There will always be plagiarism and with the advent of the Internet, many say it is worse. However, if you think about it detection is much easier, now than before Internet back in 1933 when Robert Glasser the best known sci-fi writer ripped off Marion Ryan. After being caught he just dropped out of the scene.
Whereas, nowadays people sue and make lots of bucks.
While reading an article by Robert Silverberg he writes about how young Science fiction publishing in the United States was when first hit by plagiarism. The pdf can be downloaded from the internet.
This article couldn't be on found on “Asimov’s Science Fiction” since it is so old.
In the download, the Silverberg’s title is, “Reflections Robert A. Heinlein, author of the Martian Chronicles." This blew me back because we all know Ray Bradbury wrote them. He asks us to consider the first lines of Ray Bradbury’s book.
They had a house of crystal pillars on the planet Mars by the edge of an empty sea, and every morning you could see Mrs. K eating the garden fruits that grew from the crystal walls, or cleaning the house with handfuls of magnetic dust which, taking all dirt with it, blew away on the hot wind. Afternoons, when the fossil sea was warm and motionless, and the wine trees stood stiff in the yard, and the little dis- tant Martian bone town was all enclosed, and no one drifted out their doors, you could see Mr. K himself in his room, reading from a metal book with raised hiero- glyphs over which he brushed his hand as one might play a harp. . . .
Now he says to read it through Heinlein’s consciousness:
They had a house of crystal pillars on the planet Mars by the edge of an empty sea, and every morning you could see Mrs. K eating the garden fruits that grew from the crystal walls, or cleaning the house with handfuls of magnetic dust which, taking all dirt with it, blew away on the hot wind. Afternoons, when the fossil sea was warm and motionless, and the wine trees stood stiff in the yard, and the little distant Mart- ian bone town was all enclosed, and no one drifted out their doors, you could see Mr. K himself in his room, reading from a metal book with raised hieroglyphs over which he brushed his hand as one might play a harp. . . .
The concepts differ though the wording is the same.
I remember in a Master Online Writing class best seller, Malcolm Gladwell talking about someone ripping off his work. A reader notified him and he contacted the person of interest.
I found a write up by Malcolm Gladwell in The New Yorker about the incident.
He writes about meeting with the woman who plagiarized him and his thoughts about it. When reading this article it is obvious to me the woman should have got his permission and also gave him credit for his work. This sure would have saved her reputation and sanity.
There is an article on google about someone in Steemit stealing a CCN article titled, “Why I Don’t Care Someone Stole My Article & Made $400 on Steemit” by Justin OConnell. link. Here is where he links that article. I don't think the Steemian ends up making any money on since it was downvoted.
I know a local artist in town who says her friend makes a lot of money from people stealing his work he goes after them every time.
Today the laws are much tougher on people who plagiarize. I say if they are not your words give credit and links. It is my hope is I correctly linked everything here.
Here is @steemcleaners guide. In case you need to report someone. They help with stopping plagiarism and identity theft in Steeemit.
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