“Moreover he must have good testimony from them that are without; lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.” — 1 Timothy 3:7 Continue reading
In which Randy Booth twists & grinds on his sword — again — and the fine folks who run Canon Press simply grind. Continue reading
Pastor Douglas Wilson of Christ Church, Moscow, has recently struggled with the definition of the word plagiarism, so Rachel Miller has uploaded a new post to assist him. She titled it The Very Definition of Plagiarism. And to remind you, . . . Continue reading
Last week Canon Press did a Friday afternoon news dump to announce the findings of their investigation into Doug Wilson’s most recent plagiarism eruption in A Justice Primer. The anonymous investigators for Canon Press have identified the real culprit as . . . Continue reading
Mr. Wilson assures his readers that the CREC Review Committee intends to deliver the kind of justice that he and Mr. Booth advocated in their phony book. The irony, I am sure, is lost on him.
Taking responsibility in either sense needs to result in something concrete, and in my case it means that I will not be co-authoring any books like this anymore. I will not be putting myself in this position again.
Douglas Wilson
I mentioned that I needed to state a few specifics. One of them is that after I gave my sections to Randy for editing and blending, I did not do anything more. I looked at the manuscript when it came in, but did not read through the whole book, left to right. I do not know that doing so would have changed anything, but it could have. This is an example of practical responsibility.
Douglas Wilson
A comparison. Continue reading
“Fools mock at making amends for sin, but good will is found among the upright.” — Proverbs 14:9 Continue reading
They pretend that they have no control over their distribution, as though the books magically appear at Amazon under their name without their knowledge or consent. Continue reading
Consequently, I want to take full responsibility for having my name on the cover of a book containing plagiarized sections, and where the contributions from the authors were undifferentiated. In such circumstances, when plagiarism is detected, the one who finds it has every right to look at the cover and decide right on the spot who is responsible. The names on the cover are the ones with the authorial responsibility, which is the primary responsibility according to contract, and the editorial imprint is the one with the publisher’s responsibility, also specified by contract. Further investigation might reveal where particular culpability lies, but the responsibility for the project flows (according to God’s design) to the names on the cover.
Douglas Wilson
The cost of doing business with Doug Wilson. Continue reading
Canon Press has not said if they sold their inventory for resell or destroyed it. What do you think they did?