COMM120 Week 3 Discussion
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COMM120 Week 3 Discussion
I found each of the readings this week very interesting. Each case was different, but the common theme was plagiarism. Plagiarism is defined as the act of stealing or passing off someone else’s words as your own (Merriam-Webster, n.d.).
The Jayson Blair case was interesting. He would plagiarize the work of other reporters and add his own content which was made up to those stories. He clearly did not care if what he wrote was accurate and he would exaggerate or lie about the stories he was providing to his editors. That would be like one of us
taking the discussion post shared by a classmate and adding information to it to make it our own before posting in this forum. The Jonah Lehrer story is slightly different because he was reusing his own content but doing so at different publications, which still makes it plagiarism because the rights to the content belonged to the organization that published it. He was being paid for work by various organizations and they received the same content when they expected content exclusive to their organization.
Jane Goodall’s case involved not providing proper citations in her book to the work that others did to contribute. According to the article by Levingston, the book failed to correctly cite entire paragraphs and
was basically passing the ideas as they were from Goodall.
The Brian Wilson case resonated more with me because it was about music. Brian Wilson wrote a song for the Beach Boys. Chuck Berry sued the Beach Boys because they did not ask permission to use his music. Wilson got the idea for the song he wrote for the Beach Boys from Berry’s song. When asked he said he like it so much he wanted to use some of the words in what he wrote. This case was settled by transferring the rights to the Beach Boys song to Berry from Wilson. There were also penalties and loss of royalties to Wilson and the Beach Boys.
I found this story to be similar to one that is going on with my one of my favorite artists, Rod Wave, and another artist, Boosie Badazz. Boosie is suing Rod Wave and a few other artists for unauthorized sampling of his music. Boosie claims Rod Wave new album “Nostalgia” uses parts of his song “Long Journey”. Boosie says no one asked him for the right to use the song, and Rod Wave says he got permission. Apparently, several people own certain rights to the song, and from the videos I watched, and articles I read, it seems they did not get permission from everyone.
I am hoping this is resolved without a lot of conflict, but it is already getting a lot of attention on social media and will probably end up with everyone in court for a decision. References:
Bailey, J. (2012, June 21). Self plagiarism, ethics and the case of Jonah Lehrer. Plagiarism Today. https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2012/06/21/self-plagiarism-ethics-and-the-case-of-jonah-
lehrer/
HipHopDX. (2023, November 30). Boosie Badazz Wants Rod Wave To Pay For 'Emotional Damages'. https://hiphopdx.com/news/boosie-badazz-rod-wave-sample-dispute-emotional-damages
Levingston, S. (2013, March 19). Jane Goodall’s ‘Seeds of Hope’ contains borrowed passages without attribution. The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/books/jane-
goodall-book-seeds-of-hope-contains-borrowed-passages-without-attribution/2013/03/19/448ad1f6-
8bf3-11e2-9f54-f3fdd70acad2_story.html
Merriam-Webster. (n.d.). Plagiarize. In Merriam-Webster.com dictionary. Retrieved December 20, 2023, from https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/plagiarize
SPJ. (n.d.). Ethics case studies. Society of Professional Journalists - Improving and protecting journalism since 1909. https://www.spj.org/ecs13.asp
TMZ. (2023, November 20). Boosie Badazz and Rod Wave Trade Words Over Alleged Sample Stealing. https://www.tmz.com/watch/2023-11-20-112023-rod-wave-1731674-379/
Trex, E. (2017, March 19). When chuck berry became a beach boy. Mental Floss. https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/93432/when-chuck-berry-became-beach-boy
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