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Naomi Ragen found guilty of plagiarism
Akiva Novick
Published: 13.12.11, 08:12
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1. But Mrs Ragen is so righteous!
Daniel Breslauer ,   Gateshead, UK   (12.13.11)
But Mrs Ragen is so righteous! I thought she was such a hero of fairness, equality before the law, fighting injustice and being a proper human being? At least that's how Ynet and others presented Mrs Ragen a couple of years ago when she went Chareidi-bashing about Bus 2.
2. plagerism or artistic licence?
tsfatisha ,   tsfat   (12.13.11)
i'm sure that if someone plagiarized naomi ragen's work she would see it as theft. she wouldn't see suing them as a 'nuisance suit', or that they were exercising artistic 'freedom of expression'. she would want to protect her work and her copyright. the judge found against her - pay up naomi. just the way george harrison had to for plagiarizing the tune of his song 'my sweet lord' and he didn't even do it intentionally!
3. Plagiarism is a really big sin!
AmiLee ,   Israel   (12.13.11)
Since this isn't the first time these charges have been brought against Ms. Ragen one is left wondering: Is anything she writes original? I do hope that Ms. Ragen sees fit to apologize and make restitution. I do hope that Ms. Ragen has learned her lesson...stealing someone else's work does not pay!
4. Some people have an excellent...
ORA ,   JERUSALEM   (12.13.11)
memory,and if they are impressed by some writing,these words stay in their memory,and they use the same words,unaware of plagering.It happend to Mark Twain,who certainly had no need whatsoever to plagete anybody.
5. correction re.monetary claim
Sarah Shapiro ,   Jerusalem, Israel   (12.13.11)
The plaintiff sued the defendant for one million shekels.
6. 1 million shekels and not 100 million ? wow, thats a
eporue ,   europe   (12.14.11)
7. typo... (i wanted to say)
eporue ,   europe   (12.14.11)
8. Naomi
Alice ,   Montreal, Canada   (12.13.11)
I don't trust this woman. I don't even think she's good at anything besides bashing and slandering Haredim.
9. The title of Naomi's next novel
Babishka ,   USA/Mea Shearim   (12.14.11)
GANEV
10. Run a comparison with Danielle Steel
Aviva ,   Jerusalem   (12.14.11)
I tried to read one of Naomi's novels, it sucked, it reminded me a lot of the crap that Danielle Steel grinds out. Somebody should run a page by page comparison of Naomi and Danielle Steel and see what shakes out. Plagiarists are usually serial offenders. They get away with it the first time and keep doing it over and over.
11. RAGEN WAS PLAGIAN
LAWRENCE ,   SAFED ISRAEL   (12.14.11)
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