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Lesson 1
Plagiarism, Intellectual Property, and Copyright
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Plagiarism | The taking of someones work and using it as your own without giving them credit or using correct quotations. |
| How can you best plan your paper? | Decide whether you need to use other sources for information and if so how to include it into your paper. |
| How to take effective notes? | Take notes on your sources to help make sure that you have all of the information collected and organized. |
| How do you correctly paraphrase? | Is when you correctly restate another persons idea or thoughts. |
| How do you make sure your sources are credible? | Start off by making sure the author is credible and therefore his information is credible. |
| What are copyright laws? | They are in place in order to provide protection of peoples intellectual property. |
| Are all published works copyrighted? | No, not necessarily. Phone books, government works, facts that are from original research , and works in the public domain are not copyrighted and are open to the public. |
| Can facts be copyrighted? | Yes, if the facts are originated from individual research. |
| Do you have to source every fact you use? | No, not if the fact originates from unique individual research. |
| Does it matter how much is copied? | Not in the matter of plagiarism. |
| What are academic consequences of plagiarism? | Most colleges and universities have no tolerance for plagiarism and will kick students out if they are caught or at least give them a zero on what they cheated on. |
| What are legal punishments of plagiarism? | They are considered a misdemeanor and you can be fined anywhere from $100 and $50,000 in fines and up to one year in jail. |
| What are institutional punishments of plagiarism? | Most corporations don't tolerate it and many have lost their job over it. |
| Does the intention matter? | No, if plagiarism is committed it doesn't matter why. |
| What goes into the "fair use" ? | The nature of your use, the amount used, and the effect of your usage on the original work. |
| What is public domain? | Works that are no longer copyrighted or never were copyrighted. |
| How do you determine if a work is public domain ? | Typically anything that is 75 years or older is no longer copyrighted but, if you are unsure you should contact your lawyer. |
| What is a citation? | It's a way for the readers of your paper to know you got some of your information from a different source. |
| When do you need to cite? | Whenever you use a quote, paraphrase, or any information from another persons individual work. |
| What is attribution? | Acknowledgment that some of the work came from a different source. |
| What is common knowledge ? | Knowledge that is well known and/or shared by the public. |
| What are endnotes? | Notes at the end of your paper showing the citations for information that was used from a different source. |
| What are footnotes? | Notes on the sides of the paper making references. |
| What is a paraphrase? | Repeated information that isn't said in the same exact way as the original work. |
| What does it mean to be peer reviewed? | It means that peers can review a paper to point out good and bad points in it. |
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