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Will "VP candidate Biden" walk the plank on plagiarism?

By Lawrence B. Ebert, Esq.

IPBiz notes the following text concerning the possible impact of Biden's plagiarism on his possible role as VP candidate:

On the other hand, while it might be a minor political liability, I think the old "plagiarism" charges are of little substantive significance -- the idea of "plagiarism" in a context where nobody expects you to write your own words in the first place is nonsensical.

The author of the text Scott Lemieux hasn't got his arms around the totality of Biden's plagiarism problems, which date back to law school. As such his comment [WHAT IF BIDEN IS VP?] is nonsensical and based on incomplete information. Of course, the text --nobody expects you to write your own words-- fits right in with Obama's patent policies, which have been borrowed from the writings of other law professors.

And, about contexts, Lemieux ought to talk to Allison Routman of Ohio University, who was forced to "walk the plank" for "plagiarism" more minor than what Biden did.

On Biden, see

More on the plagiarism of Joe Biden

On Routman, see
http://ipbiz.blogspot.com/2008/08/routmans-copied-lines-from-wikipedia.html

Full post as published by IPBiz on August 20, 2008 (boomark / email).