In my own words plagiarism is to copy somebody else’s work without citing or giving the credit that person whom they copied or used work from. Basically taking all the credit for someone else’s work. There are many differences between plagiarism and copyright violations. Plagiarism is intellectual dishonesty and is handled by intellectual peers and the professional society and copyright violations are more of a legal offense that is handled in courts and are far more serious. The way to avoid plagiarism is to cite the author and the way you can avoid get the authorization from the copyright owner. An example of plagiarism that is not a copyright violation is like copying and pasting ideas from an article on your paper for class. And an example of a copyright violation that is not plagiarism is like if I made a song and took the beat of someone else’s song or took the lyrics of someone else and not giving them credit for it. This often results in lawsuits and being sued which can be avoidable.
I agree plagiarism is taking all of the credit for someone’s work. This happens all the time but most people do not get caught because nobody really notices. Mainly celebrities and really popular people are the only ones who get caught. It is really important to give due credit. I know if I did something I would not want someone talking the credit for my work.
ReplyDeleteSo, your example of plagiarism that is not copyright violation is right, just because you're using a small chunk of the book for educational uses, which makes it "fair use" as far as copyright is concerned. Another example of plagiarism that is not copyright violation is someone who purchases a term paper and hands it in as their own -- they got legal permission to copy and distribute that paper, but are failing to give credit to the actual author.
ReplyDeleteYour second example is another example of plagiarism that may not be copyright violation. Taking someone else's lyrics and not giving them credit IS plagiarism. Whether or not it is copyright violation depends on whether the person got (often = paid for) permission to use those lyrics.
An example of copyright violation that is not plagiarism would be if you did a cover of someone else's song, saying that it's a cover of one of your favorite songs from this band, but failed to pay for permission to perform that song. You're giving credit to the original artist but not getting copyright clearance.