I agree with you that in many of these cases it may be a contract violation and can be discussed as such when that's the case. My objection is to terming this p

I agree with you that in many of these cases it may be a contract violation and can be discussed as such when that's the case. My objection is to terming this plagiarism which it is not. As we see in the referenced article, it moves from the modified "self-plagiarism" to "plagiarism" quickly, by the fourth paragraph when it says "Four excruciating months later, Jonah Lehrer is known as a fabricator, a plagiarist, a reckless recycler." Now the word plagiarism is screwed because of irresponsible articles conflating contract violations with plagiarism. I see this term in an article, what does it mean? Who knows. Probably is BS. It's like the word rape. If I hear someone is a rapist, it means nothing to me since he probably had consensual sex with his 17 year old girlfriend when he was 18. Or perhaps it is a reference I have seen tossed around to refer to when a male gets into a heated argument with a female, it can now be termed "verbal sexual assault", also now known as "rape".