Justifying Plagiarism

Plagiarism will never get my blessing, so whatever people say, there can be no excuses at all for those who do it :( To me it's like somebody who sneaks into a neonatal unit and steals a baby to make it his/her own. ~ So pleased to be reading your work again, Jan. Best regards & hugs // paul

Oh Jan, this is too cool, AI needs to die. Don't ask why, just let it fry. The words we choose to impart, should come from the heart, says I.

A good point. And evidently, in these days of entitlement,, it appears that the plagiarists are being encouraged by others. It takes two to wannabe.

Ouch ~

There is a difference between copying a whole poem or a paragraph. But i see nothing wrong with a few words. Example: I would never start a poem "I wandered lonely as a cloud", but I would not mind beginning a poem I wandered amongst tall pines. HUgs.

You raise an important point here, Jan. I often wonder myself how close I have come, on occasion, to 'plagiarism'. Many times I have tried to express myself poetically...only to remind myself that it is all rather to close to an already existing line. Ah well...perhaps 'slight plagiarism' is acceptable? A contentious subject. And where do you draw the line when it becomes only just a slightly bit blurred? I suppose even the 'Greats' might have 'borrowed' from time to time. :) john

You're kidding right, POTD.. well, I guess the person should if they are stealing from a great. Can you imagine Poe not placing? Ha! I don't know how they pick or really care, but since I have returned I have sniffed one. I think it's because I'm not able to post many charming replies so I don't get many either.. at least I hope it's that. What if my songs suck when I think they're good. Then I wouldn't have a beautiful mind and I would cry a pity party :)

Jan...ahh truth in limerick form. Really a pleasure to read. We're in a world of rotten tomatoes, and we can only feel sorry for those poor fruitcakes who have no creativity and talent. Every time they steal, they reveal they're missing something you can display easily. Perhaps they can't stand that they just don't have it. My recommendation would be for them to search for something else they could do that fits their ability. Wonder what that will be? They have to try to discover it. Smiles!!!!

Jan, what a splendid chain of verses you weave. I yearn for a shift in the winds of PS. The weariness of pretense weighs heavily on my heart. It’s clear to me that several chose to move away from this place.

You must have been on fire when you wrote this one, I love the passion in this one Bravo !

- I'm almost afraid to comment on poems now, Jan ... what's real... what's plagiarism... as looking for a needle in a haystack for me - hugs

If the shoe fits you hit the nail on the head the proof is in the pudding but please dont shoot the messenger darn, some geniuses got ahead of me here

Justifiable plagiarism? Not according to Merriam Webster... It's "stealing the words or ideas of another." Sounds like theft to me.

Jan, such a great string of limericks. I hope that things change in PS. I am getting bored with the fakeness going on. I can see why some have left the site.