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Conference Board Admits Plagiarism, Pulls Copyright Report

Posted by timothy on from the look-forward-eagerly-to-future-reports dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Conference Board of Canada has withdrawn all three reports on intellectual property after allegations this week by Michael Geist of plagiarism. The organization now admits that its report on copyright was plagiarized from US copyright lobby groups."

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  1. Seriously??? by TbB_thund3rp33l · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Seriously Conference Board of Canada, seriously? Did they think that people wouldn't check up on this??

  2. Crime and Punishment by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Ok... the title above is obviously lifted, but it comes very handy and no longer under copyright protection, hopefully.

    Let's see then the story here:

    1) US copyright groups want to send people to jail in the US and around the world for downloading music, etc. for their own listening, viewing, etc. pleasure.

    2) Conference Board of Canada was downloading documents from US copyright lobby groups, lifted them partially into a paid, for profit report to support the Canadian government to formulate laws, reflecting the interests of US copyright lobby groups.

    3) How about feeding the US lobby groups recommended medicine to Conference Board of Canada as a test? Suing the hell out of the Conference Board of Canada? Demanding jail term for the head of the organization?

    4) How about commissioning a report, on how US copyright lobby groups are influencing or directly rig the legislation process in other countries?

  3. Letter to Conference Board of Canada by TropicalCoder · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Under their retraction they provide a contact link. I clicked on that link and gave them my thoughts as pasted below, and the acknowledgement promises a response. Will get back to you on upon their reply.

    Dear Sir/Madam,

    After almost selling out Canada to the USA via your plagiarized reports on intellectual property, I would strongly suggest that you contract Prof. Michael Geist or at least work closely with him in the next effort. Michael is well know, extremely knowledgeable on the subject, and trusted by a large number of Canadians. Only in this way will you regain the prestige you once had.

    Sincerely,

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