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On Oscar Wilde and Plagiarism
- dang 11y agoMonty Python did a bit about this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxXW6tfl2Y0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxXW6tfl2Y0.
- sourdesi 11y agoThere's also a (pretty great) song by The Smiths related to this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwv23yz_OrI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bwv23yz_OrI The lyrics are meant to be ironic since they condemn plagiarism while praising Wilde and consciously containing bits of plagiarism itself. Morrissey, the lyricist and vocalist, was well known for plagiarizing and even ripped some lines off of Oscar Wilde in a few songs.
- kafkaesq 11y ago"Good artists copy; great artists steal" http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/06/artists-steal/ http://quoteinvestigator.com/2013/03/06/artists-steal/