Copy Right Issues in Research Process:
Plagiarism is the practice of claiming, or implying, original authorship,
or incorporating material from someone else's written or creative
work in whole or in part, into ones own, without adequate acknowledgment.
The written or creative work which is plagiarized may be a book,
article, musical score, film script, or other work. Unlike cases
of forgery, in which the authenticity of the writing, document,
or some other kind of object, itself is in question, plagiarism
is concerned with the issue of false attribution. :)
Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers
is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud and offenders
are subject to academic censure. In journalism, plagiarism is considered
a breach of journalistic ethics, and reporters caught plagiarizing
typically face disciplinary measures ranging from suspension to
termination. Some individuals caught plagiarizing in academic or
journalistic contexts claim that they plagiarized unintentionally,
by failing to include quotations or give the appropriate citation.
While plagiarism in scholarship and journalism has a centuries-old
history, the development of the Internet, where articles appear
as electronic text, has made the physical act of copying the work
of others much easier. [From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia]
Related Links
1. Pamela Samuelson (August 1994). "Self-plagiarism
or fair use?". Communications of the ACM 27 (8).
2. ACM
Policy and Procedures on Plagiarism (October 2006).