Plagiarism=Copyright Infringement

1. Plagiarism=Copyright Infringement? By Taylor Meadows

2. Not Quite… Plagiarism≠ Copyright Infringement

3. Although they are similar, they are not the same. Plagiarism Copyright Infringement

4. Plagiarism Using someone else's work without giving them credit.

5. Example

7. Copyright Infringement Using someone else's creative work without authorization or compensation.

8. Giving the author credit does not mean you are excused from copyright infringement.

9. Example Popular Copyright Infringement tools to illegally download everything from movies to music to videogames all without the authors permission.

10. For the same name Example VS Small Business

11. Who are the Enforcers?

12. Federal Laws enforce copyright laws and execute their punishments. Copyright Infringement

13. Punishment

14. Academic institutions and employers because it is not a matter of law, but a matter of ethics. Plagiarism

15. Punishment

16. Now Let’s Test You Let’s say Johnny copies the “to be or not to be” soliloquy from Hamlet, without giving Shakespeare credit.

17. Is that Copyright Infringement, Plagiarism or both? OR

18. It is Plagiarism The reason it is not also copyright infringement is because copyrights have a life time unlike plagiarism which is forever.

19. Steps to Avoid Copyright & Plagiarism

20. Put someone else’s words in quotations or add a footnote to clearly convey they are not your words.

21. Secondly keep your quotations down to a few sentences, and instead use their words to form your own ideas.

22. Copy At Your Own Risk!!! Copy With Caution

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