[governance] A shame for the EC

Deirdre Williams williams.deirdre at gmail.com
Wed Dec 14 10:12:33 EST 2011


This discussion interests me for a slightly different reason.
I have been wondering for some time now whether the norm about plagiarism
isn't shifting as the norm about privacy seems to be doing. Privacy is
still important but the things considered "private" seem to have changed.
With the issue of plagiarism - we are being encouraged to "remix" from the
existing. Does this carry with it the idea that, once published,
information is "free"? When I asked this question on the Diplo ning I was
assured that the "old" rule still obtains - if you borrow someone else's
intellectual property you must acknowledge where/who it came from.
But now I wonder again - in changing times is plagiarism not as wicked as
it used to be?
Deirdre

On 14 December 2011 10:36, Norbert Bollow <nb at bollow.ch> wrote:

> > Given that the general reaction to this appointment could not have come
> as a
> > surprise to Mme. Kroes or her staff one really has to ask why it was
> made.
>
> Indeed. And she's legally obligated to give the reasons (when the
> question is formally asked) why such a scandalous person was chosen
> instead of conducting a more normal kind of search for a well-qualified
> and suitable person to fill this role:
>
> According to Article 41 of the EU's Charter of Fundamental Rights [1],
> which has been ratified by all EU member countries as part of the
> Lisbon Treaty, there is a right to good administration which includes
> in particular "the obligation of the administration to give reasons
> for its decisions".
>
> [1] http://www.europarl.europa.eu/charter/
>
> Greetings,
> Norbert
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