Posted by mykeyII at ppp-as37-26.nss.udel.edu on February 21, 2000 at 23:27:34:
In Reply to: Re: you wanna be a jackass posted by vpRockstar on February 21, 2000 at 23:12:03:
Ok, I'll admit the name dropping was bullshit. And I'm not all that proud of my liberal high school. I don't even know why I'm responding to this email, except to maybe make sure you know what the word homage means. I wasn't trying to sell the script. I wasn't trying to do fan fiction with any of his characters, aside from maybe Jay and Silent Bob. And I sure as hell wasn't trying to pass of his style as my own. That would be what we call academic dishonesty, also known as plagarism. Studying, for lack of a better name to drop, William Shakespeare doesn't make me a plagarist. Trying to write like William Shakespeare, while it may be extremely difficult, doesn't make me a plagarist especially if I'm not trying to seel it. Mimicing an artist or author in order to better understand them does not make one, as I think you put it "a tribute band" I don't follow music that much, but I'm assuming that is a band that plays like a great, established group in order to profit off of their success. So what, you think I'm going to sell my English Paper? Sorry to cause you so much trouble in responding to my post, I just thought Kevin would like to know, and couldn't think of any easy way that he could get this. If he doesn't give a shit, he can just keep scrolling down the page. And if you're looking for someone else to attack just for the hell of it, well, you can keep scrolling as well.