No it’s not OK to steal intellectual property
Last week, Germany has been shocked by the revelation that its aristocratic defence minister, Karl Theodor zu Guttenberg cheated in his doctoral thesis. It would appear that goodly chunks of it – amounting to well over 100 pages– were lifted (unattributed) from various other academic sources and presented as zu Guttenberg’s own work. His Alma [...]
Personal violation, Robbery, Theft and Larceny
I know I am not the first, and I am definitely not the last but earlier this week I was the victim of a robbery. The house I was staying in was burgled. An ingenious entry – gemming off a sliding patio door and forcing open the window. This happened whilst the house was empty [...]
All that jazz – All in A Day
If I sat down and really thought about what I could achieve in a single day, I might be able to come up with some interesting challenges that I think might be possible…. but record a whole album? Well that would probably not be one of them, even if I had the requisite talents. But [...]
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