I'd Like to Clarify a Point

[swissaddict]

Posting someone else's photograph or written work isn't the issue... it's misrepresenting the work as one's own that's shady. You're right - no need to cite. No need for many things. But if I post a bunch of wrist shots in a wrist check thread and people compliment me on my wonderful watch, and my photography skills.. and I just smile and thank them... wouldn't it be odd if it turned out it was just some pics I found on timezone?

[R2D4]

OH ok Swiss. No Worries, I invented that slogan BTW. and BTW too.

That is what you meant, right? If someone came out and asked, hey did you write that and they said yes I did, the whole thing. That is Plagiarism/steeling, IMHO. Posting it to look like it is yours is misleading but it shouldn't be assumed without asking point blank. Assumptions can be misleading too.

[swissaddict]

If I were in college and submitted an essay to my professor, he doesn't need to ask if it was my work; it's implied. If someone posts a body of text on a forum without citing the source or being clear about authorship, it is similarly implied that the body of text is the submitter's own work. That is plagiarism. If the plagiarizer is questioned about the authorship and insists that the work is his own, then it is lying as well.

[R2D4]

If I were in college
If someone posts a body of text on a forum without citing the source or being clear about authorship, it is similarly implied that the body of text is the submitter's own work.

Swiss this isn't college. We are on a Forum. And I do agree on the ownership and citing. Today's online communication is a bit different in that it is less formal. We should agree that the impled therory goes both ways just like Ann Heche. Again I totally see your point as you are very good at this debate stuff.

[Posh]

Swiss this isn't college. We are on a Forum. And I do agree on the ownership and citing. Today's online communication is a bit different in that it is less formal. We should agree that the impled therory goes both ways just like Ann Heche. Again I totally see your point as you are very good at this debate stuff.

Swiss is kinda right. I mean plagiarizing words is bad. As a writer, I respect other people's words and give credit to them if I know who said it and don't use it if I don't know to whom I should attribute it; or reword it enough such that it becomes my own. Most cases, I'll leave it because some things loose something when you paraphrase.

But I'm okay with a little of my work being attributed to someone else, as long as I get paid for it. I sold a girl in high school a paper that she won a contest with and money. She gave me some and we were cool. College is like that too. English majors make bank!