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Colleges have elaborate rules on how students can avoid plagiarism by quotations and citations. '''''Note that when academic credit for original writing is not at issue, plagiarism does not happen.'''''  Thus officials of government or the private sector often give speeches or reports, and take credit for them, even though some staff member actually did the research and writing. That is not plagiarism because no academic credit is claimed, plus the speech writers are paid for their services.

Colleges have elaborate rules on how students can avoid plagiarism by quotations and citations. '''''Note that when academic credit for original writing is not at issue, plagiarism does not happen.'''''  Thus officials of government or the private sector often give speeches or reports, and take credit for them, even though some staff member actually did the research and writing. That is not plagiarism because no academic credit is claimed, plus the speech writers are paid for their services.

Plagiarism is intellectually dishonest, and in the [[academic]] and professional community is considered to be a serious offense, and can lead to academic suspension, expulsion, or loss of a job. <ref>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php</ref>

Plagiarism is intellectually dishonest, and in the [[academic]] and professional community is considered to be a serious offense, and can lead to academic suspension, expulsion, or loss of a job.<ref>http://www.pbs.org/newshour/media/media_ethics/casestudy_blair.php</ref>

==Academic standards==

==Academic standards==

See also Harvard's "Writing with Sources: Common Questions about Sources" (emphasis added):

See also Harvard's "Writing with Sources: Common Questions about Sources" (emphasis added):

4. Am I plagiarizing if I accidentally use a few vivid phrases from my reading without citing them? Yes; it’s your responsibility to avoid such accidents (p. 14b).<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/4745 NewsBusters] - Dave Pierre</ref>}}

4. Am I plagiarizing if I accidentally use a few vivid phrases from my reading without citing them? Yes; it’s your responsibility to avoid such accidents (p.&nbsp;14b).<ref>[http://newsbusters.org/node/4745 NewsBusters] - Dave Pierre</ref>}}

==Relation to copyright==

==Relation to copyright==

Plagiarism and [[copyright]] infringement are separate concepts, and don't necessarily overlap.  An act of plagiarism can also qualify as copyright infringement if the work being copied is copyrighted<ref>http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html</ref>. However, it is still plagiarism to copy a work that is in the [[public domain]] without providing a citation<ref>http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/Oasis/Ch4/IA1a2.html</ref>.

Plagiarism and [[copyright]] infringement are separate concepts, and don't necessarily overlap.  An act of plagiarism can also qualify as copyright infringement if the work being copied is copyrighted.<ref>http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html</ref> However, it is still plagiarism to copy a work that is in the [[public domain]] without providing a citation.<ref>http://www.csuchico.edu/lins/Oasis/Ch4/IA1a2.html</ref>

==Hollywood Plagiarism ==

==Hollywood Plagiarism ==

==Plagiarism and the Internet==

==Plagiarism and the Internet==

Plagiarism is an ever-increasing problem in schools.  With the widespread popularity of the Internet, it has become much easier for students to directly plagiarize information; rather than laboriously copying it from a book, they can now simply cut-and-paste electronically. The problem is exacerbated by the existence of online sites offering pre-written papers for a fee. <ref>http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/plagiarism_the_internet.html</ref>

Plagiarism is an ever-increasing problem in schools.  With the widespread popularity of the Internet, it has become much easier for students to directly plagiarize information; rather than laboriously copying it from a book, they can now simply cut-and-paste electronically. The problem is exacerbated by the existence of online sites offering pre-written papers for a fee.<ref>http://www.plagiarism.org/learning_center/plagiarism_the_internet.html</ref>

==Joe Biden==

==Joe Biden==

==See also==

==See also==

*[[Conservapedia:Commandments|Second Conservapedia Commandment]]

*[[Conservapedia:Commandments|Second Conservapedia Commandment]]

*[[Conservapedia:Manual of Style#Citing_Sources_and_Using_Footnotes|Conservapedia Manual of Style]]

*[[Conservapedia:Manual of Style#Citing Sources and Using Footnotes|Conservapedia Manual of Style]]

*[[Jayson Blair]]

*[[Jayson Blair]]