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CHEEKY pop star Lily Allen has become the face of the music industry’s battle against piracy after starting a blog attacking illegal file-sharers.
There’s just one problem. While Allen’s down on sharing music, she seems to be pretty comfortable with sharing words.
A post made under Allen’s name on the weekend was a direct copy of an article written by journalist Michael Masnick a few days earlier on Techdirt, with no attribution.
The headline, sub-headline and first 135 words of the post are identical to Masnick’s. At the bottom, Allen appended three sentences of her own.
You can compare the original and Allen’s post here.
Pic: British singer Lily Allen performing during a show in Buenos Aires last week /
The irony of the situation wasn’t lost on Masnick.
“I think it’s wonderful that Lily Allen found so much value in our Techdirt post that she decided to copy â€" or should I say pirate? â€" the entire post,” he told TorrentFreak.
“The fact that she is trying to claim that such copying is bad, while doing it herself suggests something of a double standard.”
Debates over illegal file-sharing have been reignited in Britain after proposed laws that would see offenders have their internet connections cut.
PS: Thanks to reader “diss” for the tip.
More reading:
“British pop stars are divided over proposed laws to tackle illegal file-sharing by cutting the internet access of repeat offenders.” â€" Correspondents on news.com.au
“Lily, here is our take on the whole situation. In isolation we don’t think your copyright infringement is a big deal at all and neither does Mike, but in the arena of this debate it’s still quite important.” â€" enigmax on TorrentFreak
Update (12.32pm)
Quite a few readers have argued in the comments that Allen was simply “quoting” Masnick â€" without quotation marks or attribution â€" and not plagiarising.
Quoting someone without using quote marks is the definition of plagiarism.
From Merriam-Webster: “To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another) as one’s own or use (another’s production) without crediting the source.”
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