Stop, Thief! Avoiding Plagiarism by Paraphrasing

[Plagtracker]

That's not the only solution

[051290ma]

Im still having trouble doing this

[Roger4313]

Mayes, here voice is so fucking annoying, fuck this im gonna find another video

[zF3AR]

ur voice is so fng anoying!

[zhangshu2008]

The background music was 'awesome'...

[Breemelia]

very educating. thanks friend :D

[unkilbeeg]

This video has some good nuts and bolts advice, but I strongly disagree that plagiarism is about theft. What it *is* about is *fraud*. You're trying to tell me that what you turned in represents your work, when in fact it does not.

[Divigen]

@unkilbeeg

you are stealing someone else's intellectual property. You are then presenting it as your own, and thus you are a fraud, but, you also stole.

Similarly if I steal money from someone, that is theft. If i then go and present it to others, and spend it, that is fraud. But that does not mean that the content was initially stolen

[unkilbeeg]

@Divigen

They're not related. If you get permission from the original author but still use the work without properly quoting and citing, it's still plagiarism, but it's not copyright violation.

Theft is something different.still. Look up the difference between rival and non-rival goods. Your example of money is a rival good -- if you have it I can't. Intellectual "property" is non-rival -- if you take it from me, I don't have less of it.

Plagiarism, however is not related to copyright.

[Divigen]

@unkilbee

The two are entirely related.

If you do not copyright your work, you cannot take any legal stance when someone else uses or claims it as their own.

Copyrighting provides a legal defense against the theft of intellectual property, and then presentation of that property as ones own.

[unkilbeeg]

@Divigen

You're right that copyright gives you standing to take legal action if someone makes a copy of your work.

This has nothing to do with plagiarism.

Copyright allows you to place restrictions on who can COPY your work. It has nothing to do with who takes credit for it.

[Divigen]

@unkilbeeg

the COPY of the work you have made, IS the theft

[unkilbeeg]

@Divigen

You're talking about copyright. that has nothing to do with plagiarism.

My next exam on intellectual property is going to ask about the difference. Be glad you're not in my class.

[Divigen]

@unkilbeeg

My next examine will test appeal to authority.

[nemeczek67]

@Divigen Not true. In the Berne Convention countries an author does not have to take ANY action to secure the copyright. The right is automatic once an idea is expressed in a tangible form. Even in the US, the so-called copyright notice is obsolete.

[yuiblads]

if I use a website/book resource or something... should I use like a bibliography..?

[travelsonic]

I like good guides - especially since the citation formats and the like become such a pain in the ass to remember, and that overwhelming nature is one of the first steps towards plagiarism - intentional or not.

Though calling a plagiarist a thief is opening up an intellectual / philosophical can of worms in of itself - since plagiarism is defined by lying and fraud, and lying / fraud may lead to theft, but isn't inherently theft - excuse my rambling, spent the day on algebra, brain fried.

[dante2k8]

what if the source comes from a website?, do you have to quote it?

[Traparebel]

5 stars!!!

English 101 FTW!

[123indiaklilpkai]

i did not get any thing

pls. explain how to properly paraphrase as per harvard referencing system.

and also if it also needs to be mentioned in the references in the end of an assignment.

[urwierdm8]

SHIT WAS SOO CASH!!!

[dodolurker91]

Thanks Stephen Hawking!

[syairazi]

THANK U SO MUCH FOR THIS...the ending music was scary though..hahah

[bigbugs21]

It will sure help many to write a research paper without any plagiarism.

Thanks

[dennis5777]

good video! thanks for coming up with this instructional video. many will definitely benefit from this.

[jurandirbeline]

EXCELLENT JOB