Laws of the Web

By: Isaac Shepherd

“Can ideas really be stolen?”

The answer is yes. And you can get fined for plagiarizing and get jail time.

Plagiarism, what is it?O “Many people think of plagiarism as

copying another's work, or borrowing someone else's original ideas.”

O But it is actually to steal and say it is your own.

The types of plagiarism

1. “Copy & paste plagiarism”2. “Word Switch Plagiarism”3. “Style Plagiarism”4. “Metaphor Plagiarism”5. “Idea Plagiarism”

How to avoid the types of Plagiarism

1. C.P.P. : The way you avoid C.P.P. is to2. put quotation marks.3. W.S. : you put quotation marks and cite the

author/website.4. S.P. : you should just avoid the style how

the author is reasoning. 5. M.P. : You should cite the author/website

that you used it from.6. I.D. : To avoid you should know the

difference from an author’s answer from public domain.

How to avoid plagiarizing

O So long story short you should:O One way to avoid is to cite.O Another is quotation marks. “”O Finally is Paraphrasing or

summarizing another person’s spoken/written words

When did it start?O It was started on May 1790.O It was passed by the congress.O And was started in two weeks.

The priceO The price of copyrighting is$100 and $50,000 depending on what you copied.O In some states it is a felony.O “If you earn more than $2,500 from

copyrighted material, he or she may face up to $250,000 in fines.”

Jail TimeO Normally the jail time is 1 year.O But in some states you can get up to

10 years.

NetiquetteNetiquette was started in October, 1995 Some rules are:O Don’t use all CAPITAL letters, it means

your shoutingO Also don’t put pictures of someone else

without there permission, things that go on the internet stay on the internet.

O Use appropriate language, don’t say to others you wouldn’t to them face-to-face.

O Know who you are messaging.

ReferenceO Plagiarism FAQ. (2005) http://

www.ysu.edu/maag/find/FAQ_plag.htmlO United States Copyright Office. (n.d.) http://

www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1a.htmlO Writing Tutorial services

http://www.indiana.edu/~wts/pamphlets/plagiarism.shtml

O PLAGIARISM A Student's Guide to Recognizing It and Avoiding It. (n.d.) http://www.valdosta.edu/~cbarnbau/personal/teaching_MISC/plagiarism.htm

O Netiquette guidelines http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc1855