Plagiarism – act of copying written work and claims it as its own personal work. It includes a range of actions from failure to use proper citation to wholesale cheating. Most common type
is cut-and-paste plagiarism, worst type is when a person download a work (like term paper) from the internet and submit it as its own.
Similarities and differences between copyright infringement and plagiarism College of Engineering and Architecture
Computer Engineering CpE Laws and Professional Practice Copyright infringement is within the area of LEGAL aspect while Plagiarism is within the area of ETHICAL aspect In copyright infringement, the culprit is
NOT claiming the work as his, but making money out of it.
In plagiarism, the culprit claimed the work as his and if he reproduced the copyrighted
work which he plagiarized, he is now guilty of both plagiarism and copyright infringement. In copyright infringement, the person who will acquire the infringed object/work shall also be liable (eg. buying a pirated movie at lower price. In plagiarism, in case the culprit sells the object plagiarized, the buyer may not be liable because of good faith. Example if Mr. A submitted a research work to the RDO of his employer and pays Mr.
A for the work, the employer cannot be liable because the employer believed that it was really Mr. A who conducted the research.
