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**DzjwMKo5** · 11-22-2009, 04:01 AM

I realize you were just being facetious about copying links, but in the realm of scholarship, copying common definitions published online isn't construed as plagiarism--only copying someone else's ideas / commentary and passing them off as your own.

I would have thought what you said there contradicts point 7 in Thunderbolt's quote. True, using common definitions isn't plagiarism, but presenting ideas in the same format and order as your research source would be, if you pass it off as your own or not. (Seems as though the original author's layout and presentation is part of the copyrighted material).

11-22-2009, 04:01 AM	#7
DzjwMKo5 Join Date Nov 2005 Posts 547 Senior Member	I realize you were just being facetious about copying links, but in the realm of scholarship, copying common definitions published online isn't construed as plagiarism--only copying someone else's ideas / commentary and passing them off as your own. I would have thought what you said there contradicts point 7 in Thunderbolt's quote. True, using common definitions isn't plagiarism, but presenting ideas in the same format and order as your research source would be, if you pass it off as your own or not. (Seems as though the original author's layout and presentation is part of the copyrighted material).
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