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Plagiarism is rife amongst students in academia, but the internet makes it easier to get caught and publicly shamed
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My estwhile podcasting colleague on For Immediate Release, the young and handsome Sir Dan of York points to a very ugly bit of fame that has justifiably attached itself to a certain “Jonathan Casteel”.
Having written admirably about VOIP security for a term paper, it turns out Mr Casteel lifted the whole paper from industry veteran Mark Collier, the CTO of SecureLogix.
Whilst imitation is one thing — and I have openly admitted that I so admire the wonderful Kathy Sierra and her clever use of retro photographs that I have also run with the idea — plagiarism is quite another thing entirely.
As Dan quite rightly says:
I’m sorry, but as a creator of content myself, I have zero sympathy for losers who steal content (in any media) from others and pass it off as their own.
Let’s hope that Mr Casteel feels the full force of academic censure.
Technorati: plagiarism, theft, Dan York, Jonathan Casteel, Kathy Sierra
