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Plagiarism Thoughts
Dec. 5th, 2023 08:38 pmSo my beloved roomie and I watched the new hbomberguy video about plagiarism the other day... Great video, would recommend, gave us a lot to chew on, both on an intellectual level and (bonus) in a "I love hearing drama" kind of way.
( Conceptions of plagiarism and reasons )
( Specific situation in my current fandom )
It's disheartening to see... Don't get me wrong, I love money and all, but the idea that there are people in the world who would take someone's creative work and copy-paste it into a video with no credit to get a few bucks without getting "caught"... It's like, there clearly is something THERE that speaks to the audience that watches this, but that audience doesn't know who truly wrote the story they're listening to, and the person presenting it to them is actively preventing them from learning. It's a disrespect on such a fundamental level, not just to the individual authors stolen from but also to the concept of creativity itself. Not a source of joy, but a product that you can grab off of someone else and repackage for money.
It just feels so hollow. My roommate and I have talked before about struggling to relate to people who don't have an inherent creative drive. This feels like that times one-hundred. To be not only devoid of creativity but to become a parasite on those who are... ugh.
Hbomberguy ends the video on a good note. He talks about the reality: That there are great, wonderful communities that work together and collaborate and celebrate and CREDIT each other in all sorts of wonderful ways. Some grifters get big, but they're few and far between.
And he emphasized what this reveals about creativity. Clearly there is a demand, people are interested and intrigued by the essays and concepts that were plagiarized. Researching a topic, forming arguments, or writing a compelling narrative is a SKILL... one that becomes such second-nature to some people, that they don't even realize what a skill it is. It becomes so instinctual that they start to feel like "Well anyone could do this."
Well some people can't! Some people are so incapable and lazy that they would have to steal concepts from others to get to their level. So if you're someone who writes, researches, creates, or more.... you should be proud of your passion and your craft. It is indeed a skill that had to be honed, and is worth having pride in.
( Conceptions of plagiarism and reasons )
( Specific situation in my current fandom )
It's disheartening to see... Don't get me wrong, I love money and all, but the idea that there are people in the world who would take someone's creative work and copy-paste it into a video with no credit to get a few bucks without getting "caught"... It's like, there clearly is something THERE that speaks to the audience that watches this, but that audience doesn't know who truly wrote the story they're listening to, and the person presenting it to them is actively preventing them from learning. It's a disrespect on such a fundamental level, not just to the individual authors stolen from but also to the concept of creativity itself. Not a source of joy, but a product that you can grab off of someone else and repackage for money.
It just feels so hollow. My roommate and I have talked before about struggling to relate to people who don't have an inherent creative drive. This feels like that times one-hundred. To be not only devoid of creativity but to become a parasite on those who are... ugh.
Hbomberguy ends the video on a good note. He talks about the reality: That there are great, wonderful communities that work together and collaborate and celebrate and CREDIT each other in all sorts of wonderful ways. Some grifters get big, but they're few and far between.
And he emphasized what this reveals about creativity. Clearly there is a demand, people are interested and intrigued by the essays and concepts that were plagiarized. Researching a topic, forming arguments, or writing a compelling narrative is a SKILL... one that becomes such second-nature to some people, that they don't even realize what a skill it is. It becomes so instinctual that they start to feel like "Well anyone could do this."
Well some people can't! Some people are so incapable and lazy that they would have to steal concepts from others to get to their level. So if you're someone who writes, researches, creates, or more.... you should be proud of your passion and your craft. It is indeed a skill that had to be honed, and is worth having pride in.
