the ology of charm

How Kaavya got busted

Life! section, 4 May 2006 (Pg 12)

I think plagiarism is a terrible thing. It's like piracy, and just as bad. What happened to originality? Some people are just too insecure that they are not good enough such that they feel they have to copy from other bestsellers or some other works. If they can't produce decent work or aren't confident enough, then why send it to be published at all? Such acts of plagiarism only leads to horrible repercussions, such as getting slammed by the media and worse, being condemned by the public.

Perhaps publishers might be better off if they were able to spot the problems earlier and not publish. It would save a lot of people a lot of heartache and humiliation, particularly for themselves and the author.

posted by Charmaine @ 9:36 PM