LITERARY PIRACY.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 439, 23 February 1909, Page 9

LITERARY PIRACY.

'.;'■S? r i'r"As ;a rule' a newspaper doe's not object • to; being, copied; so. long. as .its paragraphs, are',acknowledged. ■ Nelson- papers, however, seem to. be devoid of. all. sense of justice in-this: respect,, and crib from thoir contemporaries,;. particularly.thoso of Wellington," with the.greatest impunity,;.not to sav.,eftrontoryi;-...a'ho : Nelson" :''Colonist,"' ;which; claims''to bo oyer fi%, years'old, and ■therefore should know.better,';is:the greatest offender, '.as;, regards i .literary 'piracy, : and, ?, tran .gß to say,, it has invariably chosen, as its.victim its youngest brother—-The DoiiiN™N. .; A flagrant instance of this 'is shown in' the: Colonist" issue of February 11,' in , which' two paragraphs are taken from The Dominion -"of ■'.'Febhlary;.'9 -,'arid: reprinted as .our. own" .without'the slightest ledgment. .; In one- a deliberate attempt ! .is ; . taade ; to ■■deceive, its', readers, .and-detract from.the credit, due toTHE Dominion by deleting 1 the, words; "says':'our Palmerston corresponiont" in your paragraph regarding a Mr. lodd stepping off a train in broad daylight arid completely. • The only reason for suoh;a gross breach of journalistic rules .is,' in tho writer's opinion, 'the-grow-;' ing circulation of The Dominion in the Nel-' son :district./ This continued literary piracycauses, disgust to all those who love '■';■', .'• : '^ ;: r,:, : - :; '''''-'' r - V '- : FAIR PLAY./ ■Nelson, February 11, 1909. '.;:;:;•; ; ;;