Plagiarism
Today our local paper carried a story about plagiarism, especially amongst students. The title of the story "Thou Shalt Not Copy" carries serious connotations.
I guess it's not only students who should make proper references and give proper acknowledgement to the originator of the information, ideas, words, or opinions; bloggers and website owners should also take heed to cite the source of their information.
With the internet becoming so prevalent nowadays, it's so easy to 'cut and paste' information and pass as your own. Even paraphrasing is considered plagiarism
Wikipedia has a practical reference on Unintentional Plagiarism on the Internet
Very well known works are often used without citation or attribution, but this does not mean that the practice is either permissable or desirable. Some works are very well known in one country but little known in other countries. Authors may quote or adapt works which do not need attribution in their country. Authors may then put such unoriginal work onto the Internet without realizing the need for attribution.
Another thing I learnt today, there are software to check for plagiarism:
Also if you are interested in plagiarism software visit The Plagiarism Resource Site to know more about their software WcopyFind
I must remember to give credit where its due.
1 comments:
You should also check out my program, CodeSuite, for finding software plagiarism: It's free for small comparisons.
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