By Frederik Schipper
Hong Kong – January 21 – IJS-Global – Every author of any kind of work has to avoid plagiarism at all times. But what exactly is plagiarism? And how do we avoid it? Moreover, is it legal to post any picture that has been downloaded from the Internet on a blog as long as the source is credited? Answers on these questions are provided in this article.
To be able to understand the concept of plagiarism, one has to know the definition of it. Therefore, let’s look at some of the definitions of plagiarism.
Since I’m a student at the Hong Kong Baptist University, it is a necessity to be aware of the definition of plagiarism that the university uses. Therefore, Avoiding Plagiarism by Tony Hung has to be the first publication to be checked. According to Hung, plagiarism “means taking someone else’s words or ideas and passing them off as your own.”
In addition to Hung’s work, it is very useful to see how the concept of plagiarism is defined in the dictionary. Dictionary.com defines plagiarism as “the unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one’s own original work.”
The last matter that we have to look at in this article is about the question if it’s illegal to post any picture that has been downloaded from the Internet on a blog as long as the source is credited. When looking at this matter from an ethic point of view one can say that it is not done to post pictures on a blog, even when the source is credited. The reason behind this has to do with privacy. I reckon that using a picture of any kind on a blog can be a breach of privacy of the person or organization concerned in the picture. By posting a picture on a blog, one can get the idea that the person or organization displayed in the picture supports the view outlined in the blog.
Sources:
Tony Hung “Avoiding Plagiarism”
Dictionary.com “Plagiarism”
