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Today's version of the cartoon "Shoe" by Chris Cassatt and Gary Brookins = caught my eye (Sunday, July 27). I am always looking for "real life" = examples of plagiarism - particularly outside the strictly academic arena. = This certainly is an interesting example of possible plagiarism. The = cartoon is basically an email joke that I have received both at home and = at school several times in the past few months. I am wondering if the = cartoonists will be called to account for this? Or is it possible that = they ARE the originators of the joke? To see the comic go to http://www.uc= omics.com/shoe/index.phtml I am not certain if the cartoon will be available after today. I will not = quote the entire text of the comic, but it concerns the arrest of a math = teacher in an airport because he had a calculator and a protractor. The = teacher was being charged with "concealing weapons of math instruction." = =20 I would be most interested to hear your opinions of this situation. I = suspect that technically the cartoon violates copyright law. In reality, = it would probably be close to impossible for the original author of the = joke to claim ownership. These kinds of jokes fall into the grey areas of = folklore I suppose. But certainly, if the cartoonists are not the = original authors, presenting the joke as their own work with no source/attr= ibution/disclaimer is plagiarism. =20 It will be interesting to see if anything comes of this. I am sure that = thousands of people reading the cartoon will recognize it as an email = joke. The need to remain vigilant and read critically becomes more = important by the second. Plagiarised information ranges from the = "sublime?!(Jayson Blair/NY Times) to the "ridiculous" (The Sunday comics)! Jacquie "All that is gold does not glitter, not all those that wander are lost" J.R.R. Tolkien ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Jacquie Henry, MLS Ruben A. Cirillo High School (GHS) Gananda Central School District 3195 Wiedrick Road Walworth, NY 14568 jhenry@gananda.org http://www.gananda.org/library/mshslibrary/indexgcl.htm =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=- All LM_NET postings are protected by copyright law. To change your LM_NET status, e-mail to: listserv@listserv.syr.edu In the message write EITHER: 1) SIGNOFF LM_NET 2) SET LM_NET NOMAIL 3) SET LM_NET MAIL 4) SET LM_NET DIGEST * Allow for confirmation. LM_NET Help & Information: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ Archive: http://askeric.org/Virtual/Listserv_Archives/LM_NET.shtml LM_NET Select/EL-Announce: http://www.cuenet.com/archive/el-announce/ LM_NET Supporters: http://ericir.syr.edu/lm_net/ven.html =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=--=-=-=-=-