Plagiarism is considered academic dishonesty and a breach of journalistic ethics. It is subject to sanctions like expulsion.
Plagiarism is not a crime per se but in academia and industry it is a serious ethical offense,[7][8] and cases of plagiarism can constitute copyright infringement.
Contents [hide]
1 Etymology
2 Legal aspects
3 In academia and journalism
3.1 Academia
3.2 Journalism
3.3 Sanctions for student plagiarism
3.4 Self-plagiarism
3.4.1 The concept of self-plagiarism
3.4.2 Self-plagiarism and codes of ethics
3.4.3 Factors that justify reuse
3.5 Organizational publications
4 In the arts
4.1 Plagiarism and the history of art
4.2 Praisings of artistic plagiarism
5 In other contexts
5.1 Plagiarism on the Internet
6 See also
7 Notes
8 References
9 Further reading
10 External links
Etymology[edit source | editbeta]
In the 1st century, the use of the Latin word plagiarius (literally kidnapper), to denote someone stealing someone else's work, was pioneered by Roman poet Martial, who complained that another poet had "kidnapped his verses." This use of the word was introduced into English in 1601 by dramatist Ben Jonson, to describe as a plagiary someone guilty of literary theft.[7][9]
The derived form plagiarism was introduced into English around 1620.[10] The Latin plagiārius, "kidnapper", and plagium, "kidnapping", has the root plaga ("snare", "net"), based on the Indo-European root *-plak, "to weave" (seen for instance in Greek plekein, Bulgarian "плета" pleta, Latin plectere, all meaning