Copyright+Law+&+Plagiarism

**Copyright Law** By Aamir Kanjer & Raahem Yazdani

**Who:** everyone who uses copyrighted material, which is almost the whole world **When:** some of the basic principals of this law started out in the 18th century in Europe, “Any work **published** on or before December 31, 1922 is now in the public domain Any work **published** between January 1, 1923 and December 31, 1978, is protected for a term of 95 years from the date of publication, with the proper notice If the work was published between 1923 and December 31, 1963, the copyright owner may not have renewed the work and the original term of protection (28 years) would now be expired and the work will be in the public domain After 1978, a work is protected for 70 years from the date the author dies–life of the author plus 70 years–regardless of whether or not the work was published Any work created before December 31, 1978, but never published, is protected for the longer of life of the author plus 70 years or until December 31, 2002” (http://www.nova.edu/library/dils/lessons/plagiarism/) **What:** Copyright and Plagiarism, means that you do not copy someone else’s work, if you want to use copyright material, you have to ask for permission and if you must source it, because it is not your own work **Why:** This law was implemented to protect people who come up with products and pieces of text etc. so that people wouldn’t steal the idea and call it theirs **How:** This law was implemented by giving out harsh punishments to whoever broke this law Where: All countries have this law, but it is different in different countries. Below are a few countries where the law is implemented and how different their rules are For Copyright Law USA: http://www.rbs2.com/copyr.htm#anchor111111 For Copyright Law UK: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Copyright,_Designs_and_Patents_Act_1988 For Copyright Law China: http://www.chinaiprlaw.com/english/laws/laws10.htm For Copyright Law Japan: http://www.cric.or.jp/cric_e/clj/clj.html For Copyright Law India: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_copyright_law For Copyright Law UAE: http://members.rediff.com/law/uae-c.htm An example of the difference between countries is, that the government on USA allows patents on products, but the government of India only allows patents of methods of production. Therefore, in India different companies can create the same product, but with a different name. This helps improve competition and lower the price for the consumer. Articles: [] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 10pt 49.65pt; text-indent: -42.55pt;">[]

Plagiarism Law <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Definition: //‘// //<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">The wrongful appropriation, close imitation, or purloining and publication, of another author's language, thoughts, ideas, or expressions, and the representation of them as one's own original work’ // <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">Basically plagiarism as we all know is copying someone else’s work (idea, thought or expression) and getting credit for their representation as our own work. In school, this idea concludes that we cannot copy other people’s essays or work and say it is ours as that is plagiarism. In school the proper action would be to cancel that piece of work and give a warning to the student or in harsh conditions, expelling them. Plagiarism is often done in school or with media (including technology).

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">In legal aspects, concepts vary. Though plagiarism in some contexts is considered theft or stealing, from the point of view of the law, it is a non-existing concept. "Plagiarism" is not mentioned in any current statute, either <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|criminal] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> or <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|civil] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">. Some cases may be treated as <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|unfair competition] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> or a violation of <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|moral rights] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">. The increased availability of <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|intellectual property] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> due to a rise in technology has furthered the debate as to whether copyright offences are criminal. In short, people are asked to use the guideline, "...if you did not write it yourself, you must give credit." <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">Plagiarism is not the same as <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|copyright infringement] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';">. While both terms may apply to a particular act, they are different concepts. Copyright infringement is a violation of the rights of a copyright holder, when material protected by copyright is used without consent. On the other hand, the moral concept of plagiarism is concerned with the unearned increment to the plagiarizing author's <span style="color: windowtext; font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; text-decoration: none; textunderline: none;">[|reputation] <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif';"> that is achieved through false claims of authorship.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; margin: 0cm 0cm 0pt;">As you can see, there are ways to go past plagiarism and Copyright laws. If you give credit where dew you can avoid the punishment. Another way to avoid plagiarism is with copyright.

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