Re: Re: Acknowledging samples

Steven Jamar wrote:

>On Sep 18, 2006, at 12:45 PM, Joseph Pietro Riolo wrote:
>
>>> M ore
>>>scholarly argumentation would then ask if it is plagiarism?
>>
>>Whatever the academia thinks has no relevance to the
>>copyright law. If the choir was not doing the song for
>>course credit, there is no plagiarism. The rules
>>created by the academia for plagiarism are driven by
>>the mythical, romantic concept of author (where author
>>is seen as a god that creates new works out of nothing
>>and must be treated with high reverence) and very huge
>>egoism.
>
>Hmmm. I thought giving attribution was simple courtesy. And
>plagiarism does count in the world outside of academia, though not
>quite so rigorously, except in the press, perhaps. Some are indeed
>driven by ego. I confess to liking seeing my work credited.

Courtesy is one aspect of it. But attribution is also absolutely paramount in academia, in papers, dissertations etc, in order for other scientists, the public etc to be able to trace and control various statements. Without proper citations knowledge in society would gradually erode into myth and a sort of oral hearsay even if the content in question is written or printed. (It is, of course, important in other kinds of information too, e.g. news reporting - also on discussion lists on the Internet.)

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