Plagiarism can take many
different forms. Here are some examples of that:
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Changing words, but copying the sentence structure of a source
without giving credit
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Committing literary robbery
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Copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the
majority of your work (whether you give credit or not )
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Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
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Failing to put a quotation in quotation marks
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Giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
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Presenting as original an idea derived from an existing source
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Stealing the ideas of another as one's own
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Turning in someone else's work as your own
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Using another's production without crediting the source
Most cases of plagiarism
can be avoided by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material
has been borrowed and providing your audience with the information necessary to
find that source is usually enough to prevent plagiarism.
Using an image (art), video. or piece of music
in a work you have produced without receiving proper permission or providing
appropriate citation is plagiarism. The following activities are very common in
today’s society. Despite their popularity, they still count as plagiarism.
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Copying media (especially images) from other websites to paste
them into your own papers or websites.
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Making a video using footage from others’ videos or using
copyrighted music as part of the soundtrack.
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Performing another person’s copyrighted music.
·
Composing a piece of music that borrows heavily from another
composition.
·
A photograph or scan of
a copyrighted image (for example: using a photograph of a book cover to
represent that book on one’s website)
·
Recording audio or video
in which copyrighted music or video is playing in the background.
·
Re-creating a visual
work in the same medium. (for example: shooting a photograph that uses the same
composition and subject matter as someone else’s photograph)
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Re-creating a visual
work in a different medium (for example: making a painting that closely
resembles another person’s photograph).
·
Re-mixing or altering
copyrighted images, video or audio, even if done so in an original way.
The legality of the above situations would
depend upon the intent and framework within which they are produced. The two
safest approaches to take are to avoid them altogether, or to confirm the
works’ usage permissions and cite them properly.
“If you
steal from one author its plagiarism; if you steal from many its research.” (Wilson Mizner) [i]
[i] Adapted from: “What is Plagiarism?” by p.org
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