#plagiarism — Public Fediverse posts

Stella Lefty's meteoric rise to fame has come at a cost. She is currently facing allegations of plagiarism in five of her songs.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/09/08/stella-lefty-faces-five-plagiarism-allegations/

#StellaLefty #Boston #Music #Plagiarism

Stella Lefty's meteoric rise to fame has come at a cost. She is currently facing allegations of plagiarism in five of her songs.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/09/08/stella-lefty-faces-five-plagiarism-allegations/

#StellaLefty #Boston #Music #Plagiarism

Stella Lefty's meteoric rise to fame has come at a cost. She is currently facing allegations of plagiarism in five of her songs.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/09/08/stella-lefty-faces-five-plagiarism-allegations/

#StellaLefty #Boston #Music #Plagiarism

Stella Lefty's meteoric rise to fame has come at a cost. She is currently facing allegations of plagiarism in five of her songs.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/09/08/stella-lefty-faces-five-plagiarism-allegations/

#StellaLefty #Boston #Music #Plagiarism

Stella Lefty's meteoric rise to fame has come at a cost. She is currently facing allegations of plagiarism in five of her songs.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/09/08/stella-lefty-faces-five-plagiarism-allegations/

#StellaLefty #Boston #Music #Plagiarism

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/117230769537879596

so when i called #AI #plagiarism-as-a-service, i wasn't wrong

UPDATE: credit where credit is due:

❝ from @bgrinter instead of #AI, call it PLAGIARISM-AS-A-SERVICE ❞
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/110752848095153995

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/117230769537879596

so when i called #AI #plagiarism-as-a-service, i wasn't wrong

UPDATE: credit where credit is due:

❝ from @bgrinter instead of #AI, call it PLAGIARISM-AS-A-SERVICE ❞
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/110752848095153995

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/117230769537879596

so when i called #AI #plagiarism-as-a-service, i wasn't wrong

UPDATE: credit where credit is due:

❝ from @bgrinter instead of #AI, call it PLAGIARISM-AS-A-SERVICE ❞
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/110752848095153995

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/117230769537879596

so when i called #AI #plagiarism-as-a-service, i wasn't wrong

UPDATE: credit where credit is due:

❝ from @bgrinter instead of #AI, call it PLAGIARISM-AS-A-SERVICE ❞
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/110752848095153995

RE: https://dair-community.social/@timnitGebru/117230769537879596

so when i called #AI #plagiarism-as-a-service, i wasn't wrong

UPDATE: credit where credit is due:

❝ from @bgrinter instead of #AI, call it PLAGIARISM-AS-A-SERVICE ❞
https://mastodon.social/@blogdiva/110752848095153995

When I read the stories about Prof. Arday, my first thought is not about the sorry state of academia, or the victims of his lies — my first thought is that he must have the gift of the gab to a superhuman degree, charm oozing out of his every pore, a fascinating story to answer every question, the self-assurance of a demi-god. I expect that his students loved him.

https://nationalpost.com/opinion/michael-higgins-lessons-for-canada-from-the-u-k-s-dei-plagiarism-scandal

1/2

#Cambridge #plagiarism #JasonArday
#NationalPost

Laws Every Scout Should Know

https://troop161ma.wordpress.com/2026/06/26/laws-every-scout-should-know/

French science communicator Étienne Klein has lost his PhD after 26 years following allegations of plagiarism. However, it shouldn't have taken that long.

https://www.plagiarismtoday.com/2026/06/24/the-long-overdue-downfall-of-etienne-klein/

#AcademicIntegrity #France #Plagiarism #EtienneKlein

What’s the French for Schadenfreude?

Once upon a time – in the summer of 2022 – I posted a silly little joke on Twitter (before I left there, obviously):

I thought a few people might find it funny, but it took off beyond my expectations. By my standards over 5000 “likes” counts as “going viral” (as you young people say). Most people saw the joke immediately – if you don’t get it, the image is of a slice of choriz,o not an astronomical object – and some even joined in with puns and other jokes. Even funnier, some respondents earnestly shared their devastating insight that it was chorizo (or some variant thereof). I honestly didn’t think anyone would think that I was seriously trying to pass it off as a JWST picture; it was just meant to be silly. But there you go. That’s Twitter. I should also report that some people looked at the rainbow flags in my profile and proceeded to indulge in some homophobic abuse. That’s Twitter too.

Anyway, the day after I posted the image it seems a prominent French physicist called Etienne Klein who has many times more Twitter followers than I ever did, posted an embellished version of the same joke.

To cut a long story short that led to ChorizoGate, a story which made it into numerous newspapers, from the Daily Star to The Times, and even got coverage on CNN News and the RTÉ website. More exciting and even Physics World! In nearly all the stories I’ve seen, the image, together with the JWST connection, is attributed to Étienne Klein who is apparently very well known in France as a popularizer of science in the French language. Because he writes and broadcasts in French he is not so well known outside France.

In a post on this affair at the time, I said

To be honest I’m quite relieved to have avoided the media notoriety surrounding ChorizoGate, especially as it means I’ve avoided being on the front page of the Daily Star! Dr Klein is welcome to the publicity, though perhaps it might backfire on him…

And backfire it has.

Étienne Klein’s appropriation of a silly joke was of no consequence, but at the time I couldn’t help wondering how someone who would do that might behave with things that actually matter. Now I know the answer, and it’s more than worrying. An investigation into the PhD thesis of Etienne Klein by Paris Cité University has concluded that there is extensive evidence of plagiarism in it. Who needs AI when you have Etienne Klein? The University has now decided to rescind Klein’s doctorate, which was awarded in 1999.

