Re: [Goanet] Plagiarism and Copyright law violation

2007-04-02 Thread Gilbert Lawrence

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My last post on this thread, stated that it would be the last post on the 
thread. Yet posts following it have raised some interesting perspectives. 
And I have a few questions that I would like to be enlightened on.  As 
References and Copyright-Plagiarism are two separate issues, I have the 
placed these in two separate posts.  Please excuse these two new posts.

There were three issues which people on purpose or inadvertently confused - 
Plagiarism, Copyright, and References. I often wonder what drives this? Is 
it the failure to grasp the major or subtle differences? Is it the effort to 
put someone down, stand tall on somebody's shoulders, fail to appreciate a 
dialogue is not to keep harping on the obvious but to tease the nuances, 
failure to advance the dialogue, or muddy the waters?  It was unfortunate 
that the dialogue was high-jacked, because there was still a lot to learn.

My opinion, to which I tried to stick, is when and where authors should use 
references. This, as they tell their own story or present their 
perspectives; which at least in the author's mind has not widely known.  To 
highlight the separate issues, I have posted the self-plagiarized thoughts 
on references in another post.

I would like to be educated on issues which some of you know a lot more than 
me, given your professional training and expertise. To put it in context. 
Not long ago we acquired a 2 million dollar equipment that produces X-rays 
to treat cancer.  To put together a presentation (slide and print) for the 
doctors and the patients, I wanted some information on the machine - both 
text and pictures.  Specifically I was interested in the inside 
(cross-section) of the machine and the images (dose-profile) of the X-ray 
beam. I e-mailed the company. They suggested I go to their web site, 
download and use any material including photographs that were available from 
their web blog.

Questions:
Would doing so (on their advice) constitute plagiarism and violate copyright 
laws?
Some say that the source of this information should be credited - No problem 
or problem (see below)?
When does this presentation start becoming an advertisement for the company?
How does one prevent the scientific presentation being perceived as a 
sales-pitch for the machine?

Do the same issues apply to pharmaceutical companies, that would like 
physicians to reference THEIR drug?
Will the audience / reader perceive the reference in the scientific 
presentation an endorsement of one medical product / device over another?
Is it more likely the company-paid scientist / doctor will repeatedly 
provide credits?
Please recollect the scandal when wall-street brokers were referencing a 
company's product without disclosing their financial interest.

Other related issues, many web sites specifically advertise that their 
information (including pictures and drawings) are FREE or there is NO 
copyright on their material.
Is this their way of saying this material can be downloaded by the readers 
and used without permission?
Do these raise the same first-four questions as above?
Are they doing this under the concept of information-sharing that is 
described?
Are they doing this so that another source is doing their advertising?
Or are they doing it as a public-service benefit to advance the 
knowledge-base?

Thanks very much for your information.
Kind Regards, GL 



[Goanet] Goa Bachhao Aandolen?

2007-04-02 Thread Kumar V

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Hello,

How Goa Bachhao Aandolen and sgoing back from Development plan 2011 can 
iompact on real state prices & development of GOA in line of other developed 
states?

Though, laws of nature i.e. to live in natural way may prevail over law of 
society/country spritually and ultimatimetely, still, we prefered to live in 
society and following laws of the country. To live in natural way, we may 
have to reverse living in society. In a country with many states, 
individuality in common laws may be a otherwise thinking. Still some 
precautions can be kept to save any new land from harming health and our 
basic right to live but with a consideration of right to justice and 
equality. Just thoughts. Best 



[Goanet] Brainstorming needed

2007-04-02 Thread Philip Thomas

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What is the way forward in this dire situation? Btw, according to AAI stats
there was a dip in foreign tourist arrivals at Dabolim in Dec 2006. Was it
due to the Al Qaida scare? It may be easy to derail the foreign tourist
boom.






[Goanet] TIC: Plato's Parabolic Perplexity

2007-04-02 Thread Jose Colaco

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Dr. U. G. Barad ushakal at sancharnet.in

Life is a parabola in which one sees raise then a Plato followed by stiff 
downfall.  But most of us refuse to agree on this theory despite being 
proved applicable. This is truer with our politicians and our sporting 
starts!

