Every time I think I’ve seen the furthest lengths a person will go to for control, something else happens that makes me wonder if control is like a big black hole in space. Yesterday’s issue with the client wanting to view copy has now turned into a stalemate. I’m getting notes telling me pointedly that…
Tag: ethics
When Control is Important
Had a situation yesterday in which I had a lovely interview with a nice person and that lovely interview ended rather awkwardly. Why? Because of this line: “We really can’t approve your story for publication unless we’re allowed to see it first.” Uh, no. Her issue is this: while she is high on the food…
Creative PlagiarismI miss the old days – you know, when you knew what plagiarism looked like. You could identify it, label it, deal with it. Nowadays, plagiarism is veiled in a blanket of reworded content. Kathy Kerhli shows us one example of today’s rampant plagiarism and copyright infringement – wonder how a court would handle…