In my formative years, we had this special lingo we had for people who
were prone to do whatever an individual was doing in the same like
manner - we usually called them copy –copy,
of course you know what the word copy means, the emphasis in this case
is what makes this lingo special, it just had to be repeated twice for
people who don’t have the decency to put a little more creativity even
though they know they are copying an individual.
This brings me to the issue of the day – Plagiarism. I
first came across the word while I was in the University; we were
warned severely against the use of other people’s material/knowledge
without due acknowledgment or reference, ever since then I have dreaded
this word and the consequences that could follow.
According to the Webster dictionary it is defined as
the "wrongful appropriation," "close imitation," or "purloining and
publication" of another authors "language, thoughts, ideas, or
expressions," and the representation of them as one's own original
work. It is further described as a moral offense, in the academia and
journalism; it is a grave offense and could lead to severe damage of
one’s credibility and heavy sanctions or court cases depending on
severity.
All this grammar and
explanation still spells out copy- copy....i call them COPY- CAT In my industry – the make-up
industry, this issue of copy –copy is a menace eating deep thereby
killing the profession. Oh yes by any means copy, there is nothing
wrong with that, but please whatever happened to professionalism?
Whatever happened to creativity? Whatever happened to enhancements?
Haba!!!
I mean if you need to
copy why would ypu crop a heavily watermarked picture and claim the
work is yours. Yes I agree makeup is an art and artists are allowed to
copy,and can add some creativity to whatever is copied.there was a particular makeup artist who cropped out my name from my job,i asked why she did that and she deleted me on bbm I can’t
begin to count how many makeup artist {MUA} I have delected from my black berry and
Face book just because of this copy copy (monitoring spirit) wahala.
Some peopl are stupid,instead of doing their own job they keep using other people's job as theirs
ReplyDeleteAbi ooo
Deleteyou are right dear,those copy copy should be brought to book
ReplyDeletei really dont understand those people ooo,why deceive people into believing what you have not done.
ReplyDeleteSame question I ask myself
DeleteNigerians are terrible,later they say the goverment is spoiling the country nd they are also spoiling the country with their bad habits
ReplyDeleteHehehe,copy-cats I hope you all get to read this
ReplyDeleteBefore copy any one,s song,book,picture,makeup etc,the person should be duely informed and always make refrence to the original owner.LVS,please ignore them,who God has blessed with wisdom and creativity,no one can curse.u are good in what u do,just keep it up!
ReplyDeleteThank you
DeleteI believe u sud take credit 4 woteva gud tin u've done, Not croppin off name 4rm picture, sooo lame,Am an upcoming makeup artist but ll neva steal sum1 job cuz I believe d 'sky is enuf 4 us all' and believe in masef. I ♡̨̐ LVS
ReplyDeleteMy dear,I always marvel at their stupidity,some even go as far as writting their name on other peoples jobs,just yesterday I spoke to a girl on my bbm,she has always written her name on other people,s jobs,there was a picture she used if one takes a clear look at it you would see traces of the original owner,and she still had the guts to write her name boldly on the picture.yes you can use other peoples pictures but why crop out their name,or write your name on their pictures,that is craziness.
DeleteAunty Lola don't mind them,they are enemies of progress
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