=
Dear Me,

This thingie is tougher than I thought.

I would willingly agree to this (or any other theory) whether applicable or 
not, but for my questions.

My questions:

1. Who got a raise?
2. What has Plato got to do with this parabola?
3. Who are our sporting starts?

Me puzzled!

jc
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[Goanet] References

2007-04-02 Thread Gilbert Lawrence

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My last post on this thread, stated that it would be the last post on the 
thread. Yet posts following it have raised some interesting perspectives. 
And I have a few questions that I would like to be enlightened on.  As 
References and Copyright-Plagiarism are two separate issues, I have the 
placed these in two separate posts.  Please excuse my two posts.


My self-plagiarized thoughts again.
A reference does NOT permit one to plagiarize or to violate copyright laws.
There is NO CONNECTION between a reference or a web link and the permission 
to use another person's copyrighted material.
The role of the reference is to connect to a support / provide a basis for 
one's NEW conclusions or CONTROVERSIAL statements.

The purpose of writing is to ADVANCE the dialogue / body of knowledge.
To do so, one has to not merely repeat, but build on what is widely known 
out there.
IMO the references are to support the advancing body of knowledge and not to 
support what is widely known.


Lay person's (BASIC KNOWLEDGE) publications and web blogs DO NOT / SHOULD 
NOT HAVE REFERENCES.  Because nothing controversial in a scientific / 
historical etc. perspective should be placed on that forum.  To place 
references in such presentations / publications (with nothing new or 
controversial) is to elevate the publication to a level that it does not 
deserve.


These are just my views.

Kind Regards, GL



Re: [Goanet] Past performances equal History

2007-04-02 Thread Mervyn Lobo

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"<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Life is a parabola in which one sees raise then a
> Plato followed by stiff 
> downfall.  But most of us refuse to agree on this
> theory despite being 
> proved applicable. This is truer with our
> politicians and our sporting 
> starts! They strongly believe that they don't have
> retirement age - they are 
> ever green heroes. But this is deceptively so! Have
> a look at Sachin Tendulkar, our politicians in 
> Rane, Willy, Sardhin, Luizine, Zatye, etc. All 
> these so called legendaries of past have started
> showing their ages and yet 
> they want to survive on their past performances. No
> sir, you can't do this. 
> You have to retire and make way for youngsters or
> second line to take the 
> gearshift Or else history will replace all your
> achievements with all your recent failures.
> 



Dr. U. G. Barad
Most African nations now have laws that allow the
President to serve only two terms.

You can get rid of the politicians and clean up
politics in Goa too if similar laws (for the CM) were
in place.

Mervyn3.0

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Re: [Goanet] Plagiarism

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>> Lastly, and this is my most important point, I contend that plagiarism
>> at an academic level has not stunted research and progress.

True, but only because it has not been allowed to do so. It is equallly 
important to maintain these standards of peer review and publication in 
countries such as India where research is still in its nascent stages.

>> Copyright law, on the other hand, is exactly that -- a deterrent to
>> progress.  The point is that it stunts research and
>> progress because it is a deterrent to young companies, without
>> financial or legal muscle, to even try.

Try what? I think the technology sector which you are focussing on has 
more start ups than any other sector today. The progress in this sector 
has also out paced most other sectors.

>> Similarly, if TCP/IP, arguably today's networking "wheel", was
>> copyrighted you and I may not have been having this discussion via
>> this medium.

Why wouldn't we be? The computer you use has hundreds of patents on its 
components. Similarly the software you use is probably protected by 
copyright(mine is). Yet we are still having this discussion.

TCP/IP is a protocol or standard, its very purpose was to get every 
network to use the same procedure to communicate. It made no sense for 
the US DoD to patent or copyright it at the time. It would be like 
trying to increase viewership of a TV programme by making it 
pay-per-view.

One thing is certain, if not for the pioneering work in Stanford and 
UCL and all the academic research that has followed since, the Internet 
would be a far cry from what it is today.

