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| Nikola Tesla, father of the Tesla coil & pioneer of the modern alternating current electrical supply system, and whose innovations on low current, high voltage electricity assisted, and continue to assist greatly in the transmission of music to the general masses by means of radio, television and other electronic formats. |
It has come to my attention that certain article(s), all of which are originals, have been taken from unravelingmusicalmyths.blogspot.com and paraphrased and/or posted to ‘teaching sites’ for profit. This notice is to remind the reader interested in directly quoting from, in part or in full, and making derivative use of my works both with and without the intent for monetary gain, is strictly prohibited under copyright.
All articles and posts on this blog are automatically date and time stamped at point of live posting and/or the making and updating of drafts, regardless of the presence or absence of this information on the user screen.
The process and act of continuing the tradition of teaching, especially when it comes to the subject of history, can be a precarious ground to cover. In essence, the relaying of history, outside of an individual’s modern/retrospective opinions on his or her chosen subject, is, in fact, the rehashing of information passed down through many generations. It can be tricky to keep one’s work wholly original, particularly where history is concerned, which often makes use of documented quotes. Lifting sentiment, sentence and document structure, imagery and sequence, however, is tantamount to plagiarism, and should have no place, particularly where higher education is concerned, within the teaching sector.
At the very least, it is bad form. At its height, it is unethical, most especially where profit is concerned, and when the offender is a member of faculty at a University which enforces high-tuition fees on it’s student body. It is wholly unfair not only to the University administration itself, but to those hard working young men and women juggling student loans, after-school jobs and grades on a daily basis. It is an outrage to the parents of those students who rely on the credibility and credentials of it’s governing bodies to offer a healthy return on that investment by offering what should be a unique education to their children.
It is also wholly unfair to independent bloggers such as myself who put in much time and passion in creating for the inquisitive reader original content.
I seize this opportunity to remind the reader interested in using for any purpose(s) any content on this blog (including any images created by the author of this blog in addition to text) that both author permission and due credit are required. Both may be requested by submitting a request in the contact form on the lower right hand panel and by perusing the Terms and Conditions of this website located at the bottom of this page in the “All Contents Copyright by Rose” hyperlink.
I thank you in advance for your co-operation in this matter.
-Rose.
Friday, June 17, 2016.
ADDENDUM - 05/2020:The above notice also applies to visitors from Wikipedia and on social media. My written permission is required to re-use material found on this blog. The practice of stripping writer credit in lieu of listed source material (i.e. bibliography data) whilst stealing original content for re-posting on external platforms has been, and is an ongoing issue for freelance authors. Do note that when bibliography data is listed on this blog, unless otherwise specifically stated, it is in reference to materials that have been read and studied by myself, and are not quotations. Lifting, and/or paraphrasing an author's original content whilst listing sources mentioned in the bibliography endnotes (and thus using the latter as the "original" source) is misleading, and it undermines the hard work, creativity, and the dedication to the subject matter spent by those who are offering the spoils of their research at no charge to the viewer. In short, it is a loophole which has routinely been exploited by 'editors' to the open source platform at the expense of smaller, independent content creators, who often remain un-credited.
As a result of this loophole, I will be limiting and/or ceasing to include bibliographic data to future articles, at my own discretion (exceptions apply to direct quotes). Requests for this information may be made by utilizing the contact form on the right hand panel of this blog.
Do note that all backlinks, including those visitors from Wikipedia appearing in analytics are archived.
-Rose.