Comments on: More Chiro-Plagiarism in the Antigo Daily Journal (by Albus)

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Chiropractor Plagiarizes… AGAIN! (by Albus) « AntigoBuzz Blogs — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 00:27:34 +0000

[...] highlighted one of Veselak’s Family Primetime literary misadventures in this blog – http://antigobuzz.com/blogs/2010/04/08/more-chiro-plagiarism-in-the-antigo-daily-journal-by-albus/ You’d think after that, especially since it came after my exposure of Stacy Bula’s [...]

By: Albus

Albus — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:51:12 +0000

Dr. F, here’s a note about chiropractic education, by a chiropractor:
http://quackfiles.blogspot.com/2004/11/chiropractic-education-by-john-badanes.html

I’m thinking this linked article will not be plagiarized in the Antigo Daily Journal, but one never knows….

By: Albus

Albus — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 02:51:27 +0000

Jacob, it’s also about a publisher who was appraised of possible plagiarism in articles he accepted and printed without doing even the most basic source-checking. We’re also waiting for some kind of apology and improved procedures from Fred Berner at the Antigo Daily Journal. I can’t speak for the rest of the community, but I feel more than a little scammed by this situation.

By: Jacob Schor

Jacob Schor — Wed, 21 Apr 2010 00:27:30 +0000

Some of my best friends are chiropractors. A good many of my colleagues freely use my writing and I have no problem with this. All have the integrity to cite the source and give me credit. This article was different as it was published in a journal and they have rights to the article and should have been asked for permission to reprint it.

this isn’t at all about chiropractors, it is about one particular practitioner who appears to be short on ethics and hasn’t had the decency to apologize for his errors.

By: Albus

Albus — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:24:16 +0000

Dr. F, note that Jacob Schor, ND, was the author of the article plagiarized by Stephen Veselak. We are not engaged in discrediting chiropractic, at least not in this discussion. The topic is an act of plagiarism by a chiropractor, on a subject which in fact has nothing to do with chiropractic.

It may, also, be a bit presumptuous of you to assume that “one knows so little about chiropractic”. You could be in for a big surprise if you pursue that line with too much confidence. I take it you are a straight (traditional) practitioner, and not a mixer?

By: admin

admin — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 19:11:03 +0000

Dr. F, your response post was not deleted – it had not been approved yet. It has been approved and is visible now, although it is on a different post (http://antigobuzz.com/blogs/2010/03/04/blatant-plagiarism-in-the-antigo-daily-journal-by-albus/ ) Thank You.

By: Dr F

Dr F — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 18:55:33 +0000

I guess you didn’t like my response as I see it was deleted. An article I wrote was quoted by Dr. Veselak and I have no problem with not getting credit. The information is good and it was good to get the information out. I do see a trend in this blog to try to discredit chiropractic, especially when one knows so little about chiropractic education. Sad.

By: Albus

Albus — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 22:26:14 +0000

It seems that back issues are hard to come by. Does anybody out there have access to an archive stash of “Family Primetime” magazine inserts that I could examine?

By: Albus

Albus — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 15:51:25 +0000

Sherry, your comment about “repeatedly stealing others’ work” has got me thinking about taking a look at back issues of Family Primetime. Maybe Fred will give a stack from the ADJ archives to look through….

By: Albus

Albus — Sun, 11 Apr 2010 18:21:33 +0000

I’m not a lawyer, Sherry, so I can only offer a common-sense opinion on the matter. So here goes….

Plagiarism is an ethical breach. Offering someone else’s work as your own, pretending to be the author, with no accreditation to the real author, is considered bad form in all professions, but is not actually illegal.

However, copyright violation is actionable. Using someone else’s work without the author/creator’s permission, even if you accredit the source with a reference, is against the law. The injured party may indeed sue the violator. Typically, from what I’ve seen, the publisher is included in the suit, along with the violator. So, in my non-lawyer opinion, which should not be followed without the advice of an attorney, Jacob Schor has suffered damages as the result of having his work published under someone else’s name without his permission, and does indeed have an actionable case against Stephen Veselak and the Antigo Daily Journal.

The plagiarism aspect, it seems to me, would serve to strengthen the case. Typically, when such cases are resolved in favor of the plaintiff, the defendant pays the plaintiff’s legal costs for bringing the suit, along with any adjudicated penalties.

Actions have consequences. No matter what you may think about the merits and quality of the content that was stolen, the theft of intellectual property is a still crime.