In the arts things get a little tricky. I've heard about plagiarism of composition (art, photography) plagiarism of theatrical designs and sets, of product designs, etc. As an example, I use this video in one of my presentations on plagiarism to raise the question: Yes, we know it when we see it, but at what point does being inspired by a work represents crosses the line into plagiarism? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9-FGtYACzI . Did Michael Jackson plagiarize his dance moves?
Miguel ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Palij" <[email protected]> To: "Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)" <[email protected]> Cc: "Michael Palij" <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, August 23, 2013 12:10:56 PM Subject: Re: [tips] While we bemoan education On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 06:35:00 -0700, Christopher Green wrote: >However, it turns out to have been stolen. Oops. > http://gawker.com/georgia-tech-students-epic-welcome-speech-was-epical-1184716361 > Okay, maybe I'm a little more dense today than usual, maybe I need to up my medication (or reduce it), or maybe I should just have another cup of coffee but can someone explain to me in what sense the presentation below is plagiarism of the presentation above? In order to establish a common framework for discussion, let use the following definition from the Indiana University, Bloomington's School of Education page on plagiarism: |3. Plagiarism. | |Plagiarism is defined as presenting someone else's work, including |the work of other students, as one's own. Any ideas or materials |taken from another source for either written or oral use must be fully |acknowledged, unless the information is common knowledge. What |is considered "common knowledge" may differ from course to course. | |a. A student must not adopt or reproduce ideas, opinions, theories, |formulas, graphics, or pictures of another person without acknowledgment. | |b. A student must give credit to the originality of others and acknowledge |an indebtedness whenever: | |1. Directly quoting another person's actual words, whether oral or |written; | |2. Using another person's ideas, opinions, or theories; | |3. Paraphrasing the words, ideas, opinions, or theories of others, |whether oral or written; | |4. Borrowing facts, statistics, or illustrative material; or | |5. Offering materials assembled or collected by others in the form of |projects or collections without acknowledgment. Now, both presentation involved topics about science fiction, both used Strauss' "Thus Sprach Zarathrustra", and both were oriented toward a young audience that was familiar with the references being made in the presentation but where did the second presentation: (a) Directly quote the first presentation? (b) Use the ideas, opinions, or theories of the first presentation? (c) Paraphrase the words, ideas, opinion, or theories of the first presentation? (d) Borrow facts, statistics, or illustrative material (NOTE: both presentations involve science fiction but the second presentation does not use the same examples used in the first presentation)? (e) Offer materials assembled or collected in the first presentation? Stylistically, they are similar but not identical. So, in what sense does the second presentation plagiarize the first presentation? After that, one could try to show how Tarantino's "Kill Bill" movies plagiarize a lot of movies, ranging from Francois Truffaut's "The Bride Wore Black" to the Stephen Segall "Hard to Kill". For a more or less complete list of movies referenced in KB see: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0266697/movieconnections Is Kill Bill 1 & 2 plagiarism? Quentin Tarantino is listed as the writer and director and no one else. Or is this simply an "homage"? -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] On 2013-08-23, at 8:46 AM, Paul C Bernhardt <[email protected]> wrote: > Here is something that I think is a ton of fun, some of you have > probably > seen it. That I am a proud alumni of Georgia Tech has absolutely > nothing > (that is, everything) to do with my sharing it. > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0tN58EC6LE --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce629&n=T&l=tips&o=27274 or send a blank email to leave-27274-466839.0421d1005414eed82340aa280e7ce...@fsulist.frostburg.edu --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=27276 or send a blank email to leave-27276-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
