# Holy crap, plagiarized by the US Marines! **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 31, 2017, 5:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148 "2017-08-31T05:16:36Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 4
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/61 "2017-09-06T18:12:13Z")
> [@gnoitall](#): > > Well, that would address the Attribution element of your original CC license, but I assume you’ll work out the correct arrangement for the Non-Commercial clause? Because the design won’t be product-ize-able (ick) without some type of manufacturing contract, which smells pretty commercial to me. Of course, it’s your design, so you decide how that will be addressed, but I urge you not to overlook it. From what I’ve said I think it’s pretty clear I want to keep ownership of the design, but I think I should check that’s been understood. ---
**Author:** ![Poysyn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f4b2a3/32.png) [@Poysyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Poysyn)\ **Post date:** [September 6, 2017, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/62 "2017-09-06T18:37:05Z")
> [@Johnny\_Bravo](#): > > How do you expect it would go down, up there? Investigation and potential charges - we have similar catchalls of the commonly known “Conduct Unbecoming”, if nothing else. I don’t know if it would rise to the level of a Court Martial, we have a Summary Trial that sits below that, then there is an admin review that can be below that/happen concurrently. Fraudulently representing another work as your own is a big deal - I would encourage the OP to work it through the appropriate channels, and thank them for taking that course of action. The Chain of Command has an interest in seeing this corrected. The member may or may not be discharged - a lot comes down to their current status, is this a weird blip on the radar or that proverbial last straw? I have seen it cut both ways. ---
**Author:** ![rbell2915](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f6c823/32.png) [@rbell2915](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rbell2915)\ **Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/63 "2017-09-07T04:04:56Z")
> [@Sicks\_Ate](#): > > I doubt it ends his career. This isn’t enough to get discharged. Probably wouldn’t even keep him from re-enlisting. A simple NJP is enough to deny most Marines the opportunity to reenlist, so in my personal opinion, plagiarism is huge, especially when you’re talking about contests and the like. I’m sure that when everything comes out in the light, that Marine will burn. Sent from my Nexus 6P using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![Ale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f19dbf/32.png) [@Ale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ale)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 7:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/64 "2017-09-14T07:23:52Z")
The article on Popular Science magazine is up, now with proper accreditation: [The Marine Corps wants to 3D print cheaper drones](http://www.popsci.com/marine-corps-3d-printed-drones) ---
**Author:** ![DSeid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dseid/32/20194_2.png) [@DSeid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DSeid)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/65 "2017-09-14T13:23:41Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > The article on Popular Science magazine is up, now with proper accreditation: > > [The Marine Corps wants to 3D print cheaper drones](http://www.popsci.com/marine-corps-3d-printed-drones) Good news! ---
**Author:** ![Mighty\_Girl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7bcc69/32.png) [@Mighty\_Girl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mighty_Girl)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 1:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/66 "2017-09-14T13:34:38Z")
Great, Ale. Any word from the military? ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/67 "2017-09-14T14:11:36Z")
I’m glad to see the [del]wheels[/del] wings of justice are moving. ---
**Author:** ![hajario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hajario/32/171_2.png) [@hajario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hajario)\ **Post date:** [September 14, 2017, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/68 "2017-09-14T18:59:26Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > The article on Popular Science magazine is up, now with proper accreditation: > > [The Marine Corps wants to 3D print cheaper drones](http://www.popsci.com/marine-corps-3d-printed-drones) Very happy to hear this. Congratulations. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [September 17, 2017, 2:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148/69 "2017-09-17T14:49:32Z")
> [@Ale](#): > > I got in touch with the Marine and the Captain in charge of the design challenge and I made it clear that it’s not my wish to see him or his team suffer any hardships over this, but things need to be set right. It’s out of your hands, then. Rather like the cops hearing, “I don’t want my boyfriend to go to jail, I just want him to stop hitting me.” God have mercy on his soul. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/holy-crap-plagiarized-by-the-us-marines/795148.md?page=3)