Plagiarism or Just Inspired?
Friday, August 22nd, 2008If 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?
