One of the main reasons of citing original authors is to give credit where credit is due. Here’s another one: If you’re going to use a famous quote in public, make sure that you get it right. Instead of being called out for plagiarism, you’ll be up for public humiliation.<\/p>\n
Just ask the vandals in Pittsburgh that decided to deface the Carnegie Library with a quote from what they thought was from J. Alfred Prufrock. In reality, they should have attributed T.S. Eliot and his poem, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock<\/em>.<\/p>\n I think that Suzanne Thinnes, the library spokesperson, has the best comeback – “They should come into the library and use our services.”<\/p>\n source: Graffiti Vandal Tags Carnegie Library, Gets Quote Wrong<\/a>, WTAE, Pittsburgh<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One of the main reasons of citing original authors is to give credit where credit is due. Here’s another one: If you’re going to use a famous quote in public, make sure that you get it right. Instead of being … Continue reading