Sunith
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[Goanet] Goanet Reader: Father of Konkani films 'Amchem Noxib', 'Nirmonn' Frank Fernand is no more

2007-04-02 Thread Goanet Reader

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FATHER OF KONKANI FILMS 'AMCHEM NOXIB', 'NIRMONN' FRANK FERNAND NO MORE

By Isidore Dantas
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Frank Fernand, the producer and music director of epoch
making Konkani films Amchem Noxib and Nirmonn, breathed his
last at the age of 87 in Mumbai on April 1, 2007 and was
buried the next day at a quiet funeral at Dadar. He is
survived by his wife Maggie, daughters Elfin, Doris, Larissa
and son Max. Many Goan musicians have made it big in Hindi
films, of whom Frank Fernand is one.

Frank Fernandes, popularly known as Frank Fernand, was born
on May 3, 1919 and hails from Curchorem, a small and dusty
mining town and railway station now in the district of South
Goa. He was baptized by the saintly priest Fr. Agnelo de
Souza.

Fernand received his initial training in music at the hands
of the local maestro Diogo Rodrigues, where he could master
violin and trumpet. In 1936, Frank migrated to Mumbai to join
Don Bosco's for studies. His first assignment in music was to
play at Green's Hotel and Taj Mahal Hotel under the
leadership of George Theodore, an East Indian, as the
community of Christians from the region of Bombay (Mumbai) is
known.

In 1942, he left Mumbai for Mussorie to play at Savoy Hotel
under the Rudy Cotton band. It is here that he got a good
opportunity to be a Jazz musician in his band. The same year
he had a brief stint in New Delhi.

Fernand is indebted to our statesman and India's first Prime
Minister the late Jawaharlal Nehru for his Biography and
Discovery of India, which completely changed his outlook. He
considers Nehru to be the great Son of India and is grateful
to him for the orchestration of the National Anthem Jana Gana
Mana. A true patriot, Frank commemorated August 15 as the
biggest event every year.

In 1946, he set for Mumbai to participate in Mickey Correia's
band. The year 1948 saw him joining the film industry as a
musician to the popular music duo, Shankar-Jaikishan. He
proudly recalled his association with the success of
R.K.Films' Raj Kapoor's super hit 'Barsat'. He has had the
privilege to work under the music directors of repute. These
include Kishore Kumar. C.R.Ramchandra, Roshan, and Anil
Biswas.

His last assignment with Kalyanji-Anandji as his first
assistant is fondly remembered by the Hindi Film music
community. He has excelled in musical arrangement for these
film music directors.

In the footsteps of the end of colonial Portuguese rule in
Goa, in keeping with the immense love he had for Konkani and
with the vast knowledge of film craft in his possession, he
launched his first Konkani film 'Amchem Noxib' under the
banner of Frank Films (Goa).

It starred C. Alvares and Anthony Mendes in the main roles.
Apart from being its producer, the film had melodious music
composed by him. This film has cast a magic spell on the
spectators and its immense popularity has brought him
adulation and draws large crowds even today whenever and
wherever it is released.

Some time back, he expressed his gratitude for the patronage
received for this first film, which boosted his enthusiasm.
However, he regretted that Portuguese- and English-speaking
Goans did not appreciate the film and called it cheap.

To counteract this criticism, he produced his second film,
'Nirmonn' based on Lord Tennyson's character Enoch Arden, for
which he set music in his own style. This film had a powerful
story and bagged the Certificate of Merit for regional films,
the first of its kind for Konkani, at the hands of the then
Prime Minister, the late Indira Gandhi.

This film had memorable performance by C. Alvares, Shalini,
Anthony D'Sa and Jacinto Vaz. The lyrics and scenes have been
beautifully captured on mementoes of the films.

'Nirmonn' was remade into Hindi and was entitled 'Taqdeer'
and was directed by A. Salam with Shalini in the lead role.

Besides these two films, Frank has also provide the musical
score to the Konkani film 'Mhoji Ghorkarn' directed by A.
Salam with Shalini, C.Alvares and Jacinto Vaz in the main
leads.

With the success of the two Konkani films, Frank ventured to
produce a Hindi film in 1965 entitled 'Priya', starring
Sanjeev Kumar and Tanuja with music by Kalyanji-Anandji. This
film flopped because it was considered an art film by the
audience and not a commercial one.

