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Tuesday, February 15, 2011

AN ARGUMENT FOR PIRATING WORKS ONLINE

Neil Gaiman is a prolific British scribe of science fiction and fantasy short stories and novels, comic books and films. His notable works include the comic book series "The Sandman" and novels "Stardust," "American Gods," "Coraline," and "The Graveyard Book."

Gaiman's writing has won numerous awards, including the Hugo, Nebula, and Bram Stoker, as well as the 2009 Newbery Medal and 2010 Carnegie Medal in Literature. He is the first author to win both the Newbery and the Carnegie medals for the same work.

Here's why Gaiman doesn't mind you pirating his work online...



at 2/15/2011

4 comments:

  1. Benjamin John SmithFebruary 15, 2011 at 2:10 AM

    its the internet, every thing is stolen and free.

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  2. AnonymousFebruary 15, 2011 at 5:03 AM

    Yes..when we post to the internet, it's fair game. A ffiend of mine googled a few lines from a poem I wrote and the link took him directly to me. Scary!!! So if that is the case, others can use my words.. Oh well, the price we pay.

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  3. FreshGreenKimFebruary 15, 2011 at 7:59 AM

    Thank you for sharing this provocative piece. I really like his point about how did you find your favorite author? By borrowing a book or randomly walking into a book store and buying it. Very cogent argument.

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  4. Marie NicoleFebruary 15, 2011 at 11:07 AM

    Have you tried this tool? http://www.copyscape.com/plagiarism-finder/ It's really cool, you put your url in there and it searched the net to find your words.

    ツ my cyber house rules

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