BY WHOSE LEAVE?
Sir,-Having been an interested, but not consistent listener to the various séssions so ably conducted from 1ZB’s studio by Mr. Kenneth Melvin, I was annoyed to hear him on Monday evening, August 18, in his "March of Time" session, commit a ‘flagrant piece of plagiarism. I must admit that I have never heard him claim in so many words that his material is original, but I fancy that the majority of his listeners entertain that impression and have been allowed to ‘do so. In this particular instance, his period on the air was completely occupied by a reading-without any acknowledgment whatsoeverof an amusing and exceedingly well-informed article in the July issue of the English magazine Lilliput"Faux Pas That Have Forged Man’s Fate," by the well-known writer George Edinger. Now, even if, as is most unlikely, Mr. Edinger has no objection to his work being co-opted in this fashion, Lilliput is fully copyrighted, publishing in each issue the following notice: "The entire contents of Lilliput are protected by Copyright in Great Britain, the United States and other countries, and must not be reproduced." It would be interesting to know ’ whether Mr. Melvin has some special arrangement with the editors of Lilliput, but even if he has, he should at least acknowledge the source of his material. In any case, I should imagine that it would be the duty of the 1ZB station authorities to guard against such breaches of literary good manners. My impression is that Mr. Melvin quoted a good 99 per cent
of the text word for word.-
JOAN
HARROW
(Auckland) _
(Mr. Melvin makes his reply: ‘"‘ Your correspondent errs in charging me with using material in this broadcast ‘without any acknowledgment whatsoever,’ as listeners who heard the broadcast will be able to confirm. The opening words of the script used on this occasion were as follows: ‘I am indebted to an overseas journalist for an exceedingly clever summary of some of the famous mistakes of history, an article which merits wider audience, and some of which are now presented.’ ’’)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 116, 12 September 1941, Page 4
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343BY WHOSE LEAVE? New Zealand Listener, Volume 5, Issue 116, 12 September 1941, Page 4
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