Re: [Harp-L] Plagiarism According to Muddy Waters and Jonathan Lethem

[Tom Baehr <tombaehr@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

A friend of mine calls this the GETS principle: Good Enough To Steal.

Tom
On Jul 1, 2007, at 7:34 PM, Roger Boyce wrote:

> I am now a painter and an educator in the arts. I tell my students  
> that the
> creative field is an area of human endeavor where theft ( i.e.  
> Influence, to
> one degree or another ) is not just sanctioned but encouraged and  
> crucial in
> the manufacture of 'new' culture.
>
> Respectfully Yours
>
> Roger 'Wader" Boyce
> Expatriate American thief, living in Christchurch, New Zealand