Plagiarism: When is it Accepted and Denied

The Rise of the Plagiosphere

The Ecstasy of influence: Plagiarism

After reading the above material, I have realized that there are different circumstances where plagiarism can be accepted and denied.

The Rise of the Plagiosphere concludes that the “plagiosphere” (the world of plagiarism) is arising based on three movements: web indexing, text matching, and paraphrase detection. Today, you see more students researching on the Internet then in textbooks. This is becoming a problem in the “plagiosphere” because it is becoming easier to plagiarize from the many facts being provided from search engines and other Internet tools. Not citing someone’s work can get you into a lot of trouble; WVU has a strict plagiarism policy and anyone who disobeys the policy will be expelled forever from the university. This type of plagiarism is not accepted in society and can get you into a lot of trouble legally.

The Ecstasy of influence: Plagiarism, explains how plagiarism has evolved over time. Plagiarism is important in the arts and entertainment world. Some ideas may need aid and ideas can evolve from others. Our government is known to plagiarize in this way as well. Public officials look at the past and can develop similar plans, budgets, and campaigns that have worked in the past. Without Yahoo! we may not have had Google. The list goes on and this type of plagiarism is necessary to produce new forms of creativity on the Internet.