PLAGIARISM
Many people think of plagiarism
as copying another’s work, or borrowing someone else’s original ideas. But
terms like “copying” and “borrowing” can disguise the seriousness of the
offense:
According to the Merriam-Webster OnLine
Dictionary, to “plagiarize” means
1) To steal and pass off (the
ideas or words of another) as one's own
2) To use (another's production)
without crediting the source
3) To commit literary theft
4) To present as new and original
an idea or product derived from an existing source.
Plagiarism is the act of using
someone else’s words or ideas without attributing the source. Words and ideas
are, according to this view, things to be “owned”; they are intellectual
property. And, as with other things that are owned, there are proper and
improper ways to use those things. To properly take someone’s physical
property, requires that we ask permission. To properly take someone’s
intellectual property requires that we provide attribution. And we use
conventions to provide this attribution that we call citation. To avoid plagiarism
is to use an appropriate citation convention to provide all the necessary
attribution in your written work, to tell your reader what words and ideas in
your paper came from another source.
Why plagiarism occurs? The
reasons are:
1. Human nature (Desire for
status, power and fame without ability to do research in a proper way).
2. Hectic competition, undue
pressure for better results and lack of proper supervision at work place.
Types of Plagiarism
The
most common types of plagiarism are:
1.
Paraphrasing
plagiarism (rephrasing a text without attribution)
2.
Mosaic /
patchwork plagiarism (using text of several sources and combine them)
3.
Direct
plagiarism (using a large chunk of text without citation)
4.
Citing
incorrectly
5.
Global
plagiarism (using someone else’s work)
6.
Plagiarizing
yourself (self-plagiarism)
Plagiarism is the use of
another's original words or ideas as though they were your own. Any time you
borrow from an original source and do not give proper credit, you have
committed plagiarism and violated copyright laws. What are copyright laws?
Copyright laws exist to protect our intellectual property. They make it illegal
to reproduce someone else’s expression of ideas or information without permission.
This can include music, images, written words, video, and a variety of other
media. At one time, a work was only protected by copyright if it included a
copyright trademark (the © symbol). According to laws established in 1989,
however, works are now copyright protected with or without the inclusion of
this symbol. Anyone who reproduces copyrighted material improperly can be
prosecuted in a court of law. It does not matter if the form or content of the
original has been altered – as long as any material can be shown to be
substantially similar to the original, it may be considered a violation of the
Copyright Act.
References:
http://www.du.ac.in/du/uploads/research/06122014Turnitin-WhatisPlagiarism%20.pdf
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