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Society and Technology’s Part in Digital Plagiarism

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Where technology has made life easier for us,

It has also made undertaking criminal activities simpler. You can easily download movies, songs and even others’ papers for free from the internet. It is entirely unethical yet available to all. So is the case with any kind of content we talk about. However, it is again technology that has enabled us to verify such crimes. In the case of content, you can easily check using plagiarism-checking software if the content was plagiarized or not and how much was the percentage of the copied content.

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Plagiarizing Unknowingly and the Associated Fears

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Plagiarizing content intentionally is absolutely unacceptable.

However, one might do it unknowingly. It might happen that you propose an idea or gain first-hand knowledge about something and later find out that it has already been proposed or posted somewhere by someone. Although this is something that doesn’t happen very often, you should know what do if it does.

The best thing is to talk to your instructor about it and tell him/her beforehand that the idea was as much originally yours as it was probably someone else’s. Continue reading →

When Contacting the Plagiarist Fails

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There can be many instances when contacting the plagiarist fails. One of them is that the information posted is so old that even the website owner is no more taking care of the website. Many bloggers carry their blogs for some time and as soon as they get busy elsewhere, they forget about updating those blogs. Even the contact information on those blogs expires and they become unreachable. Continue reading →

Finding Out If Your Work Is Being Plagiarized By Someone

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Plagiarism has become very common, and precisely notorious, on the internet since last few decades. Your masterpieces and creative work are not that safe if you have posted them on your website or somewhere. You mostly hear news about plagiarism nowadays that someone plagiarized someone’s work and got caught or someone is fighting with plagiarists on the internet. Continue reading →

How to Make a Plagiarism Defense Strategy

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Plagiarism is certainly a bad practice that not only imperils your own academic repute, but also hinders the scientific discovery process. Often plagiarism may even initiate legal actions if the writers decide that the work actually done by them is being misused. However, in academic context, plagiarism is usually not viewed as a legal breach, but as an extremely unethical conduct. Have you recently been accused of Plagiarism? Knowing how to make a plagiarism defence strategy is important as it can protect you from being expelled or punished. Continue reading →

Can Plagiarism be Allowed Under Some Circumstances?

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Well, no matter what reasons one may come up with, plagiarism is not permissible under any circumstances at all. It’s as bad as cheating in an exam, probably even worse than that. If you are actually looking for an answer to the question, “Can plagiarism be allowed under some circumstances?” you might not get even a single answer in affirmative. Continue reading →

Is Self-Plagiarism an Ethical Scourge?

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Self-plagiarism is definitely something very close to the regular plagiarism and should be discouraged the same way. Had it not been a serious issue, it wouldn’t be called as plagiarism at all. Plagiarism, be it of any kind, is unethical and strongly discouraged. Those who think they are free to use their own work without citation are at a mistake. Mentioning the concepts when defining or explaining new concepts is something unavoidable; however, it should be done keeping in mind all the laws of plagiarism. Continue reading →

Ways to Avoid Self-Plagiarism

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Writers and researchers are usually the ones who tend to do self-plagiarism the most. They think of their content to be their personal belonging and something nobody else can use, but themselves. Well, that is not true. They should minimize reuse of their research or content at various places, and even if they do, they should always give a reference of their research conducted earlier or content published earlier. The initial post must be mentioned in both cases. Continue reading →

Most Common Web Resources for Content

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When you are making an assignment, a paper or a project, you need help. You have to turn to different resources to get information from web or other resources. Teachers do not and cannot teach everything in the classroom and this is what differentiates you from other students. This is what teachers mark you on; how much were you able to get the teacher’s point and how much were you able to research. Continue reading →

Recommendations for Educators Handling Plagiarism

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In the world of today, handling plagiarism has become a difficult task. No matter how much you explain it to the college and university students, some of them are still going to bring plagiarized assignments. Most of the institutions have the regulation of detaining the students from the school for a particular time or forever if they repetitively present plagiarized content in their projects, assignments and papers. Continue reading →