Copying from one is plagarism . . . copying from many is research. Ron ND5S
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom Anderson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Charles Harpole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 14:15 Subject: Re: [DX-CHAT] Unethical Practice > Charles, et. al: > > As a former newspaper reporter having your "stuff" (our word for > stories, not my XYL Cheryl WY5H cleaning up the shack) picked up by > other media was/is a common thing. Its not right, but it happens all the > time. Sometimes credit is given, sometimes not. > > I used to get a kick out of some of the small town radio stations around > Waco TX where I worked for 6 1/2 years reading my stories on the air, > mistakes and all without any corrections or even fact checking. I once > listened to one station read verbatim a 30 inch long feature story I > wrote on one man in the town where this particular station was located, > even hearing the pages rustle as he followed the story to the part that > jumped inside. A 30 inch feature story takes at least 10 minutes to read > on the air if not longer and its not written in radio broadcast style. I > guess I should have provided broadcast style rewrites of my stories hi hi. > > Another time back in the 1970s I broke the story of warrants being > issued for the arrest of a senior Dallas/Fort Worth area police officer > for the murder of a prostitute at a Waco massage parlor because the > detective working the case said he would have the guy in custody before > morning and he assured me it would not hurt his case or the arrest, > otherwise I would have sat on the story. > > Well the local radio stations at first ran my story as "their" story > (they had just "learned" of the impending arrest) but when the arrest > didn't happen as quickly as the detectives said it would these same > stations that had "learned" of the impending arrest suddenly turned on > me and my newspaper like Piranhas going after a side of beef. They > distanced themselves in a hurry saying the arrest was delayed because of > a Waco newspaper's premature release of the information. But a little > while later in the morning when the Waco PD did announce the arrest, > they touted it again that they had "announced" the impending arrest in > their newscasts that morning. > > This has nothing to do with picking up information off of one web site > and putting it on another, but stuff like this happens all the time. > > Tom, WW5L, 7P8TA, V31EF, G0/WW5L > > PS: Nice to see you teach plagiarism in college. I had it drilled into > me writing research papers during my grad school days in mass > communications. > > Charles Harpole wrote: > > > I am not a member of any DX club, but I think WLS over reacted to the > > repeating of web info as per an earlier chat. While it would have been > > nice and proper for reference to be made to the original source of the > > "tips" to say this incident is unethical is a stretch. > > > > One has to realize that the Web is a new thing .... nothing on it can > > be verified or authenticated, everything on it is just like a big > > conversation or even a bull session.... informal, filled with opinion, > > and very often not accurate. One's words can spread with one's > > control.... archived, quoted, misquoted at will. > > > > I teach plagiarism in college classes. Yes, this incident is > > plagiarism in the pure sense, it is hardly intellectual theft where > > someone plans to profit or benefit by stealing another person's ideas. > > > > Intellectual property is only protected by copyright for the life of > > the author plus 75 years. > > > > > > > > Charles Harpole > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > FREE pop-up blocking with the new MSN Toolbar get it now! > > http://clk.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200415ave/direct/01/ > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org > > > > > > > > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems > http://njdxa.org/dx-chat > > To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA > http://njdxa.org > Subscribe/unsubscribe, feedback, FAQ, problems http://njdxa.org/dx-chat To post a message, DX related items only, [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the DX-CHAT reflector sponsored by the NJDXA http://njdxa.org
