Post by CASPER on Jun 15, 2010 20:15:53 GMT -5
[/center]Plagiarism
And Our Rights As Site Managers
To define Plagiarism: (As cited from source; copyright to authors)
Dictionary.com
---> "The unauthorized use or close imitation of the language and thoughts of another author and the representation of them as one's own original work."
---> "... something used and represented in this manner."
---> "In an instructional setting, plagiarism occurs when a writer deliberately uses someone else’s language, ideas, or other original (not common-knowledge) material without acknowledging its source.
This definition applies to texts published in print or on-line, to manuscripts, and to the work of other student writers.
Most current discussions of plagiarism fail to distinguish between:
1. submitting someone else’s text as one’s own or attempting to blur the line between one’s own ideas or words and those borrowed from another source, and
2. carelessly or inadequately citing ideas and words borrowed from another source. "
---> "All of the following are considered 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 in quotation marks
- giving incorrect information about the source of a quotation
- changing words but copying the sentence structure of a source without giving credit
- copying so many words or ideas from a source that it makes up the majority of your work, whether you give credit or not
---> "But can words and ideas really be stolen?
According to U.S. law, the answer is 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)."
As you can see, it all falls under the same category. Plagiarism, in other words, theft, is a crime.
Look above, I provided links to the places in which the information I cited can be found, and as for dictionary.com, that is self-explanatory and it takes only two seconds to look up the word. As for plagiarism.com, I provided the link the the main source seeing as how there are several articles that could probably be found on plagiarism on that site alone.
Nevertheless, I did not take credit for that work, nor do I want to.
While literary plagiarism is a big deal for us members at Memento Mori, it is not as important as the main structure of our site and the lure of our attractions; the artwork. We are not saying, though, for you to just run out and grab at our written work, no, we are simply saying that we will take the offense far more, well .. offensively if any of the artwork on this site is stolen.
As noted on some of the other official threads on Memento Mori, the coincidental likeness of our ideas, written work, or artwork will go unnoticed as a threat on other sites only if we have reason not to believe that the idea/s, written work, or artwork has been stolen.
---Official Threads---
The general setup and any image designs placed on our official site threads are copyright to either the thread founder or any influences to the written work or artwork inside.
You do not have the right or our consent to copy any groupings or words, whole phrases or sentences, ideas, or structural patterns on Memento Mori. You do not have the right to copy images or artwork displayed on those threads whether the image is ours or not. (See Artwork Section)
Any names listed on official threads are copyright to Memento Mori; but this protection is limited only to the use of original names, uncommon names, names that aren't "baby" names or came from "baby name" site listings, names that cannot be considered as "regularly used or regular human names", and names derived from translations from English to another language.
Any generally unprotected names on Memento Mori are only unprotected under the conditions that they are not used in accordance with the idea/s in which they are bonded with. If the name is used with a similar idea, it falls under the category of plagiarism. (Goes in Accordance with Character Section)
---General and Member Threads---
Unless the thread is formatted in a specific way by the author, the thread is generally unprotected unless whole groupings of words or sentences are taken with no credit.
Citations are allowed only under the circumstances that management here at Memento Mori have a link to the exact area of the citation, that management knows about the citation, that you do not cite any piece of information or sentences without our consent as well as the thread author's consent, and that we are properly credited, the thread author is properly credited, and that a direct link from the source of the citation is provided. You do not have the right to redistribute the citation to anyone, even if the other persons give credit. You do not have the right to edit the citation in anyway. You do not have the right to put the citation on any images, artworks, or manipulations of any kind. You must not fail to tell Memento Mori management if the citation is removed, taken down, or stolen by someone else indirectly of our site. If a site dies, please remove the citation.
---Artwork---
Under no circumstances may artwork be taken off of Memento Mori without known consent of the artist. As said, management must know about this if artwork other than their own that is on Memento Mori is being used anywhere else by anyone other than the artist.
Designs that are under the suspicion of having the general idea stolen will have the artist of that design punished for copyright infringement.
---Characters and Templates---
Every character on Memento Mori as well as the template and the idea for the template is strictly copyright to the owners.
Copyright information for characters is provided within character templates and character designs, protected names, powers, etc. may not be used without consent from the owner. Any pieces of the template may not be taken under any circumstances.
---Chat Box---
Follow citation rule as listed above. No "quotation" of anything said by Memento Mori's members may be taken outside of the site without author's consent.
Using quotes of a said thing from a member on this site to offend that person elsewhere or to refer to them in a wrongful way will not be tolerated. If you must do it, rephrase it in your own words.
---The Look of The Site---
DON'T COPY IT
The idea and design is strictly ours and copyright to the original makers of the background/s. No one else's.
The codes and proboard's original template is not copyright to us, however, any handwritten codes by the author's that are affiliated in any way with the members of this site are strictly copyright to them, and us, if the codes have not been, or are only consented to our use. Using the unprotected codes, however, in a similar fashion under the implication that Memento Mori has influenced your use of them is plagiarism of our ideas.
Color combinations are also copyright to this site only, though, when used in this exact fashion or a fashion that is very closely similar to it. Although, only exact hex codes, are copyright here, the variation of the shade, though, if you are not careful, can still be considered copying our ideas, however, unless the exact code is used, it is vaguely protected. So be careful.
Consequences
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Baylor School<-- Click Me For Full Detail
"The major consequence of plagiarism is that people who engage in it hurt themselves. Good research and writing involve a host of skills: for a start, evaluating sources, taking careful notes, selecting appropriate quotations, paraphrasing, and giving credit to others for their ideas and words. Students who plagiarize may never learn these skills, and life in college and beyond can be difficult without them."
Buzzle.com<--Click me for full details
"Legally, plagiarism is a subject matter of copyright infringement law and unfair competition, and can attract legal and monetary penalties for the violators. The offender may be penalized to compensate for the loss of profit of the original writer. Sometimes, penalties for plagiarism can include criminal punishments and imprisonment.
So, considering the severe consequences of plagiarism, it is advisable to take some appropriate measures to avoid this offense. The best way is to not copy content of other individuals, using quotations if you do use another person's words or giving credit to the concerned writer or the source of information for that particular piece of information and acquiring the necessary skills for paraphrasing sentences. Besides, plagiarism can be checked with the help of some online tools, which can also help avoid this problem. In addition to all these, increasing awareness about plagiarism, its consequences and how to avoid it can be of great help in controlling this problem."
In accordance to our own rules, we properly credit everyone (owner's of stock, etc) as best as we can and as often as we can in order to avoid problems even with our own site.
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