What is at stake?

When looking at plagarism as well as all the repercussions that it comes with if the act is committed is somewhat overwhelming. I feel that many of times people do not realize that they are in fact plagarising. It's hard to cite information already, not to mention the fact of citing information that is not common knowledge to everyone but may be common knowledge to your specific generation.
I feel that the number one problem with plagarism, as well as the number one issue that is at stake when talking about the act of plagerism is hurting feelings. I sometimes believe that the people who's work is being plagarised should just calm down for a second and lok what the person has actually written. If it is in fact "good-quality" information/stuff, maybe the new artist who is using the work of another is in fact using it because they admire the work, not just because they are simply stealing the work of another.It sucks to think that so many people are being charged for plagarism when a majority of them have no idea that they are doing it.
After reading Fish's article I sort of felt a bit angry, like he did when he found that someone had used his information, but I can know see that sometimes people take the easy way out when writing things, or simply constructing any sort of work, and there are plenty repercussions for using the works of others.