http://theutubeblog.com/2008/06/13/valedictorians-dont-plagiarize-the-beatles-graduation-speech-on-youtube/ an unofficial blog on YouTube + the video file sharing industry Sat, 24 Oct 2009 03:12:13 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 http://theutubeblog.com/2008/06/13/valedictorians-dont-plagiarize-the-beatles-graduation-speech-on-youtube/#comment-85023 Doug’s Views » Blog Archive » Plagiarizing valedictorian learns nothing Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:19:17 +0000 http://utubeblog.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-85023 [...] one’s own. Acosta’s speech did credit The Beatles for the song lyrics but the person - Cassandra Malloy - who is thought to be the first who gave a speech called “The Perfect Beatles Graduation [...] [...] one’s own. Acosta’s speech did credit The Beatles for the song lyrics but the person – Cassandra Malloy – who is thought to be the first who gave a speech called “The Perfect Beatles Graduation [...]

]]> http://theutubeblog.com/2008/06/13/valedictorians-dont-plagiarize-the-beatles-graduation-speech-on-youtube/#comment-80591 Colleen Clark Thu, 19 Jun 2008 23:53:05 +0000 http://utubeblog.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-80591 I was at the graduation ceremony in Circleville, and I heard the entire speech. Afterward, someone told me that she had seen this same speech on YouTube. I looked it up when I got home, and lo and behold, it was the same speech, word-for-word--just with a different introduction. Most of the local news media and the readers commenting on this story online do not seem to realize this. They seem to think the issue is simply that he quoted a few times from the Beatles. Thanks for providing some much-needed background to this story! I was at the graduation ceremony in Circleville, and I heard the entire speech. Afterward, someone told me that she had seen this same speech on YouTube. I looked it up when I got home, and lo and behold, it was the same speech, word-for-word–just with a different introduction. Most of the local news media and the readers commenting on this story online do not seem to realize this. They seem to think the issue is simply that he quoted a few times from the Beatles. Thanks for providing some much-needed background to this story!

]]> http://theutubeblog.com/2008/06/13/valedictorians-dont-plagiarize-the-beatles-graduation-speech-on-youtube/#comment-80564 The Beatles valedictory speech — House on a hill Mon, 16 Jun 2008 23:19:05 +0000 http://utubeblog.wordpress.com/?p=1104#comment-80564 [...] Utube The Dispatch Red Orbit WBNS [...] [...] Utube The Dispatch Red Orbit WBNS [...]

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