"Victim" of plagiarism should include the misled readers who are denied the context of the original work and the source, possibly to read further later.
Sure. But that is not how the word "victim" is being used in the piece.
I can see how the plagiarised person can be a victim, as I've said. Such a person could be deprived of money and status that is their due while it is garnered by the plagiarist. Morally that is straight up theft, for mine. I just don't see it, or much like it here. This is not a defense of plagiarisim that I'm making.
It's not a massive point and it definitely isn't terribly important. I just feel like it's describing yourself as a victim of theft if someone tries to break into your car, does no damage to it, fails to steal anything and accidentally leaves a few hundred dollar bills behind that are legally awarded to you as their finder. Victim? Maybe a professional writer could use a word to convey the meaning they're trying to convey without the nuance I'm objecting to here? Has there ever been an easier case to "refuse to be a victim" than this one? The plagiarised party is, in some small way, cashing in on the experience and good luck to them!
Seems like the plagiarist is getting some kind of justice and everyone can form their own view on the appropriateness of its roughness and whether no viable alternative to it exists and so on in the all the usual ways.
I can see how the plagiarised person can be a victim, as I've said. Such a person could be deprived of money and status that is their due while it is garnered by the plagiarist. Morally that is straight up theft, for mine. I just don't see it, or much like it here. This is not a defense of plagiarisim that I'm making.
It's not a massive point and it definitely isn't terribly important. I just feel like it's describing yourself as a victim of theft if someone tries to break into your car, does no damage to it, fails to steal anything and accidentally leaves a few hundred dollar bills behind that are legally awarded to you as their finder. Victim? Maybe a professional writer could use a word to convey the meaning they're trying to convey without the nuance I'm objecting to here? Has there ever been an easier case to "refuse to be a victim" than this one? The plagiarised party is, in some small way, cashing in on the experience and good luck to them!
Seems like the plagiarist is getting some kind of justice and everyone can form their own view on the appropriateness of its roughness and whether no viable alternative to it exists and so on in the all the usual ways.
[1] Tom Lehrer for anyone playing along at home. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UQHaGhC7C2E