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I don't recall this being posted yesterday, but this article makes the (ridiculous) point that George Harrison, Manet and Charles Darwin were 'plagiarists' too!

https://archive.ph/Xn92x
As evidenced in Darwin’s great thesis “Erm umm well monkeys right so umm evolution well anyway enough about that, yesterday everyone told me how great I am”

Or in that Beatles classic: “Something in the way she moves / Attracts me like no other lover / But enough about that / I’m absolutely brilliant aren’t I?”

and of course, Manet’s famous “A Bouquet of Flowers (bought for me because I’m the bestest)”

mats.
 
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As evidenced in Darwin’s great thesis “Erm umm well monkeys right so umm evolution well anyway enough about that, yesterday everyone told me how great I am”

Or in that Beatles classic: “Something in the way she moves / Attracts me like no other lover / But enough about that / I’m absolutely brilliant aren’t I?”

and of course, Manet’s famous “A Bouquet of Flowers (bought for me because I’m the bestest)”

mats.
Taking inspiration from/reinterpreting/referencing/expanding upon previous works is not plagiarism.

Arday wasn't doing any of those things, he appears to have copied pretty long passages of someone else's work for his own allegedly original PhD dissertation, and also seems to have entirely fabricated research.

The knots people are tying themselves in are ridiculous.
 
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“My view is that the essence of the book is the essence of the book. I haven’t read it, but I know people who have that have found it incredibly moving and very inspiring.”
Wow. Profound. The essence of the book is the essence of the book. I can see how Pringle was a luminary in the publishing world 😂
So many people still carrying water for JA even though it's a lost cause at this point. She also doesn't seem to know what a memoir is - non-fiction. It's like the media hooha over The Salt Path never happened, but then again, they were white.

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Taking inspiration from/reinterpreting/referencing/expanding upon previous works is not plagiarism.

Arday wasn't doing any of those things, he appears to have copied pretty long passages of someone else's work for his own allegedly original PhD dissertation, and also seems to have entirely fabricated research.

The knots people are tying themselves in are ridiculous.
Exactly!
I have a BA and an MA and it's drilled into students not to plagiarise and how to avoid it by citing and quoting correctly.
A First Year student might make genuine mistakes but once you get into the habit of it, it's not that difficult to cite correctly.
By PhD level it should be second nature, and there's just no excuse.
I can't understand how Liverpool John Moores stood by Arday's PhD once the plagiarism came to light, except I suppose it's embarrassing for them to admit they were wrong.
 
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