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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:38 PM Original message |
So if a comedian steals a joke and uses it . . . |
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usregimechange (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:38 PM Response to Original message |
1. More than two words? such as "that is" ? |
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xultar (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
2. Carlos Mencia. Who is a joke stealer. That's why I can't stand his ass. |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #2 |
42. Mencia is horrible. Have you seen video of Joe Rogan confronting him onstage about it? nt. |
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scheming daemons (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:39 PM Response to Original message |
3. Definition of Plagiarism says that it must be "Unauthorized" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:45 PM Response to Reply #3 |
10. That is incorrect |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #10 |
11. That's perfectly correct. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
18. Did you bother to look it up? |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #18 |
21. You misspelled plagiarism. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:03 PM Response to Reply #21 |
25. Try reading the entire post... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #25 |
28. scheming daemons is saying they were both written by Axelrod, yes. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:10 PM Response to Reply #28 |
32. Speeches are bought and paid for |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:56 PM Response to Reply #3 |
19. Some do, some don't. To be truthful, it doesn't have to fit *all* definitions. nt |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:59 PM Response to Reply #19 |
22. Give me a definition of "plagiarism" |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #22 |
27. Unauthorized is the key term in the law |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:09 PM Response to Reply #27 |
31. Two reasons. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:14 PM Response to Reply #31 |
36. Authorization still requires crediting the writer... or the person who paid for the speech |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #36 |
39. No it doesn't. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:18 PM Response to Reply #39 |
43. You are wrong |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #43 |
45. Is that why people always credit authors after speeches? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:41 PM Response to Reply #45 |
53. Once more and again... |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 04:08 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. I will agree... |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:22 PM Response to Reply #60 |
68. Seems Obama agrees with me... |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:50 PM Response to Reply #27 |
56. Because Deval Patrick, who would know best, says it was authorised? |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:48 PM Response to Reply #56 |
61. You have no clue as to what you are talking about |
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Spider Jerusalem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:14 PM Response to Reply #61 |
65. No, you obviously have no idea what you're talking about. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:20 PM Response to Reply #65 |
67. Seems Obama agrees with me... |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #22 |
33. Here you go. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:15 PM Response to Reply #33 |
37. That's right |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:20 PM Response to Reply #37 |
46. I think he *did* plagerize it. |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:34 PM Response to Reply #46 |
49. I agree |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:40 PM Response to Reply #49 |
52. I could have written that... but it would be plagiarizing *grin* |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:44 PM Response to Reply #52 |
54. I agree... but I think "style" means nothing... |
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Ravy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:51 PM Response to Reply #54 |
57. I was referring more to whether to work with the republicans or fight them |
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Maddy McCall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:54 PM Response to Reply #3 |
63. Wrong. It must be UNCITED. |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
4. Tell them to go look in each others' bedrooms instead. |
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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
5. It Used to Be Said |
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Deja Q (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:44 PM Response to Reply #5 |
9. Robin Williams? Or Carlos Mencia? |
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durrrty libby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:41 PM Response to Original message |
6. "Steal" is key |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
7. Plagiarize, according to Merriam Webster... |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:50 PM Response to Reply #7 |
15. Should Hillary credit Mark Penn |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:58 PM Response to Reply #15 |
20. If she paid Mark Penn for his speech writing... |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:05 PM Response to Reply #20 |
26. If you have explicit permission from the author, |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:07 PM Response to Reply #26 |
30. You still need to credit the author! |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #30 |
35. So if Bill Clinton feeds Hillary some lines, |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:17 PM Response to Reply #35 |
40. Think about it |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:28 PM Response to Reply #40 |
47. You have the right to give people things, |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:46 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. Don't put words in my post... |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:54 PM Response to Reply #55 |
58. I'll miss you. |
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Little Star (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 07:44 PM Response to Reply #26 |
66. Permission is not enough! You have to acknowledge that it is |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Feb-19-08 12:24 PM Response to Reply #66 |
69. Yep! Obama said so yesterday... |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:43 PM Response to Original message |
8. Well, it needs to be hammered out here, because it's going to be discussed elsewhere. |
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Voltaire (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:48 PM Response to Reply #8 |
13. Who gives a shit what the MSM thinks? |
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Straight Shooter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:37 PM Response to Reply #13 |
50. You're joking, right? The purveyors of the Dean Scream, the marginalizers of Edwards? |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:48 PM Response to Original message |
12. Yes |
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pstans (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:49 PM Response to Original message |
14. Hillary was plagarizing Obama's words before the Iowa Caucuses |
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flyarm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
16. How Plagiarism helped take us to war in Iraq. |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
17. yes, if a comedian steals a joke and uses it, it is plagiarism. |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #17 |
24. NEVER watch the film "The Aristocrats" |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:06 PM Response to Reply #24 |
29. that was the whole POINT of the Aristocrats |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:11 PM Response to Reply #29 |
34. exactly |
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Iris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:16 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. so what's your point? |
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tishaLA (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:38 PM Response to Reply #38 |
51. that the "same joke" is never the "same joke" |
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Iceburg (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:01 PM Response to Original message |
23. Yes its plagerism. It's also the most certain way to end up unemployed./nt |
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IndianaJones (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:18 PM Response to Original message |
41. you're Dane Cook. awesome guy to have stuff in common with. nt. |
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Ashy Larry (900 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:30 PM Response to Reply #41 |
48. Nobody gave Dane permission |
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stillcool (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. It's "Word-Gate" |
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MonkeyFunk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 01:56 PM Response to Original message |
59. It's the primal sin of comedy |
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JuniperLea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:52 PM Response to Reply #59 |
62. And music... and literature... |
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TheWraith (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Feb-18-08 06:56 PM Response to Original message |
64. To be completely accurate: |
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