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Terminator copied from Harlan Ellison
==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 ==
*Science fiction author Harlan Ellison sued and won in a case against James Cameron, claiming that his film The Terminator plagiarized the two episodes he wrote for the television show The Outer Limits: "Soldier" and "Demon with a Glass Hand". [http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/Plagiarism]
==See also==
==See also==