Comment by r1chardnl
9 months ago
"If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research." - Wilson Mizner
9 months ago
"If you steal from one author, it's plagiarism; if you steal from many, it's research." - Wilson Mizner
"Plagiarize, let no one else's work evade your eyes. Remember why the good lord made your eyes, so don't shade your eyes but plagiarize, plagiarize, plagiarize !" ~ Me
Glad to see you didn't acknowledge your source! :-)
(It's Tom Lehrer, for any who don't recognize it.)
No, it's Jan Laureys
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I sung this in the style of System Of A Down for some reason
And now I am infinitely disappointed that there don't seem to be any covers of Tom Lehrer tunes in the style of System of a Down.
Plagiarism is claiming credit for work that is not yours: it is entirely different from a breach of copyright. You can breach copyright without plagiarism, and you can plagiarise without breaching copyright.
"Good Artists Copy, Great Artists Steal" - Picasso