking...
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> 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 connecting two pieces together - this happens to me,
> typically with TLG sets that demonstrate a new idea. I can't think of
> one offhand, but I used to use the 8x4 plate car base in the same way
> each time until a new model showed a new way of thinking.
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> I suppose you could say that a model "Draws on inspiration from Mr Smith's
> model," and that it resembles somebody elses, or shows a strong
> Martian influence...
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> I haven't been able to see any of the models mentioned in the Plagiarism
> thread, so can't comment directly, but how much room is there for developing
> an idea?
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> What do you think?
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> David Leese.
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
http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Dome/1888/
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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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| 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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