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Old 11-12-2010, 02:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Rupert Pupkin View Post
That is completely ridiculous. Nobody's memory is perfect. If I'm trying to recall the details of an event that took place several years ago, I would certainly want to see if the other people that were there with me had the same recollection of the events as I did. If I have the same recollection as the other people that were there and I write about the event, that is not plagairism.

If your friend writes a blog about what you guys did last week at the BC and she says :Riot picked me up for dinner at 7:00pm" and then you write that you guys went to dinner at 7:00pm, is that plagiarism? Of course not.
That is completely ridiculous. Nobody's memory is perfect. If I'm trying to recall the details of an event that took place several years ago, I would certainly want to see if the other people that were there with me had the same recollection of the events as I did. If I have the same recollection as the other people that were there and I write about the event, that is not plagairism.

If your friend writes a blog about what you guys did last week at the BC and she says :Riot picked me up for dinner at 7:00pm" and then you write that you guys went to dinner at 7:00pm, is that plagiarism? Of course not.




^^ I just plagarized
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Can I start just making stuff up out of thin air, too?
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