DCP's ongoing problem with plagiarism

[Marcus]

Since his blog is monetized, it’s unethical and it’s stealing other people’s work for personal financial gain. No matter how small, that’s what he’s doing...

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This is the key argument against Peterson's insistence that his personal blog isn't really 'published' material, therefore it's not plagiarism. His blog entries contain many, many instances of stealing the intellectual property of other authors. Just because he thinks it's okay to steal their material because he's not really 'publishing' it doesn't mean it's not theft of intellectual property.

In fact, the institutions who legitimately publish works by the people he steals from uniformly define what he is doing on his blog as theft of intellectual property. Everyone is in agreement, from patheos to BYU to Wikipedia to every source Peterson steals from: Plagiarism is defined is stealing someone else's work, regardless of where you put it.

Additionally, this thread documents a multitude of Peterson's plagiarized publications across more than just his blog. It documents his plagiarisms at the Deseret News, the LDS meridian and lifestyle magazines, and even in the Interpreter itself.

[drumdude]

Since his blog is monetized, it’s unethical and it’s stealing other people’s work for personal financial gain. No matter how small, that’s what he’s doing...

[bolding added.]

This is the key argument against Peterson's insistence that his personal blog isn't really 'published' material, therefore it's not plagiarism. His blog entries contain many, many instances of stealing the intellectual property of other authors. Just because he thinks it's okay to steal their material because he's not really 'publishing' it doesn't mean it's not theft of intellectual property.

In fact, the institutions who legitimately publish works by the people he steals from uniformly define what he is doing on his blog as theft of intellectual property. Everyone is in agreement, from patheos to BYU to Wikipedia to every source Peterson steals from: Plagiarism is defined is stealing someone else's work, regardless of where you put it.

Additionally, this thread documents a multitude of Peterson's plagiarized publications across more than just his blog. It documents his plagiarisms at the Deseret News, the LDS meridian and lifestyle magazines, and even in the Interpreter itself.

A couple cursory searches of his blog don’t show him ever defending himself on these points. He will write 1,000 words whenever Noel says something asinine, but it seems he can’t be bothered to attempt a defense here.

What can he say, except that he doesn’t care. The evidence is damning and clear. And it just keeps piling up.

[Marcus]

[bolding added.]

This is the key argument against Peterson's insistence that his personal blog isn't really 'published' material, therefore it's not plagiarism. His blog entries contain many, many instances of stealing the intellectual property of other authors. Just because he thinks it's okay to steal their material because he's not really 'publishing' it doesn't mean it's not theft of intellectual property.

In fact, the institutions who legitimately publish works by the people he steals from uniformly define what he is doing on his blog as theft of intellectual property. Everyone is in agreement, from patheos to BYU to Wikipedia to every source Peterson steals from: Plagiarism is defined is stealing someone else's work, regardless of where you put it.

Additionally, this thread documents a multitude of Peterson's plagiarized publications across more than just his blog. It documents his plagiarisms at the Deseret News, the LDS meridian and lifestyle magazines, and even in the Interpreter itself.

A couple cursory searches of his blog don’t show him ever defending himself on these points. He will write 1,000 words whenever Noel says something asinine, but it seems he can’t be bothered to attempt a defense here.

What can he say, except that he doesn’t care. The evidence is damning and clear. And it just keeps piling up.

At first, he did a few mea culpas, but how many times can you say, 'oops, sorry, I didn't realize I did that' before your readers stop believing you? I think he assumes his readers are relatively isolated and easily manipulated, so if he doesn't mention the specifics, they'll never know. He has defined my work as an attack on him, and as long as he just defines himself as a long suffering victim, his readers will never know.

I think he underestimates many who are in his audience, however. In the 2 days since I posted his latest plagiarism, this thread has been viewed over 1000 times. People know what he does.

[Doctor Scratch]

He has been absolutely brazen in the past about disregarding consequences. On the matter of the 2nd Watson Letter, he used to taunt people: “Go ahead and report it! If it’s a problem, surely we’ll be fired, if not worse!” I don’t know where he got the idea that he could get away with such blatantly unethical and degenerate behavior, but he seems very confident that he’s essentially untouchable.

[I Have Questions]

Those are fair points. But I don’t know another Mormon so-called “scholar” that plagiarises. Peterson stands apart as a prolific plagiariser. He’s a serial offender, and he knows he’s a serial offender. He justifies it by thinking “it’s just a blog, so scholarly standards don’t apply”.

Since his blog is monetized, it’s unethical and it’s stealing other people’s work for personal financial gain. No matter how small, that’s what he’s doing.

I think it indicates how little he values personal, moral, and intellectual integrity, and that shows in his apologetic work. If he can spread lies which promote Mormonism, he’s more than happy to do so.

It’s shown in everything he’s done. Take the Everybody Wang Chung signature line. DCP promised to write two books whilst on a sabbatical from BYU, he broke that promise.