MetaFilter posts tagged with plagiarism and copyright

Coldplagiarism?

starman — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 07:34:20 -0800

Guitarist Joe Satriani sues Coldplay over Viva La Vida (audio). Satriani's version: If I Could Fly (audio).

Colorful Theft

billypilgrim — Sat, 19 Apr 2008 14:45:45 -0800

Illustrators up in arms. Darren De Lieto, owner of Little Chimp Society, recently received word that his work and the work of 93 other illustrators has been used without permission in a dubious 350-page book entitled Colorful Illustrations 93ºC, being sold online and in bookstores for $100. With the rise of copyright-shaky China and the revitialization of the Orphan Works Act, are artists rights becoming more precarious? (Via Drawn!)

Shepard Fairey, Plagiarist?

dhammond — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 14:58:09 -0800

Most well known for his "Obey Giant" street posters, Shepard Fairey has carefully nurtured a reputation as a heroic guerilla street artist waging a one man campaign against the corporate powers-that-be. Infantile posturing aside, Fairey’s art is problematic for another, more troubling reason - that of plagiarism.

So, like, what if you turned Turnitin in to Turnitin? Whoa!

Horace Rumpole — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 10:32:36 -0800

Two students sue Turnitin for copyright violations. "All of these kids are essentially straight-A students, and they have no interest in plagiarizing," said Robert A. Vanderhye, a McLean attorney representing the students pro bono. "The problem with [Turnitin] is the archiving of the documents. They are violating a right these students have to be in control of their own property." (via) (obligatory link to the Best. Thread. Ever)

Columbia Law School Music Plagiarism Project

Saucy Intruder — Sat, 17 Dec 2005 18:32:13 -0800

The Columbia Law School Music Plagiarism Project is a repository of the music industry's most famous copyright infringement cases of the past 100 years. Each case contains links to samples of the original song and the alleged infringer, and there's even a song list for easy browsing. (My favorite: Gilbert O'Sullivan v. Biz Markie).

webchick — Mon, 15 Jan 2001 15:36:39 -0800

Unmitigated gall, Part Deux ...no, it's not déjàvu. Some folks simply have no respect for the work of others.