DID YOU KNOW……I didn't think so…….PLAGIARIST
“Plagiarist” means strictly one who kidnaps a slave. Martial applies the word to the kidnappers of other men’s brains. Literary
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theft unacknowledged is called “plagiarism”.
January 5th, 2008 at 8:57 pm
“kidnappers of other men’s brains” Would that be referring to cult leaders? , since they “Brainwash” their members trying to take away their ability of self thought. in other words kidnapping their brains. And some of them “Plagiarise” the words of the religious texts and try to convince others that they are theirs.
January 7th, 2008 at 12:29 am
Changing thought I think is different than stealing thought. Stealing religious text is plagiarism.
The definition of “plagiarist” comes from THE BIG BOOK which was written in the 1800s ……compiled in the 1800s. Looks like a stealer of slaves morphed into a stealer of ideas.
January 7th, 2008 at 6:42 am
This is strange…. Early Saturday J.J. and I were discussing musical plagiarism….. Mainly about how hard it is to really come up with something totally original these days without incorporating material that has already been done…..
January 7th, 2008 at 11:21 am
There is a famous (?) court case in the art world where an art prof sued his student for stealing his painting style. He lost the case. His own style was “derivative” and so was the student’s. What isn’t . If you are going to “derive” do it from the best.
January 8th, 2008 at 6:23 am
What determines “The Best”?….. The most popular?…. Best selling?…. Critic’s choice?….. I guess what I’m saying is if you “derive” from lesser known works (those that didn’t get “the big break”), you probably won’t get called for it…… Then again, you may not even know that you’ve duplicated something that is already out there….. The subconscious mind has a way of affecting inspiration…..
January 8th, 2008 at 1:47 pm
Which “best’ category are you shooting for? Money, popular, style? I always thought the arts should be like the sciences, experiment and see what you get. That approach has a way of making for failures but, ( add your own aphorism here).
One thing about the arts, you can let those unknown parts of the brain go running and you wont blow anything up.
An old Italian expression goes something like “Taste is taste” but, maybe they we thinking of pasta.
January 9th, 2008 at 6:14 am
Sort of, “I may not know art, but, I know what I like” kinda thing?….. There’s no accounting for taste, even if you’re talkin’ pasta…..
January 9th, 2008 at 2:12 pm
Yup. Of course my taste is impeccable.