I can't reply to it directly for some reason (possibly because it is so large) so I'll post a general reply.
Need I re-post the web definition for plagairism? The plagairizers needs to be taking credit for quotes or ideas that are not their own. But does the Epic of Gilgamesh or Genesis have an author's name attached to them? Technically they were written anonymously. Technically. Therefore, technically, they cannot be plagairized. Missed that subtle component of the definition to plagairism?
No need, I'll post the one you gave in
Message 82:
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Definitions of Plagiarism on the Web:
* the act of appropriating the literary composition of another author, or excerpts, ideas, or passages therefrom, and passing the material off as one's own creation.
ucblibraries.colorado.edu/about/glossary.htm
Where does it say the author has to be identified? All this says is that the author is someone other than the plagiarist.
Invented that subtle component of the definition to plagairism?
Now I suspect that it is true that in a modern court of law you could only be sued for plagiarism for copying a work of known authorship, but that's neither here nor there.
Edit: Added 'idontlikeforms' to the subtitle - D'oh!
This message has been edited by MangyTiger, 01-10-2006 09:07 PM
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