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A popular romance novelist alleged to have lifted work from other texts acknowledged that she sometimes "takes" her material "from reference books," but added that she didn't know she was supposed to credit her sources.
The quote that bothers me is the publisher's response, citing fair use. I assumed, perhaps mistakenly, that fair use was predicated on the assumption that original source material would be acknowledged, especially if the information conveyed was not common knowledge.
Thanks to J, who's been keeping me entertained and appalled by the brouhaha for the past couple of days. For her, there's some concern that readers found this, readers commented on it, and other authors (with a few exceptions) are remaining silent. Is the predominantly female field of romance-novel writing still part of the "if you can't be nice" school? Or does no one think it's an ethical issue?
The original comparison (it's multiple blog entries) starts here, at SmartBitches. (They might be experiencing some server issues this AM. High traffic and all.)
Um, if a student turned that in to me when I was teaching, or when I was a student? To the departmental ethics committee for academic dishonesty. I'm not really clear why the author and publisher in question think this is acceptable behavior.
The quote that bothers me is the publisher's response, citing fair use. I assumed, perhaps mistakenly, that fair use was predicated on the assumption that original source material would be acknowledged, especially if the information conveyed was not common knowledge.
Thanks to J, who's been keeping me entertained and appalled by the brouhaha for the past couple of days. For her, there's some concern that readers found this, readers commented on it, and other authors (with a few exceptions) are remaining silent. Is the predominantly female field of romance-novel writing still part of the "if you can't be nice" school? Or does no one think it's an ethical issue?
The original comparison (it's multiple blog entries) starts here, at SmartBitches. (They might be experiencing some server issues this AM. High traffic and all.)
Um, if a student turned that in to me when I was teaching, or when I was a student? To the departmental ethics committee for academic dishonesty. I'm not really clear why the author and publisher in question think this is acceptable behavior.
