Referencing & Plagiarism

What is Plagiarism?

• To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another as one’s own.
• To use (another’s production) without crediting the source.
• To commit literary theft.
• To present as new and original idea or product derived from an existing source.

Sources of Infromation

• Books.
• Journals.
• Magazines.
• Tweets/Facebook posts/Reddit comments/Instagram feeds.
• YouTube Videos.
• TV Programmes/Films.
• Interviews.

What it should look like

As defined by plagiarism.com, plagiarism is:

• To steal and pass off (the ideas or words of another as one’s own.
• To use (another’s production) without crediting the source.
• To commit literary theft.
• To present as new and original idea or product derived from an existing source.

Turnitin. (2017). What is plagiarism? . Available: https://www.plagiarism.org/article/what-is-plagiarism. Last accessed 28th September 2018.

Music, Images and Video

• Using an image, video or piece of music in a work you have produced without receiving proper permisssion or providing appropriate citation is plagiarism.

Examples:

• Copying media from other websites then paste them into your own papers or websites.
• Making a video using footage from others’ videos or using copyrighted music as part of the soundtrack.
• Performing another person’s copyrighted music (i.e., playing a cover).
• Composing a piece of music that borrows heavily from another composition.

Plagiarism Detection

• Turnitin
• Knowing a students writing level/language used
• Recognising a source

 

What are the copyright laws and examples of cases where it has been used.

This was taken from the UKCS (The UK Copyright Service) in their Fact Sheet P-01: UK Copyright Law. You can find the page using this link: https://www.copyrightservice.co.uk/copyright/p01_uk_copyright_law

I found this under the ‘Restricted Acts’ section:

“It is an offence to perform any of the following acts without the consent of the owner:

• Copy the work.
• Rent, lend or issue copies of the work to the public.
• Perform, broadcast or show the work in public.
• Adapt the work.

The author of a work, or a director of a film may also have certain moral right:

• The right to be identified as the author.
• Right to object to derogatory treatment.”

I also found the duration of a copyright from the same website and page under ‘Duration of Copyright’ and this is what it says:

“Duration of copyright

The 1988 Copyright, Designs and Patents Act states the duration of copyright as;

1. For literary, dramatic, musical or artistic works

   70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last remaining author of the work dies.*

   If the author is unknown, copyright will last for 70 years from end of the calendar year in which the work was created, although if it is made available to the public during that time, (by publication, authorised performance, broadcast, exhibition, etc.), then the duration will be 70 years from the end of the year that the work was first made available.

2. Sound Recordings

   50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was created, or,

   if the work is released within that time: 70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first released.

3. Films

   70 years from the end of the calendar year in which the last principal director, author or composer dies.*

   If the work is of unknown authorship: 70 years from end of the calendar year of creation, or if made available to the public in that time, 70 years from the end of the year the film was first made available.

4. Typographical arrangement of published editions

   25 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was first published.

5. Broadcasts and cable programmes

   50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the broadcast was made.

6. Crown CopyrightCrown copyright will exist in works made by an officer of the Crown, this includes items such as legislation and documents and reports produced by government bodies.Crown Copyright will last for a period of 125 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made.

   If the work was commercially published within 75 years of the end of the calendar year in which it was made, Crown copyright will last for 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it was published.

7. Parliamentary CopyrightParliamentary Copyright will apply to work that is made by or under the direction or control of the House of Commons or the House of Lords and will last until 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which the work was made.”

Examples of Plagiarism:

Johnny Cash released a song in 1955 called “Folsom Prison Blues” about a convicted prisoner who was tortured by the sound of a train passing his prison however, he lifted the melody and a few of the lyrics from a song called “Crescent City Blues” by Gordon Jenkins which was released in 1953 two years before Johnny Cash’s song. The plagiarism then went into a lawsuit which was settled from a $75,000 payment.

 

When you are referencing you will need:

• Name of the author(s)
• Year Published
• Title
• City published
• Publisher
• Pages used (for books) or timestamps for films