Gyrfalcon Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 http://www.patrickdurham.net/themightypen/index.php?showtopic=6718 As a result of our new guest's investigation, Degenero Angelus was banned. Disco-neck Ted's findings were substantiated by Zadown, Wyvern, Sweet and myself after looking for the poem and finding it in many, many different places. The poem itself was written by Isabelle Di Caprio and was published in Mad Magazine in 1963 and 1969, well before Degenero was born. Degenero was a long-standing member of our community, and I am sorry to have to do this, but the Pen will not allow plagiarism. We ask that if you wish to post another author's work, please attribute it to the original author and place it in the Library. If you have any questions, we, the Elders, will be happy to field them as we can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reverie Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Wait a minute, I'm confused. So you're saying the poem that he posted was a direct copy and paste job of Isabelle Di Caprio's poem or that he took her poem and composed a variation off of it? Homages are common enough and credit is usually given if only implied, but copy and paste jobs are just sad sorry things. If that is the case then I am very disappointed. rev... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zadown Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Copy & paste job with a claim that it was his original work. Variations are a completely different thing, I've posted some variations of Shakespere's work myself but those variations were my own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrfalcon Posted August 7, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 Correct, as Zadown said, it was directly copy and pasted and his statement at the beginning of the poem makes it seem that it is his own work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black9 Posted August 7, 2006 Report Share Posted August 7, 2006 I agree whole heartedly then...it's just wrong to copy someones work for your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reverie Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 (edited) Well at least someone caught it. I guess it's a good thing we don't have a statute of limitations since it was posted like what 4 years ago??? I mean heck that's the year I joined. Man that's brings back memories. I was still in the pressure cooker of Korea in wake of 911. That was like the longest year of my life and up until this last year in college, it was also my most producted writing period. Wow, poor deggie. has it really been so long? rev... Edited August 8, 2006 by reverie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamaranis Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 I find myself a little surprised at how swift the response was... ...that's all I've got to say on the matter, I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Appy Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 No reason to wait when the evidence is this obvious I guess... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrfalcon Posted August 8, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 For those who were wondering, I did send an e-mail to Degenero letting him know that he's been banned and why he was banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetcherrie Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 It's sad enough, but I think if Deggy had been around he would have been spoken with in person....and then banned. He has been sent a personal email to notify him, and I think it was the only reaction possible. Thank you to the Elders, who are the people having to hand out these not-so-nice messages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reverie Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 (edited) shouldn't this be minstal hall topic btw? Or is this one of those example things. Edited August 8, 2006 by reverie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweetcherrie Posted August 8, 2006 Report Share Posted August 8, 2006 Seems to me this is one of those things that each member has the right to know, not only those that can get into the Minstral Hall Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gyrfalcon Posted August 9, 2006 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 shouldn't this be minstal hall topic btw? Or is this one of those example things. If by 'example things' you mean letting our Initiates also know what's going on... yes. Unfortuantly, Initiates can't see the Minstral Hall, and something like this affects the Pen as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mynx Posted August 9, 2006 Report Share Posted August 9, 2006 If by 'example things' you mean letting our Initiates also know what's going on... yes. Unfortuantly, Initiates can't see the Minstral Hall, and something like this affects the Pen as a whole. Especially as it was a new arrival to our halls that first noticed the piracy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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