A presentation of the MdN LRTC WritE Academically And honestly A presentation of the MdN LRTC

https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/1/ The Challenges Write based on what has already been said and written BUT   write something new and original Cite experts’ opinions BUT    improve upon or disagree with those expert opinions Give credit to previous researchers BUT  make your own significant contribution Improve your writing by building upon what you read BUT  Use your own words and your own voice https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/589/1/

The Trap: Plagiarism “To use the words or ideas of another person as if they were your own” www.merriam-webster.com “To use (another's production) without crediting the source” Ex: My Sweet Lord Oh Happy Day He’s so Fine Papers downloaded from the internet Copying from another student’s work Portions of text used as your own in a paper without giving credit to the original author Released in November 1970, “My Sweet Lord” made George Harrison the first of the Beatles to have a solo No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was an appeal for a closer relationship with God. Harrison would need it. A few months after its release, Harrison was sued for copyright infringement by the publisher of “He’s So Fine,” a 1963 hit for the Chiffons. On Aug. 31, 1976, Judge Richard Owen of the United States District Court found Harrison had “subconsciously” copied the Chiffons’ tune. Harrison was, in fact, inspired by “Oh Happy Day” by the Edwin Hawkins Singers when he wrote “My Sweet Lord” during a December 1969 European tour with Delaney & Bonnie. The judge found that Harrison “subconsciously” plagiarized “He’s So Fine.” “Did Harrison deliberately use the music of ‘He’s So Fine’? I do not believe he did so deliberately,” he said. “Nevertheless, it is clear that ‘My Sweet Lord’ is the very same song as ‘He’s So Fine’ with different words, and Harrison had access to ‘He’s So Fine.’ This is, under the law, infringement of copyright, and is no less so even though subconsciously accomplished.” In the end, Harrison had to pay $1,599,987 of the earnings from “My Sweet Lord” to Bright Tunes (songwriter Ronnie Mack had died in 1963, shortly after “He’s So Fine” charted). “I’ve never had any money from the song,” Harrison later recalled. “It’s always been in escrow. Read More: 40 Years Ago: George Harrison Found Guilty of 'My Sweet Lord' Plagiarism | http://ultimateclassicrock.com/george-harrison-my-sweet-lord-plagiarism/?trackback=tsmclip

Intentional or not it’s plagiarism! Many Possibilities Copying text Substituting synonyms Inadequate paraphrasing Copying structure Quotes > original text Failure to cite Intentional or not it’s plagiarism! https://umerrazabhutta.wordpress.com/articles/social/the-cut-and-paste-syndrome/

Ramifications It’s dishonest You cheat yourself easy habit to make, hard to break You cheat yourself you’re not thinking, or generating your own ideas Consequences are serious fail the assignment/class suspension/expulsion from class, school cases lawsuit, lose job, damage career reputation This text actually came from the website http://sja.ucdavis.edu/sja/avoid.htm Note that it is not credited in the slide. This is an example of plagiarism.!!!

You Decide Original Passage Student Text At the start of the Great Depression, many Americans wanted to believe that the hard times would be only temporary. Student Text At the beginning of the Great Depression, a lot of Americans wanted to think that the hard times would be only temporary. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1062/plagiarismexamples.pdf

You Decide Original Passage Student Text Devices in the iPod range are primarily digital audio players, designed around a central click wheel — although the iPod shuffle has buttons also. Student Text An iPod is an MP3 player that lets you choose and play songs to listen to using a click wheel (or on older versions, buttons). http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1062/plagiarismexamples.pdf

You Decide Original Passage Student Text He was a very silent man by custom. Student Text He was usually a quiet person. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1062/plagiarismexamples.pdf

You Decide Original Passage Student Text A letter of thanks is a courteous acknowledgment of a gift or of something that was done for you. Student Text A thank you note is a polite acknowledgment of a present or something nice someone did for you. http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson1062/plagiarismexamples.pdf

Cite Your Sources! “Avoiding Plagiarism.” Virtual Writing Center. 8 August 2001. “Avoiding Plagiarism: Mastering the Art of Scholarship.” UCDavis Student Judicial Affairs. 2001. 8 August 2001. "College Plagiarism on the Rise: Blame the Web, or Blame the Student? | ZDNet." ZDNet. 31 Aug. 2011. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. "Exploring Plagiarism, Copyright, and Paraphrasing." - ReadWriteThink. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. McBride, Kelly. "‘Patchwriting’ Is More Common than Plagiarism, Just as Dishonest." Poynter. 25 Nov. 2014. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. "PLAGIARISM DON T DO IT." SlideServe. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. Plagiarism.org. 10 Mar. 2015. "Texas A&M University Libraries." Examples and Cases of Plagiarism. Web. 10 Mar. 2015. Walrath, Shelia. "Plagiarism: Don't Do It!" Tempe Union High School District. Web. 10 Mar. 2015.