Posner quoted in article on "Deflate-gate"
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One recalls Judge Richard Posner's observation that we seem to view plagiarism committed by successful authors as "a chump's crime, less likely to reflect a serious larcenous intent than a loose screw." He adds: "The more successful the writer, the more nutty-seeming the plagiarism."
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One recalls Judge Richard Posner's observation that we seem to view plagiarism committed by successful authors as "a chump's crime, less likely to reflect a serious larcenous intent than a loose screw." He adds: "The more successful the writer, the more nutty-seeming the plagiarism."
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