Comments on: Bursts of plagiarism in India http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445 Indian startups | Entrepreneurship | India Internet Tue, 07 Feb 2012 07:25:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Jayeeta http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445#comment-8940 Jayeeta Thu, 11 Oct 2007 07:59:11 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/05/31/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india/#comment-8940 I am a student of Mass Communication and Journalism, and doing an assingment on Media Ethics and Plagiarism. I am quite surprised to come across so many incidents of plagirism. If you people want to find out more on this topic you can refer to www.thehoot.org,www.nytimes.com. I am a student of Mass Communication and Journalism, and doing an assingment on Media Ethics and Plagiarism. I am quite surprised to come across so many incidents of plagirism. If you people want to find out more on this topic you can refer to http://www.thehoot.org,www.nytimes.com.

]]> By: pranav http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445#comment-4040 pranav Mon, 04 Jun 2007 16:59:23 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/05/31/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india/#comment-4040 Thanks Eklavya for that bit..for some reason, I couldnt recall that it was passionforcinema.. @Raman I agree. Plagiarism isnt new..However, it just seems to have become way too rampant these days. Internet has enabled easy access to great content on just any topic one can imagine. And with that, some folks are taking the easy route to content generation (and indirectly revenue generation) rather than making some effort of their own. And since they lack the correct morals / ethics, we need to at least get them to realize that they've erred. Thanks Eklavya for that bit..for some reason, I couldnt recall that it was passionforcinema..

@Raman
I agree. Plagiarism isnt new..However, it just seems to have become way too rampant these days. Internet has enabled easy access to great content on just any topic one can imagine. And with that, some folks are taking the easy route to content generation (and indirectly revenue generation) rather than making some effort of their own. And since they lack the correct morals / ethics, we need to at least get them to realize that they’ve erred.

]]> By: Raman Singh http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445#comment-3992 Raman Singh Sun, 03 Jun 2007 16:28:53 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/05/31/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india/#comment-3992 I was going through some old archives at DesiPundit and came across this link -- http://jupiterjuice.blogspot.com/2006/05/leave-me-alone.html -- Sulekha itself has been indulging in 'interesting' practices in the past to get users. One also remembers how one of their product managers was spamming every moderately popular Indian blog asking them to switch platforms! I was going through some old archives at DesiPundit and came across this link — http://jupiterjuice.blogspot.com/2006/05/leave-me-alone.html — Sulekha itself has been indulging in ‘interesting’ practices in the past to get users. One also remembers how one of their product managers was spamming every moderately popular Indian blog asking them to switch platforms!

]]> By: Himanshu J Sheth http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445#comment-3975 Himanshu J Sheth Sun, 03 Jun 2007 08:05:09 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/05/31/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india/#comment-3975 Copying content was fine but not giving any credit to WATBlog was a bad part from their side.But this is not the first time that Mid-Day has done this,they take lot of photos and articles from Bangalore Metro Blog as well.This is really sick :( -Himanshu Copying content was fine but not giving any credit to WATBlog was a bad part from their side.But this is not the first time that Mid-Day has done this,they take lot of photos and articles from Bangalore Metro Blog as well.This is really sick :(

-Himanshu

]]> By: Infomadness http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445#comment-3908 Infomadness Fri, 01 Jun 2007 17:54:44 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/05/31/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india/#comment-3908 Well everybody is getting information from somewhere. What is different is the way you present it with your own point of view. I think the Chintee.com news became such a big issue. I agree that Startup Dunia wrote about chintee.com initially. What I wrote on my website was something to the next level which Pranav didn't know that time. But I agree with WATBlog as Mid-day literally copied the same exact thing without giving the attribution link or even name of the blog. Well everybody is getting information from somewhere. What is different is the way you present it with your own point of view. I think the Chintee.com news became such a big issue.

I agree that Startup Dunia wrote about chintee.com initially. What I wrote on my website was something to the next level which Pranav didn’t know that time.

But I agree with WATBlog as Mid-day literally copied the same exact thing without giving the attribution link or even name of the blog.

]]> By: Ekalavya http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445#comment-3860 Ekalavya Fri, 01 Jun 2007 02:26:04 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/05/31/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india/#comment-3860 The newspaper thing was by Mumbai Mirror, who copied an article from Passion for Cinema.. http://www.watblog.com/?content=detail&id=703 The newspaper thing was by Mumbai Mirror, who copied an article from Passion for Cinema..

http://www.watblog.com/?content=detail&id=703

]]> By: Raman Singh http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445#comment-3858 Raman Singh Fri, 01 Jun 2007 01:38:05 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/05/31/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india/#comment-3858 My 2 cents: It would be incorrect to say call these "bursts". Plagiarism has always been there in India and in every media -- film scripts, scenes, music, advertising, academia etc. This is a function of demand being greater than supply! Demand for content being fuelled by the growth of newer platforms (most of them being business driven) -- but the supply-side being constrained by the availability of good/original/worthwhile content creators. While I do not condone plagiarism, I am also a little amused by the reactions of the offended -- whose response seems to suggest that they just discovered something that was unknown to the world up till today! Folks, you only woke up today :) My 2 cents:
It would be incorrect to say call these “bursts”. Plagiarism has always been there in India and in every media — film scripts, scenes, music, advertising, academia etc. This is a function of demand being greater than supply! Demand for content being fuelled by the growth of newer platforms (most of them being business driven) — but the supply-side being constrained by the availability of good/original/worthwhile content creators.

While I do not condone plagiarism, I am also a little amused by the reactions of the offended — whose response seems to suggest that they just discovered something that was unknown to the world up till today! Folks, you only woke up today :)

]]> By: Rajiv Dingra http://www.startupdunia.com/internet/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india-445#comment-3850 Rajiv Dingra Thu, 31 May 2007 20:29:05 +0000 http://www.startupdunia.com/2007/05/31/bursts-of-plagiarism-in-india/#comment-3850 thanks for your support! Its really appreciated! :) thanks for your support! Its really appreciated! :)

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