Re:When a newspaper “rips off” your blog, then taunts you ab...
by ErrantX on Wednesday March 30, 2011 @11:41AM
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Copying text (or close paraphrasing) == Copyright Problem
Using someone's ideas/text/research without attribution is plagiarism.
They are two different considerations, commonly confused. You can violate copyright without plagiarising, and you can plagiarise without breaking copyright.
It's an ethical consideration, certainly, unfortunately it is so persuasive nowadays that no one does anything much but shrug and say "yep, aren't they rude"
Using someone's ideas/text/research without attribution is plagiarism.
They are two different considerations, commonly confused. You can violate copyright without plagiarising, and you can plagiarise without breaking copyright.
It's an ethical consideration, certainly, unfortunately it is so persuasive nowadays that no one does anything much but shrug and say "yep, aren't they rude"