Intellectual Property

"Regular practice simply isn't enough. To improve, we must watch ourselves fail, and learn from our mistakes."     Joshua Foer

I return the Lego paper.

In your daybook,  define plagiarism.  Do you know of any real-world examples? These can be across genres.

Here's a definition. School vs. real world? Three flavors?

First of all, plagiarism stories: Viswanathan

1. Why did the publisher cancel her contract and destroy her books? Do you think this was appropriate?

 Helene

 2. Why was this outcome SO DIFFERENT?

 Herr Guttenberg

  3. Was this the right outcome for a politician, for Germany?

Beyond "plagiarism" to "intellectual property":

 Book covers? 

      4. Was this a case of theft?  Who decides?

 If the courts are in charge... 

       5. Do you agree with the Australian Supreme Court ruling?

If there's time....better news, for some:  music...  TV   iTunes 

       6.  Whom do you think the law says that TV news footage "belongs" to? What do you think? Have you heard of "fair use"?

All the questions above are answered in the daybook.

Homework:

1. Tomorrow your Draft 2 is due.  Bring one hard copy (or two if you prefer). Also, have access to the computer file of your paper so you can upload it into our class in Moodle -- I'll show you how. 

2. TWFTD: nebulous.