1. Plagiarism & Copyright What is it?

3. What is copyright?  Copyright is a law that protects any created material as soon as somebody makes it.

4. What is protected by copyright?  Books, articles, poems and stories  TV and radio programs  DVDs, CDs, etc.  Pictures, images, artwork, etc.  Any created material including something you as a student have written even if you have not applied for copyright.

5. What is Plagiarism? When we think of stealing, we usually think of somebody taking a physical thing that belongs to somebody else. Plagiarism is about taking ideas or intellectual property. Plagiarism is stealing somebody’s ideas or work.

6. What is Plagiarism?  Many people think of plagiarism as copying another's work, or borrowing someone else's original ideas. But terms like "copying" and "borrowing" can disguise the seriousness of the offense. To plagiarize means...  to steal and pass off somebody else’s ideas  to use something without crediting the source  to present as new and original an idea or product that came from an existing source.  In other words, plagiarism is an act of fraud. It involves both stealing someone else's work and lying about it afterward.

7. But can words and ideas really be stolen?  Yes! The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property, and is protected by copyright laws. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a computer file).

8. All of the following are considered plagiarism:  turning in someone else's work as your own  copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit  failing to put a quotation in quotation marks  giving incorrect information about a source  copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

9. What can be done?  Most cases of plagiarism can be avoided by citing sources. Simply acknowledging that certain material has been borrowed, and providing your audience with the information necessary to find that source, is usually enough to prevent plagiarism. Cite sources properly.

10. These are some examples of citations in APA format.  Book: Jennings, C. (2000). The hundredth window. New York: Free Press.  Web page: Computer and Internet Security. (2000, April 26). Washington, DC: Library of Congress. Retrieved from http://lcweb.loc.gov/global/internet/security.html