If you ask, if plagiarism existed in history, the answer is yes.
According to Richard Posner, the author of The Little Book of Plagiarism (2007), the first known case of literary plagiarism happened in Roman history (p. 50). Among famous personalities who committed plagiarism he lists even William Shakespeare (p. 51).
Self-plagiarism is one of unusual kinds of borrowing.
Richard A. Posner found even such an unusual self-plagiarism as copying the same love letters. It was the well know author of Tristram Shandy, Laurence Sterne, who copied and sent to his mistress the letters he had written and sent to his wife years earlier (p. 42).
Curious and funny? Some people consider it more like recycling!
You would never think about "Deflated Basketballs" sculpture...
You can read about it here.
Old masters, famous painters, like Rembrandt and others, used to sign their names on works created by their disciples. Art historians have been struggling to identify the original artists whose works were created in the same workshop.
Even Mona Lisa, the glorious painting of Leonardo da Vinci, and its origins have been a subject of many controversies.
What do you think? Can graffiti be copyright protected? In many cases graffiti are considered a crime or violations of law....
Open for discussion!
Can a judge order a physical removal of a tattoo? I bet you've never thought about it!
Who owns your ink? Tattoo artists turn to lawsuits to protect their intellectual property.
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