Plagiarism Accusations

Users debate whether specific Hacker News submissions and articles constitute plagiarism by copying or rewriting original content without proper attribution or credit.

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mratzloff Jul 5, 2013 View on HN

No need for accusations of plagiarism. Your post reads the same without the words "direct plagiarism of".

nextaccountic Nov 22, 2020 View on HN

Yes, it's copied, and it doesn't acknowledge that the ideas came from your article (even though it attributes the drawings to you with a "Source" link).I think you should submit your article to HN as well.

Boxer May 30, 2009 View on HN

It was plagiarized, not pirated.

dunefox Jul 7, 2022 View on HN

Let me plagiarise your work then and tell me what you think.

make3 Oct 3, 2018 View on HN

doesn't this completely rip off the authors of the content? it can't be legal

fosco Feb 15, 2018 View on HN

I may have something to learn but is this not direct plagiarism?

Kiro Mar 6, 2023 View on HN

I'm not saying it's not plagiarism, just that it's not a copypaste.

olog-hai Sep 7, 2012 View on HN

This looks an awful lot like plagiarism. He rewrote Rob Weir's blog post without giving him credit. http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4465098

chrissnell Feb 17, 2014 View on HN

So you copied his content and claimed ownership and submitted in hopes of attracting HN views? Nothing sketchy there.

budadre75 May 9, 2018 View on HN

how do they even copyright other's work as their own?