Plagiarism or Just Inspired?
If the original sentence is “A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog” which is considered plagiarism? Consider all sentences below are published without original writer’s acknowledgement.
- A quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog. (Obviously, a plagiarism)
- Seekor rubah coklat cepat meloncat di atas anjing pemalas (Is translation plagiarism?)
- A fox jumps over the dog. (Short version)
- A quick big round brown fox spring into the air over the lazy small black dog. (I was inspired by the original sentence)
- A quick brown cat jumps over the lazy tiger. (Just change the names)
Other resources : One, two, three, four, five, six.
Is plagiarism stealing?
Tags: cheating, copyright, lplpx.com, plagiarism, stealing
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:38 am
Hmm hmm hmm.. Pertanyaan yang menarik.
Menyoal ini ngga tau kenapa ada satu perkataan temen gua yang selalu terngiang2..
Dia bilang : Di dunia sekarang ini ngga ada lagi sesuatu yang benar2 ‘baru’, semuanya adalah pengembangan dari apa yang telah lebih dulu ada.
And I guess he’s right.
August 22nd, 2008 at 9:20 pm
Just wanted to let you know that I visited your site and dropped my EntreCard.
Chad
August 23rd, 2008 at 2:16 am
What typically doesn’t make “A quick brown fox jumped over a lazy dog” plagiarism, is that this phrase has come into common usage and people say it frequently such that no one really knows WHO said it first. Plagiarism occurs when you steal the words of a specific writer and DON’T give them credit. There’s nothing wrong with repeating or even printing the words of someone as long as you give them credit.
August 23rd, 2008 at 6:49 am
It depends, of course. If the sentence you gave was a pertinent one from a book that you wrote and I did a review of the book and quoted the sentence with attribution, that would not be plagiarism imho. I also know for a fact it wouldn’t be copyright infringement.
August 23rd, 2008 at 12:38 pm
Plagiarism is definitely stealing. Writing is hard work and to have someone just take your ideas is hurtful. My blog has been plagiarized and I was angrier than hell. Of course it was one of the best posts that I had ever written.
August 23rd, 2008 at 10:37 pm
I think I need to take a class on Plagiarism. I’m always scared I’ve done something wrong so I quote, reference…. ’till I’m blue.
I figure better safe than sorry.
I would say unless it’s exact it’s not copied. But heck, what do I know.
August 24th, 2008 at 5:22 am
I dont think so that the sentences above are plagiarism
August 24th, 2008 at 10:55 pm
Those aren’t plagiarism, just “inspired by”..wkwkwkw.
August 25th, 2008 at 1:21 pm
what about improving ? isn’t it a continued process of living ?
eh btw, gw di kick dr entrecard mas :d
August 26th, 2008 at 9:24 am
A slim pretty woman jumps over the big fat and rich man (is that a plagiarism as well? no, it’s a realism)….hihihihihi
August 27th, 2008 at 1:13 pm
if it’s factual, like news, i think it wouldnt be plagiarism (unless you copied word per word).
September 3rd, 2008 at 7:15 am
hoho. its nice. Good for this morning exercise!