Foul: Multiple Times

Plagiarism, it is an act of using other's idea or work without permission. But, can words and ideas really be stolen? According to U.S Law, it’s a yes, The expression of original ideas is considered intellectual property and is protected by copyright laws, just like original inventions. Almost all forms of expression fall under copyright protection as long as they are recorded in some way (such as a book or a computer file).

Many people may not be aware on there surroundings whether they’re doing plagiarism or not, so the following are all considered as plagiarism:

•   Turning in someone else's work as your own
•  Copying words or ideas from someone else without giving credit
•        Failing to put a quotation marks
•  Giving incorrect information about the source of quotation
•  Changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
•  Copying so many words or ideas from source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not

Plagiarism is also happening in music, movies and images. In a work you have done, without a proper permission or having a proper citation is called plagiarism. The following examples are very common for this generation.

• Copying media from other websites then paste on your own papers or blogs
•  Creating a video with some footages from others or using copyrighted music as soundtracks
• Using a copyrighted music as a cover
• Composing a music written by other compositor without permission

The following are also considered as Plagiarism: 

• Taking a photo or scanning of a book’s page 
• Recording a copyrighted music or video
•   Re-creating visual works of others

For today's generation, I can say that everyone are performing plagiarism whatever the profession is; a student, a teacher, a doctor, and even a government officials, why? It is because by simply photocopying a book that is copyrighted or not yours you are automatically doing a plagiarism. And, even downloading a payable soundtracks from the internet for free is also called a plagiarism. People always try everything to make things in life easy, even it means of stealing.




Source:

http://www.plagiarism.org/plagiarism-101/what-is-plagiarism