The Price of Plagisarism

**Baxter** · 07-23-2015 23:53

Being a shocking swiper of others peoples ideas I rather fancied Gully Rakers idea of using Axis and Allies models to put on top of the Topside minies in his AAR on bombing ships in the pacific. So I headed off to the Game World shop here in Adelaide and bought myself a box of AA 1941. I spied Sails of Glory on the shelf so naturally asked the assistant if they had any Wings of Glory. He told me that they could not longer get that product and that it was out of production and had in fact been replaced by the Blue Max Board game

Anyway, purchase in hand I am now heading home to play the game chaps.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 07-24-2015 01:32

That chap is either sadly misinformed, or has given up on trying to source the product, and sees a chance to shift another of his lines. Did you try to put his misconception to bed Gary?
Rob.

**Baxter** · 07-24-2015 02:50

Sorry to say I did not. I know I should have

PS.I checked the spelling in my message but obviously not the heading. Plagiarism I think it should be.

**Flying Officer Kyte** · 07-24-2015 03:37

I wouldn't worry Gary. It would most likely have been water off a duck's back anyway.

Rob.

**BobP** · 07-24-2015 13:30

Gary I did a Kickstarter for TOPSIDE minis and received a nice quantity of ships. I did choose many cargo ships along with the WWI ships. Took the cargo ships for a number of battles that you could do. Malta was They also included a set of rules for their mini's. Bought a few D-12's at Historicon for their rules.

**David Manley** · 07-24-2015 14:02

Where does plagiarism come into this?

**tuladin** · 07-24-2015 15:52

Not really plagiarism - just plain good ol' fashioned fraud.

**gully_raker** · 07-24-2015 23:50

You wont be sorry Gary!

**Baxter** · 07-25-2015 00:46

PLAGIARISM - I probably picked the wrong word but I was referring to me "pinching" Gully Rakers" idea of using little miniature ships on top of his Topside minis.

**Archidamus** · 07-25-2015 01:09

Originally Posted by Baxter

PLAGIARISM - I probably picked the wrong word but I was referring to me "pinching" Gully Rakers" idea of using little miniature ships on top of his Topside minis.

In the words of Bernard from Yes Prime Minister, this is an irregular verb - as in "I adopt good ideas, you plagiarise my ideas, he is charged with copyright theft" - so you adopted Baz's good idea

**David Manley** · 07-25-2015 01:43

Originally Posted by Archidamus

so you adopted Baz's good idea

**csadn** · 07-25-2015 14:53

"Improvise; adapt; overcome."

**gully_raker** · 07-25-2015 19:25

Originally Posted by Baxter

PLAGIARISM - I probably picked the wrong word but I was referring to me "pinching" Gully Rakers" idea of using little miniature ships on top of his Topside minis.

I am more than happy to see anyone getting a good use out of any of my ideas!

**Tonx** · 07-27-2015 07:41

Originally Posted by gully_raker

I am more than happy to see anyone getting a good use out of any of my ideas!

Same here if anybody borrowed one of my ideas - I'd firstly think of how as Aerodrome members we stand together and as it would not have been a published idea to begin with (an idea given for compensation or hire) I would definitely not view it as Plagiarism.

Spelling-wise plagiarism is just like parallel and the subject of quite a few 'What is the correct spelling of ...' questions in pub-quizzes which I have taken part in down the years