- In your own words, what is plagiarism?
- How is plagiarism different from copyright violation?
- Describe an example of plagiarism that is NOT a copyright violation.
- Describe an example of copyright violation that is NOT plagiarism.
I think that plagiarism is when someone takes someone else's work and tries to pass it as their own. And the person that uses the work does not give the person who came up with it any credit. Plagiarism most likely happens more around college campuses than most other places. Plagiarism is using someone else's work without giving proper credit. A copyright violation is using someone else's creative work with out permission. An example of plagiarism that is NOT a copyright violation would be copying another students paper at school and turning it in as your own. An example of copyright violation that is NOT plagiarism would be if someone copied someones art design and the person did not give them permission.
So, the example of a student copying another student's paper could be copyright violation, too. Turning it in as their own is definitely plagiarism. If they purchased the paper or otherwise got permission to use it, then it would be plagiarism but not copyright violation. However, if they used it without permission, it could be plagiarism AND copyright violation.
ReplyDeleteOn the second example, if someone coped someone's art design without permission, that's copyright violation. However, if they did it without citing the source, it would ALSO be plagiarism. But if they copied the design without permission but did cite the original artist, then it's copyright violation without plagiarism.