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Plagiarism

Plagiarism refers to the use of another's information, language, or writing, when done without proper acknowledgment of the original source. Essential to an act of plagiarism is an element of dishonesty in attempting to pass off the plagiarized work as original. Contrary to the claims of many a FurAffinity and deviantART "artists", plagiarism is not necessarily the same as copyright infringement, which occurs when one violates copyright law. Like most terms from the area of intellectual property, plagiarism is a concept of the modern age and not really applicable to medieval or ancient works. An example of plagiarism would be copying this definition and pasting straight into a report without giving any citation.^[1]

pla·gia·rism n.

a piece of writing that has been copied from someone else and is presented as being your own work
the act of plagiarizing; taking someone's words or ideas as if they were your own

[syn: plagiarization, plagiarisation, piracy]

The Consequences of getting caught Plagiarizing

You lose your wife
You lose your job
You will go to prison as there's two cases like this. Plagiarize eulogy of murder victims and cry fake tears.
We'll take your fucking house.
Two words Consumer Fraud. Pacione was one of Boyer's victims in the Halloween 2010 serial plagiarism incident.
SomethingAwful incident of plagiarism seen on par to pedophile. You will lose your soul if you're celebrated for this.
You lose your closest friends and/or relatives
You do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars
You will get a 0 on your assignment and possible further action.
If your name is Nick Simmons, you lose the respect of your dad and pretty much pretend, for the rest of your life, that Bleach ripped you off and get stuck doing late night, cable shows as a way to rationalize that you are still culturally relevant.

(( I'm Super Serial Dude. I Just Forgot To Cite My Sources ))


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