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Permalink Reply by Sowmya Kandrika on August 11, 2015 at 2:01

1. Simplest definition of plagiarism

                  The act of presenting another’s work or ideas as your own.

 Did you know? The word plagiarism comes from the Latin Plagiarius meaning “Kidnapper”

2. According to the merriam-webster online dictionary, “to plagiarize means” to steal and pass off the   ideas or words of others as one’s own without crediting the source. It is an “an act of fraud which involves both stealing someone else work and lying about it afterwards.”

3. Why is Plagiarism important? Who really cares?

1. Plagiarism is Theft of intellectual property.
2. Plagiarism is Cheating
3. Plagiarism may result in receiving an “F” or “Zero” for the Assignment.
4. Plagiarism can be
   1. Turning in someone else work as your own
   2. Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
   3. Failing to put quotation in quotation marks
   4. Giving incorrect information about source of quotation
   5. Changing words but copying structure without giving credit

 

 5.      Types of Plagiarism

There are different types of plagiarism based on the intensity of plagiarism and a few of them are as follows:

Minimal Plagiarism: It is type of plagiarism, which is most common in the educational sector and in this plagiarism the person do plagiarism by substituting the synonyms and editing the original text.

Substantial Plagiarism: Adding more details in the text and just changing the patterns of the text leads to substantial plagiarism.

Complete plagiarism: Without making any change in the data and presenting it as your own is the complete plagiarism. On the other hand there are the some other types of plagiarism, which must be never forgotten while coming up with any written article or idea like

6.      CASE STUDIES

1) Sophomore Harvard University student KaavyaViswanathan received much praise for her debut novel How Opal Mehta Got Kissed,GotWild and Got a Life. However, not long after the young author began to collect royalties for her work, it was revealed that she had plagiarized. More specifically, she cut-and-pasted whole sections of text from Megan F. McCafferty's novels Sloppy Firsts (2001) and Second Helpings (2003), as well as authors Sophie Kinsella, Salman Rushdie, and Meg Cabot.

2) As the President of the Madison School Board (New Jersey), Melissa Elias was respected for her educational leadership. In 2005, however, Elias was accused of plagiarizing significant portions of a commencement speech.Apparently, Elias “borrowed” parts of another commencement speech that Pulitzer Prize winning author Anna Quindlen had given to Mount Holyoke graduates in 1999. After issuing a public apology, Elias was forced to resign from her post.

7. LEGAL ACTION

1...College and university rules for student conduct sometimes say that plagiarism is an academic offense, not a legal offense. That statement is not correct.

 

2...Colleges, universities and professional entities certainly have the authority to punish plagiarists in various ways, including expulsion from the college or revoking a degree earned in part by plagiarism. But plagiarism is also a legal issue.

 

 3. No direct legal action exists against plagiarism but it can definitely fall under the category of:  a) Copyright Law b) SOPA Law c) Fraud d) PIPA Law 

      We come to a conclusion that plagiarism is not an issue which should be ignored.

      It is a serious problem which will lead to great difficulties in future if not controlled.

      My suggestion to all is that something like copying from Wikipedia to make projects is not acceptable. They might take it lightly but in reality it is a cyber crime.

     Using our mind and gathering our own information is important and if cited then full credits and acknowledgements should be given to the original source.

 

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Permalink Reply by Karthiban Harikrishnan on August 11, 2015 at 2:54

Dear Madam,

I really appreciate your effort for providing very detailed information immediately.

Thanks a lot for your immediate response.

If any poster available on plagiarism. Kindly share with me.

Can you help me to provide information for my 2nd question. I also request to provide statutory points on xeroxing policy (example: what kind of materials can be Xeroxed and what is the maximum limit for Xeroxing) with reference details.

Thanks & regards,

H. Karthiban

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Permalink Reply by Gayatri K on August 11, 2015 at 20:11

 

  Following categories of publications are not to be used for photocopying:       

          a)  Works not belonging to the Collection may not be photocopied;

          b)   Works categorized as ‘restricted’ such as rare books, journals and manuscripts and                work Supplied to the Library on the understanding that they would not be reproduced               without the  Written consent of the copyright owner.

          c)   Unpublished works.

 

   Following limitations to photocopying are to be adhered:

         e) Published works, not more than one chapter or not more than 10 per cent of the                      number of  pages  thereof at a time;

          f) Periodicals not more than the whole or part of one articles in a periodical at a time.

 

 

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Permalink Reply by Karthiban Harikrishnan on August 11, 2015 at 20:51

Dear Madam,

Thank you for your immediate response and providing valuable information.

Is there any reference available for xerox policy?

Thanks & regards,

H. Karthiban

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