Plagiarism, or a generational shift towards "magpie writing"?

[sensaes]

'Some students, it seems, have shrugged off the old illusion of authorship in which “authors had a moral right to their own words and ideas” and have embraced instead “an ever-changing version of a self” involving “flexible social interaction and creative collaboration.” Authorship in this world is collaborative and “fluid.” It “celebrates the kind

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[sensaes]

The old wheel turns...

Just with a shiny new hubcap. ;o)

[lesbiassparrow]

And Seneca the Elder. He really had the knife out for plagiarists.

[suitablyemoname]

Or, alternatively, another academic in an overstuffed department is looking to sell copies of a sexy book that rationalizes bad behavior with the familiar trope of "students can do no wrong and professors exist largely to inconvenience them".

[sensaes]

*Smiles.* Well, to be fair, it's a little deeper than that, but watch out - if the words "a sexy book" appear anywhere on the blurb, we'll know who to blame...

[suitablyemoname]

Certainly, the rationale is deeper--but I don't buy it. The plagiarism she's discussing is high-minded, and while some students no doubt do function on that level, the vast majority of students who plagiarise are of the copied-the-whole-Wikipedia-article, paper-mill, paid-my-friend-to-write-it variety. Reconsidering notions of authorship and control of ideas has nothing to do with it.

[capthek]

Aw man, please keep these things away from my lazy students!

[sensaes]

I think she's gone a bit native.

[lesbiassparrow]

I can't wait for their shrugging off of the 'the old illusions of authorship' to meet the modern legal enforcement of copyright.

[sensaes]

The RIAA are probably already trying to de-mystify "St. Pastoral's University" and storm the dorms...

[venetia]

Yeah, I think she's dreaming. Even Wikipedia has some sort of robot that checks itself for plagiarism.

[the_reda]

I cannot wait for someone to 'creatively appropriate' that author's work and see the bitchfit they will throw then...