Taking something from one man and making it worse is plagiarism.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Using a big word like 'plagiarism'... always causes some damage. It will always do lasting damage, like accusations of racism.
If you steal from one author it's plagiarism; if you steal from many it's research.
The only real mystery in the stories of political plagiarism is its durability in an age of Turnitin and other scanning software that can protect an author from his own mistakes, intentional or otherwise.
Can you sue yourself for plagiarism? If so, then 'Old School' has presented Ivan Reitman with a case.
If one is going to plagiarize, it pays to be in politics, where the expectation for remorse and the likelihood of punishment are minimal.
Once you get into the world of dystopia, it's hard to avoid plagiarism, because other people have had such powerful visions.
Plagiarism is always the biggest thing in Hollywood.
Originality usually amounts only to plagiarizing something unfamiliar.
Self-plagiarism is style.
Originality is undetected plagiarism.