Copyright Violations And Plagiarism
An in-depth guide of what you can and cannot do
Copyright is a legal term that protects your creative works as an author, photographer, artist, or musician.
Whenever you create something from scratch, this piece of work is automatically protected by copyright. You are the sole owner of this product and anyone who copies it without your consent violates your copyright. Originally, you had to file a copyright claim formally and legally for it to count. It also differed from country to country.
But since, international treaties have been formed to agree on respecting copyrights. While you still can file formal copyright and have it documented, your work is technically protected from the moment of its creation, and being able to prove original authorship is more than enough to win a legal case.
Plagiarism is a slightly different problem, where someone does not simply infringe on your copyright, but takes your work and passes it on as their own creation. Plagiarism is not always a copyright violation but can lead to a copyright violation surfacing after discovery.
In order to help understanding the problems of copyright and plagiarism, as well as to help writers avoid accidentally plagiarizing someone else’s work.
