UP student plagiarizes prizewinning photo Presented by Group

UP student plagiarizes prizewinning photo Presented by: Group 5 & 6

A UP student is in hot water after apparently plagiarizing several prize -winning photographs published by Carol Ramoran on September 22, 2013 at 9: 01 P. M. and was updated on September 22, 2013 at 11: 04 P. M. .

y’s ate dent f premier state university named Mark Joseph Solis admitted to passing off as his own a photograph that recently won a photo contest (Smiles for the World) sponsored by a Chilean ambassador named Roberto Mayorga. In addition, according to the post on the “Narinig ko sa UP” Facebook page, Solis had done this at least five times since 2011.

The real owner of the photo named Gregory John Smith, revealed how “ An impostor… abused my copyright”. Solis submitted a photo of a boy whom said was named Nilo and was from Zamboanga City. The caption stated that the boy helped his father from seaweed. Solis won the photo contest through the plagiarized photo and was awarded $ 1, 000 and roundtrip tickets to Chile and Brazil.

On the other hand, Smith, a social entrepreneur, said the photo belonged to the Children at Risk Foundation , which he founded. The child in the photo was from Brazil, not Zamboanga City as a proof, Smith pointed to his Flickr account, which contained the same photo-taken in 2006 – along with other photos of children in Brazil. The photo was titled “Neptune, King of The Sea”.

Solis’ statement: “I’m deeply sorry. I’m in deep remorse. Right now, I already contacted the organizers and I’m about to contact the owner to personally convey to him my deepest and personal apology”.

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