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from Part III - Cultural Contexts
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 April 2021
The term “plagiarism” (from the Latin for “kidnapping”) is a pretty blunt instrument with which to try to comprehend the complex relationship of any artist to his or her source materials. It suggests a cartoonish model of artistic inspiration. The devil, named Plagiarism, sits on one shoulder, whispering to the musician, “Ah, go ahead. Lift that phrase (lyrical or musical): no one will ever know.” On the other shoulder the angel, Originality, urges the virtues of inspiration over imitation. It’s a picture of artistic creation as a straightforward struggle between genius and subterfuge, good and evil. No one who had ever struggled to create anything could have come up with it.
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