Comments on: What Happens in Vegas http://www.carltonprmarketing.com/marketing/what-happens-in-vegas Integrated Public Relations, Marketing and Social Media Sat, 23 Jul 2011 21:12:59 +0000 hourly 1 By: Janet Gershen-Siegel http://www.carltonprmarketing.com/marketing/what-happens-in-vegas/comment-page-1#comment-325 Janet Gershen-Siegel Tue, 11 May 2010 15:41:40 +0000 http://www.carltonprmarketing.com/?p=816#comment-325 I think there is a disconnect going on, wherein there are a lot of people (is it mainly Generation Y, perhaps?) who are of the opinion that the online world is so different from the offline world that normal rules do not apply. But they do. And -- surprise! -- the law applies as well. Plagiarism is still plagiarism. Threats are still threats. And making yourself look like an idiot offline is, well, it *is* actually different when you do it online. It's worse. I think there is a disconnect going on, wherein there are a lot of people (is it mainly Generation Y, perhaps?) who are of the opinion that the online world is so different from the offline world that normal rules do not apply.

But they do. And — surprise! — the law applies as well. Plagiarism is still plagiarism. Threats are still threats.

And making yourself look like an idiot offline is, well, it *is* actually different when you do it online.

It’s worse.

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