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Plagiarism and Copyright |
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The Internet is a great source of information. Whether surfing the Internet or doing research for school, it is important that you show respect for other people and give credit to their work.
Plagiarism is taking and using another person's work, whether it is only part of or the complete work, and saying that it is your own is plagiarism. It is never alright to do this.
If you want to use another person's words, always put it in quotations and say who said it.
If you do not want to quote someone, use their work as research for the creation of your own words. Be sure to list the sources of your research as references at the end of your paper.
It is never okay to take parts of some else's website (like their pictures) and put them on your own website as your own.
For more information on plagiarism and how to avoid it, visit Plagiarism Questions and Answers.
A copyright means that you are forbidden from just taking something and using it as if it were your own. This means you cannot take some else's web page or just part of it and post it as your own without asking permission to do so first.
Many objects on a person's web page are copyrighted. This includes the pictures, sounds, video clips, not to mention the content on the page.
If you want to use something that is copyrighted, you may be permitted to use it if you ask permission from the person who owns the copyrighted. Often it is posted on the website how to obtain this permission.
Most software is also copyrighted. This means that it is illegal to copy software. The only time it is alright to copy software is if you have permission from the software company to do so. This is usually the case with shareware and public domain software. With shareware, you pay a small fee after testing it.
For more information on copyrights go to The Copyright Website or the Library of Congress's copyright page.
Created on
March 5th, 2001.
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