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alp227

(32,004 posts) Mon Jun 9, 2014, 03:33 AM Jun 2014

News Corp accuses Daily Mail Australia of plagiarism

Source: The Guardian

News Corp Australia has taken aim at its new local online competitor Daily Mail Australia, accusing the news website of plagiarism and labelling its journalists “copy snatchers and parasites”.

One of the exclusive stories News has accused the Daily Mail of copying is a feature about “the best dress a woman can own”, which reportedly took six Daily Telegraph journalists, including a fashion editor with 20 years’ experience, to produce.

Less than a week after the UK’s Mail Online officially rebranded as Daily Mail Australia, in a joint venture with Nine’s digital arm Mi9, News Corp sent a legal letter asking the company to stop using its content or face a lawsuit.

A News Corp spokesman said: "We have taken this action because we believe the Daily Mail Australia is breaching our copyright by lifting substantial slabs of original content from a large number of articles from our mastheads."

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/jun/09/news-corp-accuses-daily-mail-australia-of-plagiarism

Seriously. The UK Daily Mail has decided to pollute Australia...as if it's not bad enough that the Daily Mail gets spread around all sorts of social media and message boards (sadly, even DU) as a news source.

But this story is just too funny, two of the shoddiest media companies in existence sparring against each other.

And here's "The Daily Mail Song".

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News Corp accuses Daily Mail Australia of plagiarism (Original Post) alp227 Jun 2014 OP

Same type of thing came to mind mdbl Jun 2014 #1

2 thoughts.... T_i_B Jun 2014 #2

Nothing succeeds like excess, eh? Ford_Prefect Jun 2014 #3

When all newspapers are touting the same thing.... T_i_B Jun 2014 #5

Apart from the fact they 've always been able to access the Mail Online anyway. dipsydoodle Jun 2014 #4

The Daily Mail does lift a lot of copy directly from its sources. gvstn Jun 2014 #6

mdbl

(4,973 posts)

1. Same type of thing came to mind

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 05:09 AM

Jun 2014

"But this story is just too funny, two of the shoddiest media companies in existence sparring against each other."

I was thinking it was like the Star suing the National Enquirer for copying an alien visitation story.

T_i_B

(14,735 posts)

2. 2 thoughts....

Reply to alp227 (Original post)

Mon Jun 9, 2014, 07:05 AM

Jun 2014

..firstly, is there any need for an Australian version of the Daily Fail? It's not like there aren't any right wing Australian newspapers.

Secondly, the UK Daily Fail is far more likely to lift stories from the Daily Telegraph then anyone else.