What’s the French for Schadenfreude?

I liked most of the first season of #Obituary but lost all interest early in season 2.

#Sweetpea seemed to have potential, but it became clear in episode 1 that both shows are so similar I have to accuse Obituary of blatant theft from Sweetpea's source material, a series of books first published years before Obituary was released.

Character type, exact same work environment, and general tone are identical.

I won't bother with either.

#tv #television #DarkComedy #plagiarism

Kok bisa buku yang isinya buatan chatbot AI bisa lolos percetakan dan dijual di Gramedia?

#sofiaflorina #ソフィアフロリナ #gramedia #buku #book #books #ai #aichatbot #aigenerated #artificialintelligence #plagiarism #unethical #ihateit #ihatethis #hateit #hatethis

A quotation from Franklin

Why then should I give my Readers bad Lines of my own, when good Ones of other People’s are so plenty? ‘Tis methinks a poor Excuse for the bad Entertainment of Guests, that the Food we set before them, tho’ coarse and ordinary, is of one’s own Raising, off one’s own Plantation, &c. when there is Plenty of what is ten times better, to be had in the Market. — On the contrary, I assure ye, my Friends, that I have procur’d the best I could for ye, and much Good may’t do ye.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, philosopher, aphorist
Poor Richard (1747 ed.)

More about this quote: wist.info/franklin-benjamin/46…

#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #franklin #benfranklin #benjaminfranklin #poorrichard #poorrichardsalamanac #borrowing #copying #curation #infringement #modesty #piracy #plagiarism #reuse #theft

If you hated the #Plagiarism by #JamesSomerton, but are still distracted by Eye Candy, badly written & acted cheap Theatrics, and awful citations & references by other #BreadTubers, you haven’t learned anything from this.

#BreadTube #VideoEssays

If you're wondering what James Somerton did in response to HBomberGuy's video exposé: he deleted his videos on YouTube or set their visibility to private, put his Patreon on hold, then disappeared for a few days.

Then, a couple of days ago, James Somerton reappeared to make an apology video.
Sorta.
He said the word "sorry", and looked sad at losing his credibility and main source of income. I believe he was genuinely upset about that. This disaster has been bad for his personal and professional relationships, and is causing a financial problem. It's clear to see it's been extraordinarily bad for his mental health, and it's easy to feel sympathy for him on that count.

But, James Somerton failed to address the plagiarism. He hardly said the word at all. Instead, he attributed the public outcry to poor referencing/citation style. And, he said he's restarting his Patreon and will make more videos.

The public reaction to such an awful apology was about as negative as you'd expect. A few hours later, James Somerton deleted his apology video.

I think James Somerton isn't sorry for his plagiarism. I think he doesn't believe it's a problem. I think he doesn't truly understand what plagiarism is.

#HBomberGuy #iilluminaughtii #JamesSomerton #YouTube #Plagiarism #ContentMill #VideoEssay #LGBTQIA

Hbomberguy Didn’t Want to Make That 4-Hour Plagiarism Video
https://www.vulture.com/2023/12/hbomberguy-interview-james-somerton-plagiarism.html

This interview by Rebecca Alter with Hbomberguy covers a range of topics raised in his video, and draws-out some thought-provoking insights.

#HBomberGuy #iilluminaughtii #JamesSomerton #YouTube #Plagiarism #ContentMill #VideoEssay #LGBTQIA

HBomberGuy has released a video of additional material that didn't make it into the main video for time reasons because it was already running over four hours. It adds more info about plagiarism by illuminaughtii. This deserves some time in the spotlight because discussion of her plagiarism has been overshadowed by discussion of her also-awful emotional and financial abuse of ex-employees, ex-collaborators and ex-boyfriends.
https://youtu.be/403eGkWv4MA?si=qUdgOiFDDpByo5sg

#HBomberGuy #iilluminaughtii #JamesSomerton #YouTube #Plagiarism #ContentMill #VideoEssay

Last night, I watched the new HBomberGuy video; it's a brilliant extrusion!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDp3cB5fHXQ

If you've been getting déjà vu from some prolific YouTube creators, particularly big video-essay channels such as Iilluminaughtii and James Somerton, chances are their secret trick is plagiarism.
Often, I've wondered if they're on a personal mission to produce a weekly series of unauthorised audiobooks of Wikipedia articles. Or they're a content-mill powered by uncredited contributors, and ripping-off the research of journalists. Worse, they're getting paid a load of money by sidelining up-and-coming talent, or silencing the voices of people in a marginalised community or deceased activists and artists.

#HBomberGuy #iilluminaughtii #JamesSomerton #YouTube #Plagiarism #ContentMill #VideoEssay #LGBTQIA

«All art is infested by other art.»
(#LeoSteinberg, in #ArtAboutArt, 1979)

To poets and other artists: Do you have examples for borrowing anything from the artwork of other artists?

#Borrowing (not #plagiarism) in #art and #literature, #pastiche, #allusion,
#Eliot, #TSEliot, #TheSacredWood, #EssaysOnPoetryCriticism, #Poetry, #MarcusGheeraertsTheYounger, #CatherineKilligrewLadyJermyn, #HenryHoliday, #LewisCarroll, #TheHuntingOfTheSnark, #MaryThrockmortonLadyScudamore

https://snrk.de/on-borrowing