Many times when I am writing a paper I forget that paraphrasing also needs to have a citation at the end of a paragraph. I often find myself avoiding or not using paraphrasing so that I don't get into the very gray area of plagiarism. It is so easy to steal another one's ideas and take them as your own, but you need to remember the time it took for that person to come up with idea.
However what I find to be most difficult is what as accepted as common knowledge. Common knowledge is the idea that something has been around for so long that it no longer needs to be cited. If was the to say the earth travels around the sun and is a sphere I would not need to cite my source, because every human being now accepts that as a fact. However if I wanted to go into more detail about the size and/or function of the earth I would need to cite a source. This example is easily understood, but their are so many gray ares out there are difficult to understand.
I wish that the videos from Rutgers had gone into more dept about what do with facts that considered to be common knowledge. They talked a lot about using direct quotes and paraphrasing, but they left the areas of grey areas that most college students tend to get into the most trouble for. Feel free to correct me if you think that I am wrong about this.
~Heather
How do you feel about the Fairey and Associated Press copyright issue? I know there are some different views of this matter, but I personally feel the Asscoiated Press was right for demanding recognition and financial reimbursment. This probably would never had come up if the poster did not become so iconic but it did and it was based on another persons photography. It could have all been avoided if he would have just asked for permission!
ReplyDeleteHeather, I also find it hard to remember something is more than likely someone else' work. And really, I think to myself, is some big company or person going to come after me in little town in Vermont.
ReplyDeleteI also feel like like the had the right to demand recognition. At first Fairey was just messing around, but now that the poster has received such notoriety I believe they have the right now.
ReplyDeleteI disagree, Fairey made substantial changes to the image, face changes, colors, text, etc and the AP is just trying to hone in on some of the cash.
ReplyDeletewhat I think is so funny is both parties walked away from the law suit after a few years with a no disclosure agreement (neither party can talk about their deal), but AP hired Fairey a few months later to do graphic work for them!
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