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So, there’s this Argentinian politician who just proposed an anti-plagiarism law, which he apparently thinks is an anti-copyright infringement law. We know this because he suggests that plagiarism is hurting the recording industry. Okay, so clearly he’s involved with the Argentinian RIAA equivalent, and neither he nor they know what the difference is. Great, that’s pretty stupid already, even without getting into the whole RIAA/copyright debate.
To increase the stupid, he used Wikipedia to help write his proposed law. That’s pretty scary. A federal-level law, well, a law period, being based on Wikipedia. Most high schools don’t let you use Wikipedia as a serious source, much less colleges and governmental institutions.
But here’s the real kicker. Not only did he use Wikipedia as his source, he apparently stole 3 paragraphs straight up from Wikipedia. Verbatim. In other words, he plagiarized the Wikipedia article on plagiarism for his anti-plagiarism bill. Sweet.
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