ROTFL, Faldage! BTW, I'm a
real estate attorney; have you considered a property tax protest?
disclaimer: just kidding! disclaimer inserted to be sure I will not be accused of practicing law in a jurisdiction in which not licensed!if one has something stolen, I find it hard to see how anybody else can suffer more from that theftMax, I fully agree that the original author is the overwhelmingly-primary victim of the
theft aspect. But plagiarism as I understand it is simultaneous a
theft from the source, and a
fraud on the reader*. When both parts are considered, the balance would vary from case to case (as tsuwm noted; see his final paragraph).
I sense that the issue is "not of general interest", so Max, let's continue by e-mail.
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*simplified definition of "fraud" for legal purposes: intentional misrepresentation of a material fact, with intent to deceive
