Thou Shalt Not

Steal

Anti-plagiarism for Students

By Julie Payne
 What is Plagiarism?
It is the act of stealing or passing off
the ideas or words as one’s own; the
use of a created production without
crediting the source; the act of
committing literary theft; to present as
new and original an idea or product
derived from an existing source
Webster’s New Collegiate Dictionary 9th ed.
 What is Copyright?
• “The exclusive right to produce or
reproduce (copy), to perform in public,
or to publish an original literary or artistic
work.” Duhaime's Law Dictionary

• Almost everything created privately and

originally after March 1, 1989 is
copyrighted and protected whether it
has a notice or not.
In other words….
 So how can I use it?
• You may rephrase anything that your read.
In other words, put it into your own words.
Do NOT copy anything word for word.
Unless…
• You are quoting someone. You may use
direct quotes if you put it in quotation
marks, and site your source in the content.
• You may legally use parts of a copyrighted
work, but you must always give the author
the credit for his/her hard work.
Note: This includes pictures, graphics, music and software too!!!
Is everything copyrighted?
 What is not copyrighted?
• Thoughts and ideas that were never written
down.
• Directions, procedures, methods,
explanations, etc.
• Works consisting entirely of information that
is common property and containing no
original authorship (for example: standard
calendars, height and weight charts, tape
measures and rulers, etc.)
 What is not copyrighted?
• A collection of logical data that is public
information, such as a telephone book.
• Materials or reprints of materials in the public
domain (all prior to 1923; most between 1923-
1963; additional information at
http://www.unc.edu/~unclng/public-d.htm)
• Most U.S. government materials (some items
created by contractors for the government might be
copyrighted)
• Facts
 Remember!
• Does your using the
material hurt the
market? In other
words, is it causing
someone to not
purchase the item
themselves?
• Is the author or
original creator losing
money due to your
using their work?
So what does that really mean?

It is stealing, plain and simple! If

you had a creation, would you
want someone taking it from you?
That would be stealing YOUR
cash! How would you like that?
 To Put It Simple…
• If you didn’t produce it, you don’t own it.
• So, if you don’t own it, and you don’t have
permission to use it……
 Resources
• www.turnitin.com/research_site/e_what_is
_plagiarism.html
• www.citationmachine.net
• www.easybib.com
• http://owl.english.purdue.edu
• www.liunet.edu/cwis/cwp/library/workshop/
citmla.htm
• www.ncusd203.org/central/html/where/pla
giarism_stoppers.html
 Sources for this presentation
• “Copyright Chaos” copyrighted by Intel, a
slide show presentation of the legalities of
copyright suitable for a professional
development. See your Intel Master
Teacher at your school.
• Intel “Teach to the Future” Master Teacher
Training Manual
• Hand-out prepared by Mrs. Sue Hendrix,
Emma Sansom Librarian
Anti-plagiarism Hand-out
For your convenience,
Mrs. Sue Hendrix has
prepared a plagiarism
hand-out for your
students. Go to the
following website, to
print it.
www1.gcs.k12.al.us/pdf/plagiarism.pdf