> From: Tim Shearon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> argument for academics to use an ignorance defense. In my opinion we
> are rather hypocritical to continually preach to our students about
> intellectual property and academic honesty and yet many of us continue
> to claim ignorance or expense are acceptable excuses for stealing
> someone else's property to make our teaching more convenient. I suggest
> that unless we are willing to take, "I'm sorry Dr. X for plagarising,
> but I did not know", or "I'm sorry but it made may term paper too
> expensive/hard to actually read and/or purchase the book".
> Timothy O. Shearon, Ph.D.
Pardon me if this is a retread, I've missed about 50 posts in this thread,
but it has obviously gone beyond copyright info.
When you compare the use of a video taped snippet (obviously not your work)
with the intentional misrepresentation of another's work as your own: which
is the apple, and which is the orange?
Dave
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