"The Making of 'The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan'" - blatant "copyrighted" plagiarism of a Wikipedia article by bobdylan.com

It has been brought to my attention that bobdylan.com plagiarised (and "copyrighted", with "All Rights Reserved") a Wikipedia article, i. e. "stole" or "wrongfully appropriated" the thoughts, research and exact words of others.

And, indeed, what is presented at http://www.bobdylan.com/feature/making-freewheelin-bob-dylan is basically nothing but a slightly abridged version (minus links to footnotes and references) of what can be found at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Freewheelin%27_Bob_Dylan.


bobdylan.com:
"Dylan began work on his second album at Columbia's Studio A in New York on April 24, 1962. The album was provisionally entitled Bob Dylan's Blues, and as late as July 1962, this would remain the working title. At this session, Dylan recorded four of his own compositions: "Sally Gal", "The Death of Emmett Till", "Rambling, Gambling Willie", and "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues". He also recorded two traditional folk songs, "Going To New Orleans" and "Corrina, Corrina", and Hank Williams' "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle"....
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Dylan held another session at Studio A on December 6. Five songs, all original compositions, were recorded, three of which were eventually included on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "Oxford Town", and "I Shall Be Free". Dylan also made another attempt at "Whatcha Gonna Do" and recorded a new song, "Hero Blues", but both songs were ultimately rejected and left unreleased."
claimed to be 
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Snapshot (pdf) retrieved on March 07, 2011

Wikipedia:
"Recording in New York
Dylan began work on his second album at Columbia's Studio A in New York on April 24, 1962. The album was provisionally entitled Bob Dylan's Blues, and as late as July 1962, this would remain the working title.^[14] At this session, Dylan recorded four of his own compositions: "Sally Gal", "The Death of Emmett Till", "Rambling, Gambling Willie", and "Talkin' John Birch Paranoid Blues". He also recorded two traditional folk songs, "Going To New Orleans" and "Corrina, Corrina", and Hank Williams' "(I Heard That) Lonesome Whistle".^[15]...
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Dylan held another session at Studio A on December 6. Five songs, all original compositions, were recorded, three of which were eventually included on The Freewheelin' Bob Dylan: "A Hard Rain's a-Gonna Fall", "Oxford Town", and "I Shall Be Free". Dylan also made another attempt at "Whatcha Gonna Do" and recorded a new song, "Hero Blues", but both songs were ultimately rejected and left unreleased.^[27]"
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Snapshot (pdf) retrieved on March 07, 2011 

With cut-and-paste "corporate scholarship" of such magnitude, it is no wonder that on January 31, 2011, SONY MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, through Web Sheriff, attempted a "hostile take-over" of my own website bobdylanroots.com with no legal basis whatsoever -- it seems to be hard to present original research after alienating loyal fans and amateur researchers (who could have been valuable contributors) through intimidation and methods that border on extortion.


Thanks to Bob Stacy for the initial info!

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I stole from Wikipedia but it's not plagiarism....

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"Stealing from Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is not necessarily plagiarism. It can also be an experimental form of literature. Even a form of 'beauty'...." (ibid.)