Plagiarism

[Little_Girl]

Plagiarism is the act of copying someone elses work and publishing it as your own. This includes text, media, and even ideas. Whenever another persons work is copied and republished without an appropriate reference or citation, it is considered plagiarism. Examples of plagiarism range from small infractions such as not putting quotes around a quotation to blatant violations such as copying an entire website. Even if the original content has been modified, such as an altered image or a reworded article, it is still considered plagiarism if no credit is given to the original source.
We live in a time when most information is available in a digital format. While this makes it easier to access information than ever before, it also makes it easier to plagiarize other peoples work. All it takes is a simple copy operation to copy large amounts of text or images from another source. This content can be pasted into a document or another publication in a matter of seconds. Anyone with a website can potentially republish the content for the whole world to see, without citing the original author.
Because it is so easy to copy and paste digital information, plagiarism in the information age has become a serious problem. Fortunately, there are laws in place to protect against plagiarism. The most notable is international copyright law, which states that each individuals published work is automatically protected by copyright. This means others cannot copy the work without the authors approval and can be held liable for breaking the law if they do so. In 1996, the U.S. Senate passed the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA), which heightened penalties for copyright infringements on the Internet.
Avoiding plagiarism is easy. It comes down to doing whats right. If you use someone elses information, make sure you cite the source. When writing a paper, this means adding APA or MLA citations when you reference other publications. When publishing a website, it means adding a reference and a link to the website where the information is from. If you need to reference a large amount of content from another source, you should contact the author and ask for permission. That way, you can make sure you use and reference the information appropriately.

[Hina Muqadas]

An inexpensive and faster—but unethical—way to get published, by paying [lip service] to copyrights and robbing [authors] of their [dues].

[Julian]

[stealing] ideas or [actual] passages from [someone elses] work and pretending they are your own

[Justin Bieber]

To have sex with [a Book], Article, or [the Internet], and therefore reproducing its words but with your [last name].

[Monty]

A term used to define ways people can [acquire] knowledge easily without actually using any of there own knowledge. Methods include [copy] and [pasting] information.

[Tanya Shivari]

when you steal someone joke, work, or anything else (including the [spaceship]). that will make the person [triggered], sad. or [depress] (for some reason)

[Jessica]

----1: a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else
and is presented as being your own work
----2: the act of plagiarizing; taking someones words or ideas
as if they were your own ----- [11th Floor]

[Sarah]

The act of [stealing] other [peoples] [cool shit] and saying its your own.

[Jessica]

The practice of taking someone else

[Sarah]

its what most ignorant students especially middle schoolers like to do. it is the act of copying someone elses own hard work from the internet, a book, a novel, an essay, a [research paper], etc. and claiming its your own work. it is academic [dishonesty] or in other words academic fraud. the consequences to this kind of act if caught are getting a zero or failing grade, getting suspended or worse expulsion. so dont do it because everyone should know its dishonest and its not your work. things [could be worse] if caught, doing this kind of action can cost your chances getting into a good college or university and this can also cost you a job in the future.

[Lanell]

What people who either cant write or are too lazy do whenever a paper is due. Any usage of someone elses writing as ones own is plagiarism, no matter how cleverly disguised (or not) it is.
Perhaps the most common way is to search for or download existing papers, [cut and paste], change the wording superficially and scramble it a little, and [turn it in] as your own. Other common methods are to simply copy other students work in ones class, changing it superficially, or to download or even buy papers online.
Any way you do it, its a [reprehensible] practice that can, and should get you in big trouble. There are known cases where students have been held back a year, or even expelled. Unfortunately, plagiarism still seems to be a growing problem, and students usually get away with it.
(note: this entry written by a student)

[Mary Mallozziberg]

A word I [made up] that basically means [copying] another [persons] work.

[Agnes]

Copying of another persons ideas, text or other creative work, and presenting it as ones own, especially without permission; plagiarizing.

[Carmellabita]

Theft; literary adoption of the thoughts or works of another.

[Laverneenack]

the act or practice of plagiarizing

[DennisSt]

Passing off as ones own the work of another without credit.

[Ernestdyday]

Etymologically, plagiarism means stealing something from someone sitting next (Greek plagios) to you.