Plagiarism is complex and emotive issue, perhaps because of so, many people including myself, are confused about the difference between plagiarism and copyright infringement. The paleontologist Mike Taylor has put together the differences between plagiarism and copyright infringement, and posted "Plagiarism is nothing to do with copyright"
“First, plagiarism is a violation
of academic norms but not illegal; copyright violation is illegal, but in truth
pretty ubiquitous in academia. Second, plagiarism is an offence against the
author, while copyright violation is an offence against the copyright
holder.Third, plagiarism applies when ideas are copied, whereas copyright
violation occurs only when a specific fixed expression (e.g. sequence of words)
is copied. Fourth, avoiding plagiarism is about properly apportioning
intellectual credit, whereas copyright is about maintaining revenue
streams." He concluded that,
plagiarism is about the failure to properly attribute the authorship of copied
material, eg. ideas, text or images; Copyright violation is about failure to
pay for the use of the materials. Which of the two issues that we care more,
will depend on whether we are in a situation where intellectual credit or money
is being more important.
Do you agree with his opinions
here? Where do you see the difference between plagiarism and copyright
infringement?
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