...PLAGIARISM...

seribulan

Borrowing and presenting ideas, words or images which belong to others in a way that deceives the reader into believing it is you work, without acknowledging the source.

- Hall, 2008

UsupGal

Plagiarism is the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work.

Within academia, plagiarism by students, professors, or researchers is considered academic dishonesty or academic fraud and offenders are subject to academic censure. In journalism, plagiarism is considered a breach of journalistic ethics, and reporters caught plagiarizing typically face disciplinary measures ranging from suspension to termination. Some individuals caught plagiarizing in academic or journalistic contexts claim that they plagiarized unintentionally, by failing to include quotations or give the appropriate citation. While plagiarism in scholarship and journalism has a centuries-old history, the development of the Internet, where articles appear as electronic text, has made the physical act of copying the work of others much easier, simply by copying and pasting text from one web page to another.

Plagiarism is not copyright infringement. While both terms may apply to a particular act, they are different transgressions. Copyright infringement is a violation of the rights of a copyright holder, when material protected by copyright is used without consent. On the other hand, plagiarism is concerned with the unearned increment to the plagiarizing author's reputation that is achieved through false claims of authorship.

UsupGal

The Online Etymology Dictionary dates the word to 1621. A precursor, plagiary, is recognised from 1597. The Latin root, plagiarius, means kidnapper, seducer or plunderer, 憉sed in the sense of 搇iterary thief

redsinner

"idea is cheap. its what you do with them is gold"

plagiarism sometimes virtually doesnt exist in arts stream. everyone can claim that their ideas were original which ended up having a few 'original' ideas.

seribulan

that's interesting...mungkin lukisan berbeza dengan penulisan...

lukisan pelukis terkenal pun ada duplication kan...

seribulan

ontoh:

"idea is cheap. its what you do with them is gold"...

saya ambil kata-kata ini dan terjemah...


idea adalah murah. apa yang dilakukan dengannya adalah berharga...

lalu saya katakan ini adalah karya 'original' saya...adakah saya memplagiat?

redsinner

'original' in the sense that it got precendece, but what you produced might be a bit different.

everyone got ideas but not many can produce brilliant inventions.

yes, ada satu pelukis contemporary ni keje nye meniru lukisan lame dan jadikan bahan tawa. contoh: mona lisa berkepala anjing, andy warhol's tin jadi ape ntah. maybe some of us stumbled across this in the internet. tapi these people ada originality walaupun karya2 mereka bukannye karya yg dihasilkan sendirik.

seribulan

from STAR...


Tuesday September 15, 2009

UPM lecturers hauled up over plagiarism
By KAREN CHAPMAN

PETALING JAYA: A stern warning will be given to two Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) lecturers for plagiarising materials from the Internet to produce a guide book.

UPM vice-chancellor Prof Datuk Dr Nik Mustapha R. Abdullah said this warning would also be included in their service records, which would affect their promotion.

“The management decided to take this action following advice from the legal department that the two be given very stern warnings,” he said when contacted.

Prof Dr Nik Mustapha said the university viewed the case seriously and did not condone it.

“No one will be suspended but they have to return any royalty received,” he said.

He said the guide books would be removed from the (university’s) shelves immediately.

He was commenting on a news report that two UPM lecturers had plagiarised materials to produce a guide book on writing effective resumes for management students.

Prof Dr Nik Mustapha said the legal department had made suggestions to the management on the disciplinary action to be taken after personally meeting the authors.

“The junior author, who recently completed her PhD, said that since the source was from the Internet, she thought the information was in the public domain and as such did not cite the article,” he said.

Prof Dr Nik Mustapha said the senior author admitted to the legal team that the manuscript looked all right to him, not realising that it was taken from another work.

“Since this is a guide book, we decided that the punishment was reasonable,” he said.

Prof Dr Nik Mustapha said that the two authors have apologised for their ignorance, adding that the plagiarism did not affect UPM undergraduates as the work was not a textbook.

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin when contacted said the ministry viewed the matter seriously. “We will leave it to the university to conduct an investigation and take action,” he said.

pendakwa

To my understanding is literary kidnapping, literary theft. Someone copies verbatim perhaps word for word from another's writing as if it's from his own.

silverstar333

Just sharing....

Plagiarism (Noun)

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 someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

Plagiarize (Verb)

1. Take without referencing from someone else's writing or speech; of intellectual property

Plagiaristic (Adjective)

1. Copied and passed off as your own

Plagiarization(Noun)

1. The act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own