Addressing Plagiarism during a pandemic
On March 30th an act of plagiarism of my work was brought to my attention by the people of a nation where the plagiarism was committed in a national governmental address. I am not going to name the nation, for I do not want to make my sisters and brothers of that nation subject for global ridicule. If I do it'll be like putting the bad exam grades of a student on the school notice board for the whole school to see. So without mentioning the country I am making this brief address as my response to my work being plagiarized.
On March 28 the President of a certain nation in his address to the people said a few things about the importance of staying home in order to contain the COVID19 situation in his country. And among those few statements was a specific statement - "you can revive economy, but not a corpse", which appears to be taken without giving credit from my COVID19 address to the world which I published on March 24. Now this matter was brought to my attention because the statement of mine went viral in that country after the President's address.
Many people expressed their great disappointment at their leader for actively practicing plagiarism and that too in a time like this - some have called it "dishonesty" and others "academic theft". And I completely understand your disappointment, however, at this moment I am not able to give the matter any special attention, and I urge you, the people from that nation and in fact from all the nations of our homeland earth, to do the same. Here's why.
I don't mind being plagiarized as long as my work is used for the benefit of others. Right now our sole focus should be on stopping the spread of covid19 while helping those in need either personally or through a relief fund, and not on something comparatively so petty as plagiarism. At any other time it may be worth discussing, but right now is not the time. So I repeat, right now is not the time for intellectual debates and arguments, it is time for us humans to come together as humans with only one concern in mind - the health of all of us.
On March 28 the President of a certain nation in his address to the people said a few things about the importance of staying home in order to contain the COVID19 situation in his country. And among those few statements was a specific statement - "you can revive economy, but not a corpse", which appears to be taken without giving credit from my COVID19 address to the world which I published on March 24. Now this matter was brought to my attention because the statement of mine went viral in that country after the President's address.
Many people expressed their great disappointment at their leader for actively practicing plagiarism and that too in a time like this - some have called it "dishonesty" and others "academic theft". And I completely understand your disappointment, however, at this moment I am not able to give the matter any special attention, and I urge you, the people from that nation and in fact from all the nations of our homeland earth, to do the same. Here's why.
I don't mind being plagiarized as long as my work is used for the benefit of others. Right now our sole focus should be on stopping the spread of covid19 while helping those in need either personally or through a relief fund, and not on something comparatively so petty as plagiarism. At any other time it may be worth discussing, but right now is not the time. So I repeat, right now is not the time for intellectual debates and arguments, it is time for us humans to come together as humans with only one concern in mind - the health of all of us.
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