Grading process initiated

I will soon start with the grading process. Unfortunately I am superbusy at the moment, so it will probably take a couple of weeks before I am done.

e-grasshopper suggests in a comment that everyone who has started a blog should pass the assignment since "creation of a blog was the most critical part of the assignment". True, that is critical, but a little more is required - even for just a pass. For example, it has to be done in due time before the deadline. In any case, the more you have done with respect to the given assignment - the better grade you will get.

Regarding those who are late, of which a couple has legimate explanations, I have to check with the person responsible for the MBA program at School of Business, Stockholm university. Some of you students, I have already learned during the whole assignment time, have done a very good job. And I thank you sincererly in advance for that!

Beware of copyrights!

Today a student created a new blog (2 days after the assignment deadline). The second post in that blog, by "orange2006", is a direct copy+paste of copyrighted material. The original content is most likely from Parenting and Child and the copyright information is found under the Copyright link on that web page. Another web page ParentLink contains the same information, with a note giving credit to the copyright holder, which is Parenting SA.

Academic work is by no way freed from the restrictions given by international copyright law. It is up to the owner of the copyright owner to grant other uses. A growing number of publishers, predominantly bloggers, use the Creative Commons licensing system to enable "the legal sharing and reuse of cultural, educational, and scientific works". True, it is within "fair use" to quoute some content, which then implies marking it as a quote - and - properly refer to the source.

I assume that "orange2006" did a mistake here and look forward to a clarification on the matter.

[update September 30]: Today I found that another student, julia24pl, had done the same thing in at least two postings in her Alone in the Network. Interestingly enough I happen to know Fredrik Wackå, one of the bloggers who has been ripped for his content. So I e-mailed him and asked for comments. To be continued in a fresh post...