Re:"The web is considered 'public domain'"
by ilamont on Thursday November 04, 2010 @02:58PM
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The thing that surprised me about this story is she claims to have worked in publishing for 30 years and has the audacity to spout this crap.
Sadly, though, Internet scraping by print journalists happens a lot. Wired editor Chris Anderson plagiarized material for his book (or by his account, "failing to cite sources") and there used to be a regular parade of plagiarists having their stories highlighted on Romenesko, a well-known blog and newsletter aimed at professional journalists. A common scenario is copying and pasting from other news sources, but Wikipedia figures prominently as well.
Copying and pasting is too easy and too big a temptation for people with low standards, and cheaters assume they won't get caught.
Sadly, though, Internet scraping by print journalists happens a lot. Wired editor Chris Anderson plagiarized material for his book (or by his account, "failing to cite sources") and there used to be a regular parade of plagiarists having their stories highlighted on Romenesko, a well-known blog and newsletter aimed at professional journalists. A common scenario is copying and pasting from other news sources, but Wikipedia figures prominently as well.
Copying and pasting is too easy and too big a temptation for people with low standards, and cheaters assume they won't get caught.