Not loosing heart, Frank again attempted to produce another
Hindi film 'Ahat' starring Dr. Shriram Lagoo, Jaya Bahaduri,
Vinod Mehra. 'Ahat' inspired by the popular English film
'Wait Until Dark' was made under the banner of Vishal
Gomantak Films with screenplay by G.D.Madgulkar, Kishore Rege
as director and music by himself. The film was over-budgeted
and could 

[Goanet] Agitations constraint to public-private partnership model: Goa Chief Secretary

2007-04-02 Thread Goa Desc
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[Goanet] Is over-participation in Democracy proving to be a handicap in Goa ?

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[Goanet] Are you a Gouveia?

2007-04-02 Thread Frederick \"FN\" Noronha

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Tiatr Review: �40 DIS & 40 RATIi� by William Fernandes

2007-04-02 Thread 40 Dis 40 Rati

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   Fasting And Repentance For Lenten Season

Lent is the season of penance, sacrifice and fasting
for 40 days and 40 nights. The Lenten season starts
form Ash Wednesday and ends on the auspicious day of
Easter Sunday- This festival is celebrated in great
pomp and festivity all over the world by the
Catholics. During Lenten season, devoted Catholics
refrain from smoking, drinking, consuming meat
products, etc, and instead do penance for their wrong
doings and ask for forgiveness from the Almighty. 

Konkani dramas or Tiatrs were never held during Lenten
season in Kuwait, but this year Simon Gonsalves-the
talented script writer-director and singer from
Panchwadi-Goa had a brilliant idea to entertain the
Goans with a message for lent. His drama “Challis Dis
ani Challis Rati” was showcased at the Hawally A/C
Auditoruim on 23rd March with a galaxy of stars and
tiatrits from Kuwait and Goa. Willy Silveira – the
upcoming sensation on Konkani stage along with the
veteran Jessie Dias (known as ‘Mother of Konkani
stage) and popular Comedian Agostinho Temudo, were
flown in from Goa for this wonderful themed drama,
Simon Gonsalves well known in the Tiatirst circle as
an excellent director and talented artiste par
excellence for his scenes and sceneries. His Konkani
movie “Chovis Voram” was an instant hit, so also his
two dramas held in Kuwait.

The Lenten family drama was very touching and hard
hitting, but tuned the right chords as some elements
of the society refusal to accept facts and turn
towards salvation and repentance. This type of
entertainment is rare specially when it has a message
for the masses. The special effects and stage setting
was beyond doubt praiseworthy and nothing could falter
when Santana Piedade Afonso (SPA) is involved-to put
in the words of Simon Gonsalves.

Musical score was provided by Shahu Almeida & His
Musicians and the event was organized by the United
Club of Utorda. Overall Simon Gonsalves along with
selected artistes presented the drama in a
professional manner. The message of give and take,
darkness and light, faith and doubt, action and apathy
was indeed well conceive. 

Appropriate comedy by Philip Pereira, Agostinho,
Querobina Carvalho and Salu Faleiro, well meaning and
songs on love, faith and sacrifices were rendered by
Marcus Vaz, Sanny de Quepem, Jessie Dias, Anthony
Carr, Willy Silveira, Ignatius de Xelvon, Laurente
Pereira, the enchanting Ronny-Jasmine D’Cunha, among
others with Riana Azavedo, Sandra Fernandes, Jessie
Dias Simon Gonsalves, Cajetan de Sanvordem, Joseph
Rodrigues, Manu D’Souza, enacting the major roles in
the drama to perfection. 

Janet Franco e Fernandes was the chief guest for the
drama. The scenes of Ash Wednesday and the Last Supper
were astonishingly well performed and depicted.

Above article appeared in THE TIMES, Kuwait’s Premier
Weekly Newspaper, dated March 30 – April 05, 2007 




 

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[Goanet] Aerial route over diggers den?

