(June 2, 2011 at 6:26 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: I have 3 dictionaries here that say different things
Ha, well, one of those things.
(June 2, 2011 at 6:26 pm)Aerzia Saerules Arktuos Wrote: Plagiarism is only dishonest if you say that you came up with the idea on your own... and it is never theft,, as you cannot steal ideas (each one being new, if a clone). I don't like people trying to take credit for other's work, but that is not a measure of thievery: it is one of honesty.
Plagiarism is not only the theft of an idea. It is the theft of a person's wording. If you take an article of mine word for word without crediting me and getting my permission, it is theft. If you take the ideas in my article, it is research.
