1. Copyright & Plagiarism

2. What is plagiarism?
• Using someone else’s copyrighted (protected)
work without getting permission or giving credit
• Everything is copyrighted!
– You may or may not see a copyright date.
– The copyright date is the date it was
created.

3. Why should you be
concerned?
• Dishonest and illegal
• Consequences

4. What are the
consequences?
• Jail or Prison…No
• For students:
– Failing grades or having to re-do
assignments
– Failing or having to repeat classes
– Being suspended or expelled

5. How can you avoid
plagiarizing?
• Cite (list) your sources
• Use quotation marks if you copy whole
sentences or paragraphs.
– Save for sentences from diaries, journals,
speeches or interviews

6. Images from the following sources:
• http://www.freebostonblog.com/?p=8
• http://individual.utoronto.ca/dtsang/hhlecture/resources.html
• http://udleditions.cast.org/GLOSSARY,gettysburg_address,vain.html
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• http://www.zazzle.com/what_part_of_illegal_dont_you_understand_f
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