It's Not That They're Stealing, It's That They're Lazy

jscalzi — Fri, 09 Jan 2004 04:50:28 -0800

Exhibit A: An unattributed article on Google Bombing posted last month on the Web site of Glenn Beck, a radio talk show guy. Exhibit B: An article on Google Bombing from 2001 on Uber.nu, attributed to Adam Mathes. Compare and contrast. It's possible Beck purchased the article for reprint, but the lack of attribution, either to Mathes or So New Media, suggests against it. Assuming plagiarism, two questions: 1. After a decade of the existence of the Web, how is it that people still don't get the concept that content plagiarized from the Web is easily discoverable, particularly when posted on the Web? 2. Honestly, now, is it really that hard to rewrite? Unrelated article on the Glenn Beck site: The Death of Shame. (via Oliver Willis)

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ignu — Fri, 05 Dec 2003 08:26:08 -0800

A Google Search for "miserable failure" yields some hilarious results.

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It's Not That They're Stealing, It's That They're Lazy

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