> From: Rachel Forsyth <[log in to unmask]>
> If using, or playing on, idioms is considered as plagiarism, then we
> had all better watch our steps before we speak our minds on any
> subject....!
You are absolutely right of course. Plagiarism is only plagiarism when
there is some aspect of 'theft'. However, if Burger King started saying
"I'm loving it!" or even "We're loving it!" or "I'm loving them" etc a
certain litigious meat seller might see it as crossing a boundary.
Sadly, phrases and idioms can become trademarked, and therefore owned
and protected as property.
When a university uses a slogan, then another, commissions Saatchi and
Saatchi of New York http://www.saatchiny.com/ - who's slogan while the
web site loads is "Ideas can come from anywhere" (how appropriate!) to
come up with an idea to promote an excellent scholarship programme (by
the way), you have to ask the question...
...tongue in cheek of course.
Mike
P.S. do any of you have iChat or AIM? Am hoping to start podcasts on
plagiarism soon, and would like to record conversations with people
interested in the issue via the web.
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