Plagiarism and How to Avoid it: Plagiarism vs Copyright
What is Copyright?
"the exclusive and assignable legal right, given to the originator for a fixed number of years, to print, publish, perform, film, or record literary, artistic, or musical material"
"copyright" The Oxford Dictionary of English. 2015. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.
Copyright Explained
The video above, created by Professor Eric Faden of Bucknell University, is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
More details at this Center for Internet and Society at Stanford Law School page.
Another video explaining copyright, by CGP Grey.
Plagiarism vs Copyright
| Plagiarism | Copyright Infringement | |
| Definition |
The theft of ideas or of written passages or works, where these are passed off as one's own work without acknowledgement of their true origin; or a piece of writing thus stolen. The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Terms |
Violation of the rights of a copyright holder, when material protected by copyright is used without consent. INSTICC |
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What's affected |
Written work |
Any work of authorship |
| Classification |
Academic dishonesty |
Copyright law violation |
| Effect |
Fools reader into believing you wrote the work |
Denies copyright owner reward for creation |
| Consequence |
Failing grade; expulsion; loss of degree, job, or publishing contract |
May be liable for damages; can no longer use material |
|
How to avoid consequences |
Give proper credit to author or source |
Obtain permission from owner to use the work |
Table adapted and used with permission from Lee, 2009.
Can I share or use this image for free?
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