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From: Radey Shouman <shouman@comcast.net>
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Subject: Re: Helmet efficacy test
Date: Tue, 22 Apr 2025 13:51:11 -0400
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Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com> writes:

> On 4/21/2025 2:03 PM, John B. wrote:
>> On Mon, 21 Apr 2025 12:44:18 -0400, Zen Cycle <funkmaster@hotmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 4/21/2025 12:31 PM, John B. wrote:

[ ... ]

>>> John, you really need to cite references - This is from a Emo
>>> Phillips comedy routine in the 1980s
>> Why? Do I have to list the reference in order to post the quotation?
>> After all I didn't claim it for my (or any one's) invention.
>> 
>
> Posting another individuals work without attribution is a crime, even
> if you aren't explicitly claiming it as yours. It's called plagiarism.

Plagiarism is an ethical and stylistic lapse.  Sometimes it is a tort
(copyright infringement).  It is hardly ever a crime.

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