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I might add another "myth" called "Indian blogger" too in this case. The linked article is a total copy of a news report by Times of India (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/A-myth-ca...). Couldn't the blogger add a measly line of attribution?

Ok. Back to the topic.



This really is an interesting case of plagiarism since there are multiple versions of this article by different authors, each who has slightly changed the other.

February 17, 2007. Author: timesofindia staff?

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/sunday-toi/A-myth-ca...

February 18, 2007. Author: Brajeshwar (who does attribute "an article" in Times of India as "inspired by", but without a specific link)

http://brajeshwar.com/2007/are-you-a-programmer-or-a-coder/

April 5, 2007. Author: Avinash Singh

http://avinashsingh.wordpress.com/2007/04/05/a-myth-called-t...

2010. Author: Mohamed Sardhar

http://www.citehr.com/26128-myth-called-indian-programmer.ht... (exact copy of all 3 pages of the Times of India article, with no attribution to original, just a new byline added)


Fascinating, this seems to speak directly to DarkShikari's point. It definitely reads like a mishmash of different people's thoughts.


Or, maybe the newspaper copied the blogger? If Indian plagiarism exist reached the journalism too... :)


The dates seem to suggest otherwise: the TOI article is from February 2007, the blog post from April 2007.




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