Plagiarism is defined as:
The practice of taking someone else’s work or ideas and passing them off as one’s own.
New Oxford Dictionary of English
These are all examples of plagiarism:
Copying text & images from a website, film or book and passing them off as your own work
Paraphrasing text and not citing the original source
Handing in a previously submitted piece of work from another subject
Copying the work of others
Avoiding plagiarism
Plan your work
Use multiple sources
Take notes by paraphrasing & summarising
If you use exact words & phrases use “quotation marks”
Do not copy & paste from the internet – read and then make notes without looking at the screen
Do not copy work from anyone (but especially not well-known creators)
Unconscious Plagiarism
Cryptomnesia (hidden memory) occurs when a forgotten memory returns without it being recognized as such by the subject, who believes it is something new and original.
Examples of Creative Plagiarism
Shia LaBoeuf copying almost word for word and scene by scene Daniel Clowes’ comic strip Justin M. Damiano and creating a short movie called Howard Cantour.com
Melania trump plagiarising Michelle Obama’s speech (http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-us-2016-36832095)
Beyonce has been accused of plagiarising lesser-known artists over the course of her career (http://www.ibtimes.co.uk/beyonce-sued-over-lemonade-trailer-singers-history-plagiarism-complaints-1564560)
When George Harrison released My Sweet Lord in 1969 he (perhaps inadvertently) copied the melody for He’s So Fine by the Chiffons. While the judge ruled that the plagiarism was accidental George was still liable for half a million dollars in royalties.
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