2007-04-02 Thread Philip Thomas

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TOI April 2. "'Unwiring Pune' plan kickstarts today". Pune will become the
first Indian city  to have a high-speed wireless internet network i.e.
access sans cable (underground or overhead). It will cover 280 sqkm. The
technology used will be WIMA and wi-fi. The former is however subject to the
announcement of government's spectrum policy and bandwidth allocations. Pune
airport altready has a wireless internet network established by one of the
two tech-players in this project. If so, then Panjim should be able to
consider it too, because its 800 odd hectares is the size of a (largeish?)
airport. In September digging for the broad band project is due to
start.(Groan!)



[Goanet] Colonialism and bigory?

2007-04-02 Thread Bernado Colaco

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I wonder if the writer of this paper is referring to
the current situation ie after 1961?

BC

Frederick Noronha in his paper ' 
Colonialism and bigotry: Liberation and History..
Combating myths in 
the 
struggle for secularism in contemporary Goa' 





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Re: [Goanet] Church under Archaeological Survey of India dadagiri.

2007-04-02 Thread Sanny Vaz

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UCAN: Archaeology work threatens church monuments, Catholic officials say 
3/26/2007   -   (UCANews (www.ucanews. com)

OLD GOA, India (UCAN) - Church officials in Goa say the federal 
archaeological department is threatening church monuments in the western 
Indian state by working haphazardly and secretively.
=== REPLY TO ABOVE===
CROSS<+>ROADS
Inglez sozmota, torui pun Amchi Mai-Bhass "KONKANI" hem boroup korunk 
vapurchi oxem mhojea monan ailam, kiteak jem kitem ami amche bhaxen uloitao 
tem amcheach faideachem, oxem tuka disonam? Makai toxench dista kiteak heo 
sogleo varea-veleo khobro, ubon vochon amchea tintear passun virus kosso 
ximpdonk vell naka, hea voilea vixai-a vhoir zaiteo khobro vachunk hea 
disanim meutat, khorem mhutlear heo khobro nhuim, pun amkam goemkar-ank 
zagrutai, nidechea bhorman bhorlele dole ugdunk kiteak amchea rostear kante 
assat te amkam toponam zaunk.

Don diss adim Bab JoeGoaUK hanem porian heach vixai-a vhoir boroilam, tacheo 
voileo don volli vachun hanv zagoulom, anik urleleank zagounk fudem sorlam, 
Bab Joe tuka Dev borem korum,  FAD (Federal Archeological Dept.) Delhi than 
Goem ailea amchea Igorz-antleo bigodleleo murtheo (damaged statues) sarkeo 
korunk, hanthun gomta Delhi bosleat tankam Goem-cho khub usko assa mhunon, 
tanchea sangata amchea Goem-chea serkar-akui uskean nidh podonam,  pun amche 
Cristao montri bab kopp marun susth nidleat, tanam aplea dhorma-chem kainch 
podonk-nam, tankam fokot podlam aplea korma-chem, zori tor tankam irlo usko 
aslo zalear te kitem tori vinchar kortele asle, zaum eta tankam hachi kainch 
khobor nam, kiteak te vote vinkto ghevunk gorjevont-ank sodtat. Mhojea ixtta 
tuka koxem dista?

Maka? Maka oxem dista, hie FAD-ache kamdar je Old Goa igorjen kam kortat te 
zaun assat fator fodpi, anik tankam Delhi serkaran dadleat amcheo itlea 
vorsamcheo imaji padd ghalunk. Hem soglem zanam zaun passun amcho Goem-cho 
serkar voghi bosla. Goem-chea serkaran ASI-anchem kam supervise korunk amcho 
Goem-kar dovrunk zai aslo, pun toxem korunk-nam. Zaum eta amcho Parrekar 
anik Rano tanchea sangata melon assat, nam tor tie voghi kiteak? Dall miem 
kuch kala hai.

