Yes and no.

The telegraph pulled their article in the face of the allegation, had people go over it, and dismissed the claim of plagiarism.

The NUJ got in touch to say they were looking at it. No further news there.

Brian.

-----Original Message-----
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Brian McNeil,

Is it safe to assume that you have not heard back from The Telegraph or the NUJ?

SVTCobra

----- Original Message -----
From: Brian McNeil
Date: Thursday, September 25, 2008 6:35 am
Subject: [Wikinews-l] Allegations of copying from Wikipedia
To: telegraph@blj.co.uk
Cc: 'Wikinews mailing list'

> To Whom It May Concern:
>
>
>
> My name is Brian McNeil, I am a bureaucrat and accredited
> reporter on
> Wikipedia's sister project, Wikinews (http://en.wikinews.org
> ). I am investigating allegations that
> have been
> raised on Wikipedia that material has been copied from Wikipedia
> in your
> publication.
>
>
>
> The allegations center around the obituary for author James
> Crumley, the
> online version of this is at
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/3062745/James-
> Crumley.html. The
> current version of the Wikipedia article is located at
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Crumley. This has undergone
> some revision
> since Crumley's death, but some word-for-word identical sections
> remain.
>
>
> While I wait on those who have made the allegations providing further
> information I would greatly appreciate knowing who was
> responsible for the
> Telegraph obituary, and what the paper's stance on such issues is.
>
>
>
> While the term plagiarism has been bandied about in the
> discussion on
> Wikipedia, it is more technically accurate - if true - to
> describe this as
> an infringement of the license under which Wikipedia content is
> provided.The license is the GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL
> - linked to from the
> foot of every Wikipedia page). The terms of this license are
> relativelyliberal in what reuse is permitted, but there is a
> "viral" clause to ensure
> that those who profit from the material share their works. The
> upshot of
> this would be that and work substantially derived from a GFDL
> article must
> also be made available under such a license.
>
>
>
> I look forward to your response on this matter, as I hope you
> appreciatethis is relatively urgent to maintain the timeliness
> of the news.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Brian McNeil
>
> Wikinews Bureaucrat & Accredited Reporter
>
> Email: Brian.McNeil@wikinewsie.org
>
>