The 22 Nov issue of The New Yorker has a thoughtful article by Malcolm
Gladwell on the experience of having his work plagiarised.
He was one of the key sources of Bryony Lavery's play, "Frozen," about a
psychiatrist who studies serial killers. He describes the psychiatrist's
reaction to having her life portrayed (and developed) on stage without her
agreement, and his own feelings, both initially and later, at having his
article plagiarised by Lavery. He met Lavery and discussed what had
happened to both of them as a result of her use of his article.
It's thoughtful because he inspects his own reaction and then inspects the
construct of plagiarism and intellectual property rights as these exist in
law.
The article doesn't discuss academic plagiarism, which is the issue that
most directly concerns us, but the reflections on the nature and demands of
eliminating plagiarism are terrific and very worth reading. They are
directly relevant to our concerns.
Erik Borg
English Language Centre
Northumbria University
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