(February 26, 2018 at 5:54 pm)vulcanlogician Wrote: But plagiarism has no excuse. All he had to do was cite the source.
The source appeared to be some rando's blog, though it's quite possible that the rando ripped it off as well.
I almost feel like this deserves it's own thread but really it shouldn't need to.
Plagiarism one thing we have zero tolerance for if we catch it or it's reported. It's extremely intellectually dishonest, and quite frankly, I don't it's appropriate to expect someone else to refute a third party's words. At least one should have the decency to indicate that it is not their work so members can make an informed choice to engage a third party's work rather than the OP.
We do not have "Safe Harbor" status under the DMCA and as a matter of liability, Fair Use also applies here. Posting a work in it's entirety is not allowed, either. Excerpt, attribute, and link only as much as is necessary to support your own position.
I'm pretty sure a great many people don't read the rules when they agree to them but they agreed to them nonetheless and c'mon, this is primary school stuff.
