Internet picks of the week

You Thought We Wouldn't Notice

Several weeks ago news broke about an American writer who discovered Cooks Source magazine had published her online piece on apple pie without permission, with the editor claiming "the web is considered 'public domain' and you should be happy we just didn't 'lift' your whole article and put someone else's name on it!". The case is just the tip of the iceberg as it seems hundreds of corporations and design companies consider the internet "public domain". Here people behind the originals get some form of revenge by exposing the plagiarists – chain stores stealing artworks from fashion students to bands who rip off other bands' artwork – the world is full of cut and paste thievery.

Defaced

Banksy didn't really stencil some giant testicles either side of Number 10 Downing Street last week, but many a gullible internet browser assumed he did, such are the convincing wonders of Photoshop. There are, however, plenty of examples of artful vandalism here that are both real and equally as silly. A photo blog "about people ruining other people's stuff cuz it's funny", Defaced collects examples of creative destruction. If you're the kind of person who gets upset when you see bubblegum plastered over a movie star's eyes on an escalator poster then be prepared to be outraged. If not, there are plenty of sullied banknotes, cunningly altered posters and random vandalism to entertain your inner Bart Simpson – plus graffiti that references Wired.