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 misattribution is in the same category as a false accusation 
 Sorry, what does that mean? 
 if you say "this person killed that person" that is a misattribution if it's not true, that's a false accusation

if you say "something something something" and actually you copied a whole paragraph or more of that text from someone else it's not your own work and you are effectively claiming responsibility for this statement

it can be verified that you didn't say it first, and you copied so much, and the whole point is that you are marketing yourself in some way based on this, it's false advertising, it's not you, you are just as retarded as a photocopier in this act that you should be outed for trying to ride on someone else's work to gain a reputation you don't deserve