Rise of Plagiosphere : This article was pretty insightful considering I am a college student who it could very well effect. I thought it was interesting to know how extensive these plagiarism websites can be. To know that your words can be compared to millions of others writings is scary. What if there is coincidental similarities between your writing and someone elses. This article made me think about the class topic of multimedia writing in a realistic way. I didn't really comprehend how much writing is used for the internet. These numbers helped put me in place.
Ecstasy of Influence: This article was interesting because so many times I've heard lines by various music artists revamped and used as hooks in other songs. Also, the use of older music turned into pop, rap, and hip hop is very popular. I don't consider this plagiarism as long as credit is given when it is due. It's simply taking an inspiring phrase, or line, and turning into something your own by adding personal style. The example o Bob Dylan's lyric in this article is good example. In the television sense of it, there are a lot of similar characters when it comes to variations on color, and shape of cartoons. However, the story line for the most part is different. In movies, the idea of a plot often seems plagiarized. For example, any movie dealing with a "dance" theme seems to play out the same way. Step up, Step Up 2, Bring it On, Save the Last Dance, Stomp the Yard,etc...these types of movies all fall under the same idea. I guess depending on how you redo the originial, whether you copy it or enhance the idea to benefit the original, depends on whether I would consider it plagiarism.
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