Plagiarism about plagiarism

I just read The Ecstasy of Influence which discusses plagiarism, copyright and intellectual property in general. What’s really great about this article though is that most of it is plagiarised (except that all the sources are listed at the end). One of the arguments presented in the article is that all art is influenced and as such plagiarism has always been a part of it. Granted I simplified the argument a bit, the text is much better written.

It’s rather long but I thought it was well worth my time. You can read it here.