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I was looking at a principal's Message to the School page on her school website, and I noticed that she repeated a key phrase from a TED talk by a noted educator. This principal is using the key phrase in the same way as the TED talk speaker and is echoing the TED talk speaker, but this principal did not mention either the TED talk or the original noted educator who coined and popularized this phrase. Should I inform the TED talk speaker that she is being plagiarized? Is this a case of plagiarism? I mentioned this seeming case of plagiarism to the principal who tersely "thanked me for my viewpoint" and then ignored my comment. Should I just move on?
Melody I guess it depends on the phrase. Has it become so well known that it is just "common usage"?
Aug 9, 2017
Bob R/CA I'd use a risk-benefit analysis - what do you hope to get out of that? What could happen to you if you push it and it comes back on you? I don't see a lot of upside in this scenario for you.
Aug 9, 2017


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