1. Plagiarism and
Intellectual
Property Across
Cultures
Joel Bloch
The Ohio State University

3. Daddy, they
caught a boy
plagiarizing
.
What did
they do?

4. Pedagogical Problem in the
teaching of composition
From childhood until death

5. Don't Do It!!!

6. http://libra
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edu/gen-
info/plagiar
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Plagiarism/Intellectual Property

7. The Relationship between Plagiarism, Intellectual
Property law and Intercultural Rhetoric
• Plagiarism oldest issues in the study of
intercultural rhetoric
• Early on linked to possible variations in how
intellectual property is viewed in big culture
•Studies of both affected by social, economic,
and historical developments, so inevitably there
will be cultural differences
•Provides examples of how the study of
intercultural rhetoric can accomadate dynamic
views of culture and variations within the culture

8. Battle of the
Metaphors

9. Remixing and Intercultural Rhetoric
• The link between intellectual property and
plagiarism
• Textuality
• Research on Chinese rhetoric showed ways
on remixing texts that may vary from
traditional forms of Western today
• Changes in how remixing texts both in
intellectual property law and in controversy
over plagiarism (patchwriting)
• What are the rules for remixing

10. Culture

11. History
He who receives an idea from me, receives
instruction himself without lessening mine, as he
who lights his taper at mine, receives light without
darkening me. That an idea should freely spread
from one to another over the globe, for the moral
and mutual instruction of man, and the
improvement of his condition, seems to have been
pecularily and benevolently designed by nature,
when she made them, like fire, expansible all over
space, without lessening their density… (Koch &
Peden, 1944, p. 577).

12. Development

13. Solutions
Patchwriting
Share, Remix, Reuse — Legally

14. Plagiarism at Ohio State

15. Students’ Attitudes
Yes, frankly I plagiarized so many time in my former
school …Sometimes, I plagiarized by cut and pasted
the paper … and sometimes I listed the internet
sources or magazines to my research paper ….
Moreover, I just turned in somebody's paper to the
professor by changing original name to my name….I
knew that was not good but I did not realize that it
was against academic rule and it was a plagiarism. …
I also did not get an education about plagiarism.
That is why I did it. And, sometimes when I did not
have any idea about the paper or assignment and I
did not have an enough time to finish of it, I
plagiarized

16. Cultural differences
Ownership of Property
Wikipedia
Student Attitudes
Images
Common Knowledge

17. Citing on the Internet
You were assigned to post something to a class list
online. You find an interesting article on the
internet and cut and paste it in your posting. Is this
considered a violation of academic misconduct?
● No, you are allowed to cut and paste something from the
Internet and send it out as long as you don’t charge money for
it. (14)
● Yes, cutting and pasting from the Internet is illegal, just like
downloading music (70)
● You can cut and paste it, but you have to cite where you found
the article. (153)

18. Wikipedia and common
Knowledge
Wikipedia is an on line encyclopedia that anyone can contribute
to and other people can edit. Therefore, none of the entries
have authors. Do you have to cite a definition from the
Wikipedia if you paraphrase it?
●Wikipedia is really just common knowledge so you don’t
need to cite it. (147)
●Wikipedia should be cited and paraphrased just like any other source. (51)
●Wikipedia should not be copied word for word but it doesn’t need to be
cited. (47)

19. Turnitin.com
Turnitin.com is a web site that OSU has paid for, so
teachers can check student papers for plagiarism. Your
teacher tells you must submit your paper to Turnitin.com to
have it checked for plagiarism. He tells you that if you do
not submit your paper, you will automatically fail the
course. What do you think about this?
It is fair since it would catch any student who unfairly
cheats. (135)
It is not fair since I own my papers, so the teacher has
no right to tell me to submit it to a company that
makes money from the program. (68)
It is not fair but I have to do it so I can take this course.
(34)

20. Cultural differences
Do you feel that there are cultural
differences in how plagiarism is defined?
In my country plagiarism is treated the same as in
the United States. (80)
In my country, no one really cares much about
plagiarism.(44)
In my country, plagiarism is considered serious
but is not often discussed. (113)

21. Ownership of Property
You published a paper with a friend. Now you want to
hand in the paper to another course on a similar topic.
You copy a couple of paragraphs and paste into your
new paper. Your professor accuses you of plagiarism.
Do you agree with this decision?
– No, when I write a paper, it belongs to me, and I can do
whatever I want with it. (68)
– Yes, plagiarizing yourself is the same as plagiarizing someone
else, so the punishment is justified. (81)
– No, you can’t plagiarize yourself, so he shouldn’t have been
accused, but it may be a violation of the rules of academic
misconduct. (89)

22. Citations
Copying
Student/Teacher
Comparisons
Intellectual Property
Punishment

23. Citing Ideas
In a peer discussion group, you were asked to discuss
your paper with your classmates. before you started
writing it. One of the members of your group gave
you an interesting idea. Do you need to cite the idea
in your paper just as you would cite a quotation
from a paper?
– Yes, cite your group member’s idea just as you would cite
any other source. (59)
– No, you don’t need to cite it since the idea was never
published. (90)
– Put a footnote thanking your group member for
the idea (88)

24. Common Knowledge
In your course, you are asked to write a research
paper. You are new in the field, and much of what
you know is from textbooks. This information is
called common knowledge. How should you handle
this kind of information in your paper?
Cite it the same as it was any other kind of literature (98)
You don’t need to cite it because it is common knowledge and belongs to
everyone. (80)
Cite it because it makes for a stronger argument in your paper (59)

25. Punishment?
A student was accused of copying a paragraph
from his textbook and including it in a much
longer paper. He was sent to the Office of
Academic Misconduct. What do you think
should be the appropriate penalty?
– Since, the student copied without citing, he should be
treated like any other plagiarist. (107)
– Since it was only a small amount, he should only
be warned but not given a harsh penalty. (95)
– Since what is in textbooks is usually common knowledge,
the student did not commit plagiarism. (36)

26. Intellectual Property
Can you also plagiarize images as well as
texts?
No, plagiarism only refers to copying texts, not
anything else. (164)
Yes, if you use an image in a paper, you should
cite it just like a text. (49)
Maybe, sometimes images are cited, but
sometimes they don’t need to be. (26)

27. Pedagogical
Questions
What attitudes should teachers have towards
students who plagiarize. How should instances
of plagiarism be viewed.
How to design courses, assignments, and
Materials for educating students about
plagiarism and intellectual property.
How can teachers and students what is the
appropriate use of intellectual property and what
may not.

28. Contacts
jbloch10@gmail.com
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