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Re: An aside on the "Plagiarism" thread...
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lugnet.general
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Sat, 21 Aug 1999 06:56:45 GMT
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jsproat@SPAMCAKEio.com
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Larry Pieniazek wrote:
> Greg Majewski wrote:
> > In lugnet.general, David Leese writes:
> > > At what point - in your own opinion - does getting inspiration from
> > > another person's model become copying it?
> When you've essentially copied every important feature.
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 or ideas as if they were your own
Source: WordNet ® 1.6
The circumstance which was the seed for discussion was definitely a case of
definition #1. However, definition #2 makes the line a little more fuzzy.
In many if not most of my models, I have taken other peoples' ideas. Where
there is no documentation to declare the source of the idea, my Web pages
might suggest that I am claiming those ideas to be my own. Legally this
might not be plagiarism, but it still fits the bill.
> > > Supposing you see
> > > a novel way of connecting two pieces together - this happens to me,
> > > typically with TLG sets that demonstrate a new idea.
> This is fine, to be encouraged, and why we all hang out together (when
> we're not brawling).
There has to be a line somewhere between a novel way of putting two pieces
together, and an inspired design no one else may come up with on their own,
right? A few cases of the latter from within our gang come to mind -- Karim
Nassar's hand using minifig legs, Tom McDonald's guitars using the grille
tile, etc. Other modellers should be careful using these kinds of
arrangements without plagiarizing them, IMO.
Cheers,
- jsproat
--
Jeremy H. Sproat <jsproat@io.com>
http://www.io.com/~jsproat
Darth Maul Lives
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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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| (...) 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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