Plagiarism

What Is Plagiarism

In most of the cases, people shrug off their shoulders by taking plagiarism too lightly. A common perception of plagiarism is ‘copying another's work or borrowing someone else's original ideas'. However, terms like "copying" makes the offense look a little lighter. As per Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary, the word "Plagiarize" means the following:

1.      To steal and pass off (ideas/words) of others

2.      Using others' production without proper citation

3.      Committing a literary theft

4.      Presenting someone's ideas or product as something new

According to the Oxford English Dictionary, plagiarism is; "The practice of taking someone else's work or ideas and passing them off as one's own". So, plagiarism is blatant theft of ideas, words, or products of others.

Some of the leading examples of plagiarism include the following:

1.      Copying a paper verbatim that is available in digital or printed form.

2.      Taking someone else's work and presenting it as completely your own.

3.      Handing in or submitting the papers that you didn't write actually.

4.      Using other author's ideas, text, or work without proper citation.

5.      Paraphrasing

6.      Failing to put a quotation mark on the quoted work.

7.      Copying more than a fair amount of words from some paragraph and rephrasing it as your own work. (if that is cited properly, will not be considered plagiarism).

Types of Plagiarism

There are many types of plagiarism. We are just quoting a few of them.

1.      Direct Plagiarism: It is the word-for-word transcription of a section of someone else's work, where the user doesn't use quotation marks or proper citation. Such deliberate actions are considered unethical and academic dishonesty.

2.      Self-Plagiarism: This occurs when a person submits his/her own previous work or a mixture of past assignments without permission from the professors, involved.

3.      Patch Writing: This is also called as "Mosaic Plagiarism." It occurs when a student borrows phrases from a source without using quotation marks. Or s/he finds synonyms for the author's language but keeps the same general structure and meaning of the content.

4.      Accidental Plagiarism: Such situation happens when a person neglects to cite their sources, or misquotes them. Unintentional paraphrasing or grouping of words that match some other source may also fall under this. Cases of accidental plagiarism are taken as seriously as any other plagiarism.

UU Number 28 of 2014 concerning Copyright has clearly stipulated it.

According to this law, copyright (copy right) is the exclusive right of the creator which arises automatically based on the declarative principle after a work is realized in real form without reducing restrictions in accordance with statutory provisions. Exclusive rights are rights that are only reserved for the creator or recipient of the copyright. If there are other people who want to use the creation earlier, this person must obtain prior permission from the creator or recipient of the copyright earlier.

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