I’m not sure we can blame the professors of composition courses—who encourage single authorship and emphasize the consequences of plagiarism—for our outlook on copyright. I don’t claim to have a crystal clear understanding of all the aspects that surround and separate copyright, patents, trademarks, etc. (Even Logie points to criticism of Judge Stevens’ use of patent law language in a copyright ruling on p. 133.) What does seem to be clear is the audacity of those who take (or attempt to take) literary, lyrical, and/or digital compositions and pass them off as their own. That act seems very different from those who credit the “original” authors’ work and then add to it to create something new.
Apples and oranges!?
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