Question

Define the terms Plagiarism and Intellectual Property Rights clearly bringing out the difference between the two.

Answer 1

Intellectual Property defined in terms of unused original and creative ideas or works protected by patent, copyright, trademarks and trade secret laws, further classified into patents for inventions, copyrights for literary works, trademarks, and trade secrets in the globalising world characterised by multilateral trade, increasing transparency etc have become more vulnerable to infringements. Thus, the central thinking behind the IPR is that the author must get his due, which will further encourage him to keep up the R&D. IP rights deserve protection all over the world including India particularly the science and technology, software and business method, which are rapidly changing. The world has moved far ahead from 1967, when the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) discussed all issues related to IPs. However, all these issues have to be reviewed afresh with globalization, information and communication technologies and knowledge factors playing a leading role in world affairs.

The purpose of this paper is to critically review all issues related to IPR includeieng trademarks, copyright, plagiarism, by taking into account some case studies from India, and plae them in international perspective to draw broad future guidelines.

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Did not want to plagiarise..... ;-)

Answer 2

Eight years ago (nearly to the day), shortly after the launch of the site, I wrote an article entitled “Copyright Infringement, Plagiarism and Fair Use“. However, the age is beginning to show on the article (both literally and figuratively) and I decided to come back to the topic with fresh eyes.

The reason is that this is a site that deals with both plagiarism and copyright issues on the Internet, specifically, the intersection between the two. This site was founded as a resource for detecting plagiarism of copyrighted works and stopping it, generally using copyright law.

However, to complete that mission, it is important to understand the differences and similarities between plagiarism and copyright infringement. This is because, even though the two have a great deal of overlap, they also have key differences that content creators need to be aware of.

So, without any further ado, here’s a brief look at copyright infringement, plagiarism, their similarities and their differences.

Defining Copyright Infringement

Copyright infringement is simply any infringement up on the rights of a copyright holder.

Copyright law gives a copyright holder (usually the creator of the work) a set of rights that they and they alone can exploit legally (save for exceptions such as fair use).