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Bill: The newspaper discontinued Dr. Andrews' weekly humor column because the editor said that he had plagiarized the work of another humorist. Dr. Andrews explained, however, that much of the column's material was from stories submitted by readers and that he had no idea that the offending items had been written by another humorist. Since his use of the items was innocent, Dr. Andrews' column should be reinstated.
Kathy: That's not the point. No one accused Dr. Andrews of violating another author's copyright. The offense was that he passed off material as his own that he had not actually written. And so it was plagiarism even though the owner of the copyrighted material wrote to the newspaper to say that he did not think that Dr. Andrews had intentionally stolen from him.
6. Which one of the following principles best justifies Bill's defense of Dr. Andrews?
(A) A writer can quote without attribution if it appears that the material is in common circulation.
(B) An author is entitled to quote without attribution if the copyright owner will later grant permission.
(C) A humorist can retell anecdotes submitted by readers only after doing a thorough search for the source.
(D) An author has an absolute right to quote hers or his previously published work without need of attribution.
(E) Literary works that are no longer under copyright protection can be freely quoted by any writer.
PLEASE, provide your reasoning
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20 Feb 2005, 17:55
Between (A) and (B), I will also pick (A).
(B): Anything related to " if the copyright owner will later grant permission" has not been mentioned in Bill's argument. However, it is mentioned in Kathy's argument.
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20 Feb 2005, 18:59
boksana wrote:
Bill: The newspaper discontinued Dr. Andrews' weekly humor column because the editor said that he had plagiarized the work of another humorist. Dr. Andrews explained, however, that much of the column's material was from stories submitted by readers and that he had no idea that the offending items had been written by another humorist. Since his use of the items was innocent, Dr. Andrews' column should be reinstated.
Kathy: That's not the point. No one accused Dr. Andrews of violating another author's copyright. The offense was that he passed off material as his own that he had not actually written. And so it was plagiarism even though the owner of the copyrighted material wrote to the newspaper to say that he did not think that Dr. Andrews had intentionally stolen from him.
6. Which one of the following principles best justifies Bill's defense of Dr. Andrews?
(A) A writer can quote without attribution if it appears that the material is in common circulation.
(B) An author is entitled to quote without attribution if the copyright owner will later grant permission.
(C) A humorist can retell anecdotes submitted by readers only after doing a thorough search for the source.
(D) An author has an absolute right to quote hers or his previously published work without need of attribution.
(E) Literary works that are no longer under copyright protection can be freely quoted by any writer.
PLEASE, provide your reasoning
B?
in Choice A, "the material is in common circulation" doesn't mentioned in the passage.
In Choice B, "later grant permission" does mentioned in Kathy's argument.
Re: Bill: The newspaper discontinued Dr. Andrews' weekly humor
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21 Feb 2005, 14:31
My choice off the bat was A...but I can see why B would be the answer
Bill is saying that because it was the readers who submitted the plagiarized anecdotes, and because he had no idea, Dr. Andrew's should not be held responsible.
Kathy is saying that even though it was not intentional, and even though the original humorist of the plagiarized passages called in Dr. Andrew's defense, it doesn't matter because Dr. Andrews passed off someone elses work as his own.
I think this CR is complicated because I think Kathy's argument poses Bill defense even though he never said it....i.e. And so it was plagiarism even though the owner of the copyrighted material wrote to the newspaper to say that he did not think that Dr. Andrews had intentionally stolen from him. What Kathy said has to be a response to what Bill was thinking, i.e. that it is ok to use other people's work as long as you get permission later on. Otherwise why would she mention the highlighted part of the passage when responding to Bill?.....But if the OA is not B then I'm lost because really I feel C,D and E are out.
Re: Bill: The newspaper discontinued Dr. Andrews' weekly humor
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21 Feb 2005, 15:12
"E".
Well I was looking for a choice where the defence wud be based on "not guilty by pleading ignorance", however, didn't see it in the choices.
First glance, bet A and E I picked "E". Also from Kathy's remark it gives us a hint that Bill was more concerned on defending the author based on copyright violation. As he says that the author didn't know that it was written by someone else, thus didn't know anything abt the copyright. "E" comes closest to talking abt copyright issue. Altho I am not 100% sure
Re: Bill: The newspaper discontinued Dr. Andrews' weekly humor
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22 Feb 2005, 09:59
(A) A writer can quote without attribution if it appears that the material is in common circulation.
The material Dr. soandso used is not in common circulation.
(B) An author is entitled to quote without attribution if the copyright owner will later grant permission.
This says if it is used without prior knowlege it is ok as long as the author can get permission afterwards.
(C) A humorist can retell anecdotes submitted by readers only after doing a thorough search for the source.
This actually attacks the guy since obviously he didn't do a thorough search for the source.
(D) An author has an absolute right to quote hers or his previously published work without need of attribution.
It's not his own published work that is in question.
(E) Literary works that are no longer under copyright protection can be freely quoted by any writer.
Nowhere did it say that the work he used is no longer under copyright.
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