Even your grandmother who hasn't touched a computer her whole life knows what they are. You find out that one of your friends, who hates reading when she's in the bathroom, bought one of those gizmos. Then you hear that one of your writer friends is now an officially published author. The Kidnapping of Content by Sam Vaknin E-zines plagiarize. The print media plagiarize.
Individual journalists plagiarize, many with abandon.
Even advertising agencies and financial institutions plagiarize. The temptation is irresistible, the rewards big and the pressures of modern life great. While the pay scale for online articles is still lower than for print magazines, the web is catching up. Many sites now pay in the hundreds for a 750 word article. Aside from money, there are other rewards to online writing.