Presidential candidate U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, gave a speech on Saturday in Milwaukee. The similarities of his speech to Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick made him in trouble by critics and the term “Plagiarism” came on the spot in the public.
What is Plagiarism? And why is it important?
Wikipedia defines plagiarism as ” Plagiarism is the practice of claiming or implying original authorship of (or incorporating material from) someone else’s written or creative work, in whole or in part, into one’s own without adequate acknowledgement”.
In my home country unfortunately copyright doesn’t practice seriously. I bet in most countries in the developing world we can see the lack of respect to original authorship and weak copyright enforcement. You may enjoy the cheap softwares, movies and offset books, but the problem is when you come to the states you need to keep telling yourself the importance of respect to others work and sensitivity of plagiarism in this world. You may loose your student position, because of a mistake in practicing plagiarism or breaking the copyright rules. Plagiarism .org informs us about the penalties of plagiarism: “The penalties for plagiarism can be surprisingly severe, ranging from failure of classes and expulsion from academic institutions to heavy fines and jail time!”
We as international students need to learn more about it and make sure we do not practice plagiarism in our work. Nobody in this country gives us credit for plagiarism.
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