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On copyright infringement and plagiarism

Plagiarism is considered an act of stealing someone else’s work or ideas and passing it off as their own. In contrast, Copyright infringement occurs when someone uses copyrighted material without the permission of the copyright holder. Plagiarism is an ethical issue, whereas copyright infringement is a legal issue. 

Is plagiarism and copyright infringement the same?

the work in a manner that is in violation of copyright law. Copyright infringement is a legal matter. Plagiarism on the other hand is when someone passed off the work of someone else as one’s own or without acknowledgement of the original source.

What is an example in which plagiarism is also copyright infringement?

More importantly though, many plagiarisms are copyright infringements. Plagiarizing a blog post on a new site, copying an encyclopedia article without attribution for a book report or submitting a photograph someone else took under your name to a magazine are all examples of both plagiarism and copyright infringement.

How can you avoid plagiarism and copyright infringement?

The best way to avoid plagiarism is careful citing of materials used in your writing, whether verbatim or paraphrased. Quotation marks must enclose any sentence, phrase, or even an unusual word lifted “as is”.

Why plagiarism is not a copyright infringement?

A person can plagiarize almost anything, including works that are not protected by copyright. If you were to claim to have written “Hamlet”, for example, it would be a plagiarism but not a copyright infringement because the play is in the public domain and is not protected by copyright.

Can you infringe copyright without committing plagiarism?

Copyright infringement and plagiarism would seem to go hand in hand, but they might be more different than you think. In fact, you can plagiarise something without infringing copyright and you can infringe copyright without plagiarising.

What are the 4 types of plagiarism?

The Common Types of Plagiarism

  • Direct Plagiarism. Direct plagiarism is the word-for-word transcription of a section of someone else’s work, without attribution and without quotation marks.
  • Self Plagiarism.
  • Mosaic Plagiarism.
  • Accidental Plagiarism.


What is plagiarism give 5 examples?

Some common examples of plagiarism include:

  • Paraphrasing a source too closely.
  • Including a direct quote without quotation marks.
  • Copying elements of different sources and pasting them into a new document.
  • Leaving out an in-text citation.
  • Submitting a full text that is not your own.



What are the similarities of copyright and plagiarism?

Plagiarism, similar to copyright, involves the use of someone else’s work without their permission. When you commit plagiarism, you use someone else’s work without giving credit, and pretend that it is your own.

What are some common examples of plagiarism?

Here are some examples of Plagiarism:



Copying large pieces of text from a source without citing that source. Taking passages from multiple sources, piecing them together, and turning in the work as your own. Copying from a source but changing a few words and phrases to disguise plagiarism.