MIT Plagiarizes Comic Book Creators
09-01-02 | 11:05 PM
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MIT Plagiarizes Comic Book Creators
From Yahoo News
"CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) - When MIT announced in March that it won a $50 million grant to design high-tech gear for the U.S. Army's "soldier of the future," the project was hailed as the stuff of science fiction and comic book heroes.
It turns out there was a lot more to those plaudits than most people realized.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( news - web sites) grudgingly acknowledged on Wednesday that it copied images from the sci-fi comic book "Radix" as part of its winning bid to host a research center that aims to make soldiers partly invisible and allow them to clear 20-foot (6-meter) walls in a single bound.
But with the Canadian creators of "Radix" crying foul and weighing their legal options, the tale may not end there..."
Pictures:
MIT Proposal Picture
Radix Illustration
Personally, I don't know whether or not MIT using this image helped them gain the grant. I think that's besides the point. The point is that they used a doctored image for their proposal and didn't credit the illustrators. This became an even bigger problem when they won the grant and their proposal picture was all over the news. Once the image was made public, MIT should have credited the Radix creators with the image.
The fact that this is a comic is besides the point. It's a matter of citing a source when you use someone elses work. Hopefully, MIT will acknowledge that their illustration is just a photo-shopped version of the Radix image and this won't have to go to court.
Any thoughts?
"CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (Reuters) - When MIT announced in March that it won a $50 million grant to design high-tech gear for the U.S. Army's "soldier of the future," the project was hailed as the stuff of science fiction and comic book heroes.
It turns out there was a lot more to those plaudits than most people realized.
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology ( news - web sites) grudgingly acknowledged on Wednesday that it copied images from the sci-fi comic book "Radix" as part of its winning bid to host a research center that aims to make soldiers partly invisible and allow them to clear 20-foot (6-meter) walls in a single bound.
But with the Canadian creators of "Radix" crying foul and weighing their legal options, the tale may not end there..."
Pictures:
MIT Proposal Picture
Radix Illustration
Personally, I don't know whether or not MIT using this image helped them gain the grant. I think that's besides the point. The point is that they used a doctored image for their proposal and didn't credit the illustrators. This became an even bigger problem when they won the grant and their proposal picture was all over the news. Once the image was made public, MIT should have credited the Radix creators with the image.
The fact that this is a comic is besides the point. It's a matter of citing a source when you use someone elses work. Hopefully, MIT will acknowledge that their illustration is just a photo-shopped version of the Radix image and this won't have to go to court.
Any thoughts?
09-29-02 | 02:12 PM
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gawd, that's horrible.
though I also hope that they just apologize and get it done with.
too many people suing each other nowadays.
and even if they don't apologize.
i don't think they should sue.
though I also hope that they just apologize and get it done with.
too many people suing each other nowadays.
and even if they don't apologize.
i don't think they should sue.
