Plagiarism

According to Stanley Fish, I learned that plagiarism is not so much of a moral issue. It's more of how you conduct yourself professionally in the academic circles. Sure, there is a bit of morality involved: you are essentially stealing one's work if you don't give credit to them, but Fish argues that it all matters in the context of things. In the context of academics, plagiarism is an obvious sin. Outisde, however, it is a little difficult. Musicians sometimes sample music from previous artists. Some old songs are revamped, remixed, and redone. In certain cultures, it is okay for people to pool from the "common knowledge" because that knowledge or resource exists and belongs to everyone. However, what may be at stake then is the sense of "individuality", that the current generation is losing more and more of their originality. That art, music, etc. are nothing more but a copy of a copy of a copy.