Amche Bab Parrekar anik Rano hankam Vhodlea Goem hevunk koslem tori nibb 
(excuse) zai aslem, tea passot tanim "Basilica of Bom Jesus" hachea patlean 
ek Mondir ubem kelam apleo dhormik ghorzo pureo korunk tenvuim kaidea add 
(illegal), anik kaim vorsam-nim Mumbai tan Shiv Sena-chem loskor Goem etelem 
Basilica modunk zoxem tanim Babri Masjid modlam. Amcho Goem-cho serkar hache 
vhoir kiteak action ghenam, anik Panjim Municipal Counsil kitem korta? 
Concerning illegal Construction, is it Demolish-able according to the 
housing rule? Teach vangda ASI-hanim "Our Lady of Rosary" Igorjek tenkon 2 
maliam-chem building bandunk porvangi dhilea, hie ASI konn? Igorjechea 
zababdar mhuneareank vinchari-nastanam aponn svotha nirnoi ghevunk, maka 
dista vho ASI zaun assa RSS hea pongdacho fantto, igroz mathe-chea mhuniari 
anik karbaream thaim mhoji vinonthi "CHOTUR RAVAT".

Hallim amchea Goem kitleoch Igorzo anik lhan lhan Kopelam chorlim, zaum eta 
ASI hea pongdache mhunis mellon heo choreo kortat, kiteak ASI hankam puri 
mahiti assa khuim-che igorjen vho kopelan kitem assa poi tem. Pulis khateak 
mhozo sadho vinchar, "Tumi Igorzo vho Kopel-achea choriam babtim choukoxi 
kortanam, kednam tori tumi ASI-chea mhunxeank prosnn / vinchar kela, maka 
dissonam tumi tankam kitench vincharlam  mhunon, pun chori zalea tea ganvan 
konn soro pivon lokot ghara veta taka dhorla anik polis chouker vhoron 
guneao nastanam taka marla, tossoch ganvan konn narll chorun khata taka 
dhourun marla, pun aiz passun igorzo anik kopelam chorpi xatti fulloun 
bounta, tumkam vincharlear tumcho ekuch zabab " AMCHI CHOUKOXI AZUN CHALLU 
ASSA", Amchea Goem Devlam-nim kiteak choreo zaina? Barik poilear thuim chod 
bangar, pintol anik duddu (Gold, Copper & Currency) asat. Tor SAKARAM tuka 
dissonam ASI-ancho hea chori-anim hath assa mhunon" Tumchi choukoxi 
challu-ch assumm dhi, tanim tujem ghor chori passun.

Tor Goemkar-a utt, tum azun niden bormetai, bhair pole surea mathear pavlo, 
torui tuje dole ugdonam, Dissa uzvadim tujem ghor chorlem pun tukach 
khobor-nam.

Mog anik ekvott assum-dhi achea Goemkar-am sovem.

Tumcho khalto,

Sanny De Quepem.
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Re: [Goanet] Frederick's photos/my two cents on the plagiarism debate

2007-04-02 Thread Aristo

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Allwyn writes:
> Lastly, and this is my most important point, I contend that plagiarism
> at an academic level has not stunted research and progress.  It's
> perpetrators, not having made any original contribution, have at least
> not deterred others from doing so (unless they also try to
> illegitimately copyright the work, which then becomes exactly the
> problem of copyrighting).

Aristo's $0.01:
What if plagiarism is not seriously dealt with? Then, academicians
will not be motivated to produce original research; ergo, plagiarism
DOES stunt research and progress.


Allwyn writes:
> Copyright law, on the other hand, is exactly that -- a deterrent to
> progress.  "No, you cannot use my MP3 algorithm in your code base
> without first letting me have your firstborn offspring".  The point
> here is not whether or not they have the right, as per the law, to the
> firstborn offspring.  The point is that it stunts research and
> progress because it is a deterrent to young companies, without
> financial or legal muscle, to even try.

Aristo's $0.02:
Copyright's, patents, IP, and all that jazz bring in the moolah to
Companies that invest in R&D, who in fact deserve rewards as incentive
for that investment, over a LIMITED period of time; ergo, Copyright
law motivates companies to invest in research.

Do I smell a marxist here?

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All threads on "Plagiarism", "playgerism", "copyright", "copyleft",
"cryptomnesia", "Gilbertomnesia", "Gilbert" are now CLOSED! (Ah, I
wish!)

Cheers,
Aristo.
"In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. But,
in practice, there is." - Jan L. A. van de Snepscheut/Yogi Berra.